Branson tourists and locals planning on using State Highway 265, a popular route to and from Branson’s Silver Dollar City and other points west of Silver Dollar City should plan for delays during the week of April 13. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), portions of the popular route will be reduced to one lane traffic for periods of time during the week because five miles of Highway 265 will be resurfaced with a new one inch driving surface.
During a telephone interview on April 13, Kevin Durbin, Senor Construction Inspector, MoDOT Region 7, said the actual area to be resurfaced will run from about 200 to 300 feet south of the Highway 265/76 intersection to just north of the traffic signal at the Highway 265/165 intersection near the Chateau on the Lake. He said the project will not include any portion of Highway 265 south of that traffic signal.
Durbin said the project was scheduled to start on April 13 but has been delayed for at least one day because of weather. He anticipates that if the weather permits and they can get started on April 14 that the project will be completed by the weekend. He again stressed that the project is weather dependent.
He explained that the work is scheduled to start at the Highway 265/76 intersection and will work south on Highway 265. As it does, a movable zone, closing one lane of traffic and permitting one-way traffic only, will move with it. MoDOT advises travelers on State Highway 265 traveling north from the traffic signal at the Highway 265/165 intersection to be aware of the work, look for and obey flaggers, drive slowly through the work zone and be prepared to stop.
