12.04.2008 10:43 am
Jefferson bridge reopens by Dec. 15
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The City of St. Louis and its contractor have sped up work on the Jefferson Avenue bridge so at least part of it will be open when Highway 40 closes in St. Louis. Two northbound lanes will reopen by Dec. 15, according to Todd Waelterman, city streets director. The bridge, between Chouteau Avenue and Highway 40 (Interstate 64), closed for demolition and reconstruction in Oct. 2007. The city aimed to reopen it by Dec. 31, but pushed to open part of it sooner so Jefferson could be used as a north-south route around 40 work. Construction will continue in southbound lanes for at least several more weeks.
I wonder if they will configure it so that there is one lane open in each direction. That would make heading southbound a lot easier.
Why did this take soooooo long???? They rebuilt the entire Western half of the Highway 40 project in less time!!!
Dumb Joe,
Govt run project. And people want more govt. Go figure
Finally! Chouteau to Comptom to Highway 40 is (was) time-consuming.
finaly! But they didnt really speed it up, if it will take ‘at least several more weeks’ to open southbound lane!!!!
This bridge took longer because it has to go over Metrolink, Burlington Northern Sante Fe and Union Pacific Railroad tracks. All of these railroads are operational and cannot be stopped for rebuilding our bridge. Otherwise it would have taken less time.
Great point AJ! It’s a good thing the Highway 40 rebuilding is not a gov’t run project. Thank goodness for well run private companies like MoDot… that bridge would be done in six weeks if they were running the show!
It’s about time they finished this project. It has taken forever! Somehow they were able to tear up and rebuild 5 miles of 3 lane interstate in less time than it took these dopes to rebuild a 200 yard bridge. Geeze…
Gazelle,
Isn’t MO-DOT…the Missouri Department of Transportation? When did that become a private company?
superfly tnt and joe: on top of all the train lines and Metrolink, it also took so long because there’s a ton of power lines running in that area. Supposedly Ameren took a lot longer that expected to reroute everything.