Latest: Interstate reopens weeks after flooding closed it
May 9, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on spring flooding across midsection of the U.S. (all times local):
2:05 p.m.
A stretch of interstate highway in northwestern Missouri is open again for the first time since floodwaters shut it down in March.
Interstate 29 reopened Wednesday to the Iowa state line. Historic flooding in March forced closure of the busy north-south roadway. I-29 also is open in Iowa, but with some restrictions.
The Missouri Department of Transportation says more than 12,000 vehicles use I-29 in northwestern Missouri on a daily basis.
Many other roads and highways in northwester...
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