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Big Bend overpass is open

Ken Leiser — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:30:13 +0000

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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New MetroLink bridge at Vandeventer

Ken Leiser — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:26:49 +0000

Metro is getting ready to replace the crumbling bridge that carries MetroLink tracks over Vandeventer Boulevard in St. Louis.

What the Vandeventer bridge will look like. RENDERING COURTESY OF METRO.

The $5 million replacement project will require shutting MetroLink in that section for about…

Double diamond interchange lauded

Ken Leiser — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:09 +0000

Popular Science magazine named Missouri’s first diverging diamond interchange in Springfield one of the 100 top innovations of the year.

The interchange is the model for one, above, that is planned at Interstate 270 and Dorsett Road in Maryland Heights.

The Springfield, Mo., interchange opened in…

Highway 40 to reopen Dec. 7

Ken Leiser — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:31:43 +0000

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…

Feds allocate $20 million for Maryland Heights Expressway-Highway 141 connector

Phil Sutin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:34:28 +0000

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…

MetroLink expansion would take many years, Metro officials say

Phil Sutin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:47:04 +0000

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…

Rain means some Highway 40 work waits until 2010

Ken Leiser — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:01:33 +0000

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…

Hanley-Eager connector opens today

Ken Leiser — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:28:26 +0000

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…

MoDOT: Lights may illuminate new river bridge

Ken Leiser — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:54:26 +0000

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…

King Bridge won’t reopen in time for tonight’s commute

Ken Leiser — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:19:32 +0000

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…