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10.29.2009 5:01 pm

Rain means some Highway 40 work waits until 2010

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The soggy late-October weather isn’t expected to cause the reopening of Highway 40 to slide past the end-of-year deadline, said Lesley Hoffarth, project director for the Missouri Department of Transportation. But there’s a pretty good chance some work will spill over until next…

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09.21.2009 2:01 pm

Highway 40 countdown sign not counting

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Southbound motorists on Interstate 170 today noticed someone inspecting the Highway 40 countdown sign - one of three digital placards counting off the remaining time on the massive reconstruction project.

The digital sign wasn’t working. And it still wasn’t functioning early this afternoon, said MoDOT spokeswoman…

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06.26.2009 5:50 pm

Changes in store for bus riders

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Metro will be restoring and adding bus routes on Aug. 3. Click on Metro plan to read the details:

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06.10.2009 1:40 pm

McKinley Bridge to close Friday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The McKinley Bridge

The McKinley Bridge

Both lanes of the McKinley Bridge will close at 6 p.m. Friday for safety upgrades. The Illinois Department of Transportation sent out a release this afternoon to remind motorists of the closure, which will allow crews to grind…

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05.21.2009 11:20 am

Hampton fully reopens Friday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

By contract, Gateway Constructors must reopen two lanes in each direction on the Hampton Avenue/Highway 40 overpass tomorrow. But crews have gotten so much done that they’ll be reopening all four lanes, which should provide traffic relief for those headed into and out of…

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04.27.2009 10:23 am

Ad slump foreseen on Metro

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As if things could get much worse for the region’s public transportation system. Now the agency expects the recession to take a sizable bite out of Metro’s advertising income next year.

Granted, the amount of money generated by selling ad space on the…

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04.08.2009 12:22 pm

Campaign official objects to Lambert security stop

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Transportation Security Administration is looking into the March 29 stop of an official with the Ron Paul organization while he passed through St. Louis.

Steve Bierfeldt, development director for the Campaign for Liberty, told the Washington Times that he was singled out for additional…

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01.06.2009 10:15 am

Brentwood traffic still inches along

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rush hour this morning on Brentwood Boulevard was stop and go once again. At 7:56 a.m., northbound traffic was backed up past Litzsinger Road, almost to Manchester Road. At 8:11 a.m., I passed the Galleria. And at 8:17 a.m., I was at Bonhomme…

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12.16.2008 3:31 pm

Forest Park Parkway, Big Bend and Skinker were parking lots

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you were on Forest Park Parkway, Big Bend or Skinker during rush hours today or yesterday, you’re probably scared.

Hopefully you have another route. Winter weather altered traffic patterns for a second day Tuesday, preventing a true picture of what…

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12.13.2008 12:28 pm

Eastbound 40 at I-170 closes soon

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Crews are working to close the ramps from Clayton and Skinker onto eastbound 40. Once that’s done, they’ll move to I-170 and close the ramp to eastbound 40. For the rest of today and Sunday, southbound I-170 will have two…

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