The Big Bend Boulevard bridge over Highway 40 opened a short time ago.

MoDOT and St. Louis County hosted a ribbon cutting event earlier today, but had to wait for St. Louis County crews to restripe the pavement.

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Highway 40 (Interstate 64) will reopen to the public Dec. 7 — a month early and under budget, officials said this morning.

The Missouri Department of Transportation made the announcement at a 9:30 a.m. news conference to announce the reopening of…

The Hanley-Eager Road intersection, one of the area’s most notorious traffic chokepoints, will get a new look - one that transportation officials hope will keep traffic moving.

Missouri transportation officials and St. Louis County leaders will be on hand this morning…

Crews build a concrete barrier wall near McCausland Avenue on Highway 40.

The main highway lanes have been poured. Thousands of feet of concrete barrier walls are in place. 

In a matter of weeks - 11 at the most - the eastern half…

It’s produced the bulk of the concrete for the new Highway 40 lanes. And today it’s starting to come down.

The temporary concrete plant with the landmark silos at Highway 40 (Interstate 64) and Interstate 170 has produced its last batch…

The Missouri Department of Transportation just posted a new YouTube video with aerial scenes of the Highway 40 (Interstate 64) work zone set to club music. 

In June, critics called Richmond Heights elitist when restrictions went up on neighborhood streets south of Clayton Road, keeping motorists from using them to get around closures at Big Bend Boulevard and Highway 40 (Interstate 64).

At 1 p.m. Friday, some of these restrictions…

New stripes are going down today on Page Avenue between Schuetz Road and Lindbergh Boulevard in north St. Louis County. Lanes will return to what they were in 2007, before closures began on Highway 40 (Interstate 64).  The eastbound lanes will be done first. Next week, the…

Traffic restrictions in Richmond Heights will remain for at least another two weeks, despite last week’s reopening of the Hanley Road overpass, the City Council has decided. City streets officials put the restrictions in place in June to keep traffic from using neighborhood streets to…

A photo album of Highway 40 (Interstate 64) construction is now online, showing the history of the project dating back to 2007.  You’ll see photos of overpasses coming down last year west of Interstate 170, and aerial shots of the finished work. The album also gives…