Missouri is wrapping up the final piece of a two-year, $39 million reconstruction of the Interstates 70 and 435 interchange — a new ramp from U.S. Highway 40 onto northbound I-435, the Independence Examiner reports. The work will create a detour for at least two weeks with the closing of the ramp from westbound I-70 to northbound I-435, the report says. The deadline to open the new U.S. 40 ramp is July 1, but good weather could accelerate that, the newspaper says. Read More…