North Cass Parkway Interchange Opens July 28
Posted by GSDispatch Editor in by MoDOT, GSD Online
Residents invited to ribbon cutting to celebrate
RAYMORE and BELTON, Mo. – Residents in northern Cass County will gain a new interchange and less congestion on Route 71 when the new North Cass Parkway interchange opens July 28 with ribbon cutting ceremony. Local residents and community leaders will gather at 10 a.m. on the east side of the North Cass Parkway Bridge over Route 71 to officially open this vital project.
The new interchange, at about 187th and Route 71, will provide access for Raymore on the east side of the highway, connecting to Dean Avenue and Hubach Hill Road. On the west side, Belton and Peculiar will have new access to the highway from Peculiar Drive.
These interchanges will alleviate traffic congestion at the Route 71/Route 58 interchange, currently the busiest crossroads in Cass County, by providing quick, attractive alternatives.
The cities of Belton and Raymore joined with Cass County and MoDOT to fund and build North Cass Parkway interchange two miles south of Route 58 on Route 71. The $10.1 million project is the second of two that bring several of Cass County’s most dynamic communities even closer together, bridging and reconnecting to the county’s main artery.
Late last year MoDOT opened the 163rd Street interchange in Belton, which provides improved access to Route Y and the growing commercial area between Route 58 and Route 71. Belton provided substantial funding for the reconstructed 163rd Street interchange, which now offers more lanes, wider ramps and better access that will connect to Belton’s Markey Road improvements. Ramps also are now signalized. Pavement at 163rd Street was widened to four through-lanes plus turn lanes.
Ideker Inc. of St. Joseph, Mo., was the general contractor for both projects, which took less than two years to complete.
For further information about this project or others, please visit MoDOT’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/modot.kansascity, Twitter site at www.twitter.com/modot_kc, or web site at www.modot.mo.gov/kansascity. You can also contact MoDOT 24 hours-a-day at 888-ASK-MODOT to find out information or report road concerns.
