I-40 detour in Monroe County canceled

Monday update:

An Interstate 40 westbound detour in Brinkley originally scheduled for Sunday night has been canceled, state Highway and Transportation Department officials said. The detour will be rescheduled for a later date that has not been announced.

Earlier:

A guardrail repair and the removal of a tractor-trailer will require detours on Interstate 40 in Monroe County next week, state Highway and Transportation Department officials said Friday.

Crews will remove a trailer that was involved in an accident Wednesday afternoon west of Brinkley at mile marker 206 and repair a damaged guardrail.

The detour will begin Sunday night and continue through Tuesday morning, between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. each night.

I-40 westbound traffic at mile marker 216 will be detoured to U.S. 70 westbound, and traffic will be directed back on I-40 in Biscoe at mile marker 202, officials said.

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