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…

The new Mississippi River Bridge may be lighted if money is found.

The new Mississippi River bridge north of the Edward Jones Dome may be awash in lights when it opens.

Project Director Greg Horn of the Missouri Department of Transportation said today…

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…

More than one in five Missourians don’t wear their seatbelts, according to a new statewide survey.

The disturbing data, gathered through observations at 460 “survey sites” throughout the state, show Missouri continues to lag behind the national average for seatbelt use. Only 77 percent…

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…

U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay wants separate goals for women and minority contractors on the new Mississippi River bridge, the $640 million project scheduled to be under construction in January or February.

In a letter Monday to U.S. Tranportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Clay urged the U.S.…

Officials and crews break ground on a federal stimulus project in North County. Photo provided by MoDOT.

The Missouri Department of Transportation broke ground today on a $1.7 million project to build and improve existing sidewalks along Lindbergh Boulevard and…

The oversight branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation has opened an inquiry into whether the Missouri Department of Transportation is doing enough to involve minority-owned businesses in projects that use federal stimulus dollars.

The Missouri chapter of the NAACP contacted…

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…