UNION STAR, Mo – The closing of Route 31 in Dekalb County is rescheduled for Tuesday.

A wind farm project is bringing windmill towers to locations throughout the west and central parts of Dekalb County. As part of this project, large cranes used by the contractor will be moving across Routes 31, 6, J, and N at various times during the upcoming weeks. When the cranes are moved, it will require a full closure of the roadway. Most of these closures should take four hours or less.

A weather delay postponed the original date, requiring the contractor to reschedule the first closure on Route 31 north of Glenwood Road, southeast of Union Star. The closure is now planned for Tuesday at 9 p.m. and is expected to take no longer than four hours. The closure will be 0.3 miles north of Glenwood Road on Route 31.

All scheduled closures will be posted on the Traveler Information Map. During the closure, motorists should seek an alternate route.

Each of the towers will require multiple, slow-moving, oversized loads with police escorts navigating to each tower location. This may cause local travelers some delays.