MoDOT, District 8, Springfield -- The Rest Area on Interstate 44 west of Conway will be closed on one side and then the other the week of April 18 for maintenance work needed before the summer travel season begins.
Crews will lay large patches on the pavement, make repairs to shoulders, clean ditches and paint restroom buildings and picnic pavilions, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.
Here's the Rest Area closing schedule:
* Westbound side closed at about 5 a.m. Monday, April 18, and reopened late afternoon Tuesday, April 19.
* Eastbound side closed at about 5 a.m. Wednesday, April 20, and reopened late afternoon Thursday, April 21.
The nearest MoDOT rest areas along I-44 on either side of Conway are about an hour's drive away -- near Rolla to the east and near Mount Vernon to the west.
