Bluff View Drive to close for railroad crossing work by Stockyards Expressway

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- The City of St. Joseph announced Bluff View Drive between Southwest Lower Lake Road and Stockyards Expressway will be closed for Union Pacific railroad crossing work.

The announcement came in a Facebook post on Monday, where the City said the work would begin at 9 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17.

A detour will be in place on Southwest Lower Lake Road to turn south on Industrial Road, then east on Alabama Street and back north to the Stockyards Expressway.

The closure is expected to last through the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 18 and is weather-permitting.