Along for the Ride http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride The P-D's transportation writer blog about the ins and outs of getting around St. Louis. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:58:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en 1 Along for the Ride http://images.stltoday.com/stltoday/images/yahoo/stl_pd_logo.jpg http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride 143 50 STLtoday.com Highway 40 to reopen Dec. 7 http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/driving/2009/11/modot-will-announce-highway-40-opening-date-today/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/driving/2009/11/modot-will-announce-highway-40-opening-date-today/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:31:43 +0000 Ken Leiser http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1180 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…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/driving/2009/11/modot-will-announce-highway-40-opening-date-today/feed/ Feds allocate $20 million for Maryland Heights Expressway-Highway 141 connector http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/11/feds-allocate-20-million-for-maryland-heights-expressway-highway-141-connector/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/11/feds-allocate-20-million-for-maryland-heights-expressway-highway-141-connector/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:34:28 +0000 Phil Sutin http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1173 Charlie Dooley

Charlie Dooley

The federal government has allocated $20 million in federal stimulus money for constructing a road connecting the Maryland Heights Expressway and a relocated Highway 141 in Maryland Heights and Chesterfield, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley announced on Wednesday.

The Federal…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/11/feds-allocate-20-million-for-maryland-heights-expressway-highway-141-connector/feed/ MetroLink expansion would take many years, Metro officials say http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/11/metrolink-expansion-would-take-many-years-metro-officials-say/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/11/metrolink-expansion-would-take-many-years-metro-officials-say/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:47:04 +0000 Phil Sutin http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1164 Robert Baer

Robert Baer

If the region started now to plan for the next MetroLink expansion, eight years may pass before the new segment opens, Metro officials say.

And under questioning from from St. Louis County Councilman Greg Quinn, R-Ballwin, Metro President Robert Baer said it…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/11/metrolink-expansion-would-take-many-years-metro-officials-say/feed/ Rain means some Highway 40 work waits until 2010 http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/uncategorized/2009/10/rain-means-some-highway-40-work-waits-until-2010/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/uncategorized/2009/10/rain-means-some-highway-40-work-waits-until-2010/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:01:33 +0000 Ken Leiser http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1161 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…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/uncategorized/2009/10/rain-means-some-highway-40-work-waits-until-2010/feed/ Hanley-Eager connector opens today http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/hanley-eager-connector-opens-today/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/hanley-eager-connector-opens-today/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:28:26 +0000 Ken Leiser http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1154 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…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/hanley-eager-connector-opens-today/feed/ MoDOT: Lights may illuminate new river bridge http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/modot-lights-may-illuminate-new-river-bridge/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/modot-lights-may-illuminate-new-river-bridge/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:54:26 +0000 Ken Leiser http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1147 The new Mississippi River Bridge may be lighted if money is found.

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…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/modot-lights-may-illuminate-new-river-bridge/feed/ King Bridge won’t reopen in time for tonight’s commute http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/king-bridge-wont-reopen-in-time-for-tonights-commute/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/king-bridge-wont-reopen-in-time-for-tonights-commute/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:19:32 +0000 Ken Leiser http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1138 First, the bad news. The Martin Luther King Bridge won’t reopen in time
for tonight’s commute.
But the good news is that the bridge is expected to open later this evening, likely
around 8, and will be open for commuters on Thursday morning and beyond.
Jeff…
]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/king-bridge-wont-reopen-in-time-for-tonights-commute/feed/ King Bridge to reopen early http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/king-bridge-to-reopen-early/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/king-bridge-to-reopen-early/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:55:59 +0000 Ken Leiser http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1136 The Martin Luther King Bridge will reopen on Wednesday - two days early - and possibly by the evening commute.

“Stay tuned for the time,” Jeff Church, project engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation told the Post-Dispatch today.

Workers were still placing…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/king-bridge-to-reopen-early/feed/ Drawing attention to work-zone safety http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/drawing-attention-to-work-zone-safety/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/drawing-attention-to-work-zone-safety/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:21:32 +0000 Ken Leiser http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1133

Jim Feeney, 51, figured he wanted to do something within the Missouri Department of Transportation “besides collecting a paycheck.”

So when talk began about a privately funded memorial honoring MoDOT workers killed in the line of duty, he decided step up and…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/drawing-attention-to-work-zone-safety/feed/ Still ‘more to do’ on Highway 40 rebuild http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/still-more-to-do-on-highway-40-rebuild/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/along-for-the-ride/2009/10/still-more-to-do-on-highway-40-rebuild/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:06:34 +0000 Ken Leiser http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/along-for-the-ride/?p=1127 Crews build a concrete barrier wall near McCausland Avenue on Highway 40.

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…

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