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11.19.2009 11:30 am

Big Bend overpass is open

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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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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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10.29.2009 9:28 am

Hanley-Eager connector opens today

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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05.06.2009 3:24 pm

Brentwood at 40 to get repaved

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The days are numbered for the rumble ride on Brentwood Boulevard near the Highway 40 overpass.

Later this month, crews will lay fresh asphalt on the rough stuff to make the ride much smoother. Warmer nighttime temperatures are necessary. The work won’t…

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04.10.2009 11:03 am

Pedestrian bridge over Highway 40 has soggy opening

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Despite this morning’s steady rain, MoDOT threw open a new pedestrian bridge over Highway 40 just east of  Kingshighway with a handful of people from the neighborhood looking on.

The lighted bridge provides a link between neighborhoods south of Highway 40…

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02.18.2009 1:58 pm

Highway 40 work hits Forest Park

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The next closure in the Highway 40 (Interstate 64) rebuilding effort will be in Forest Park. The intersection of Wells and Hampton/Concourse avenues will close March 2 through late May so crews can finish up work associated with the new…

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02.12.2009 12:17 pm

Lindbergh ramps close for I-64 sound wall work

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you’re confused tomorrow why the ramp at Lindbergh and Highway 40 (Interstate 64) is closed, it’s because crews are finishing up sound wall installation.

The ramp from Lindbergh to eastbound Highway 40 will close from 5:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.…

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01.08.2009 11:34 am

Travel times released

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Travel times on Highway 40’s alternate routes are starting to stabilize. The Missouri Department of Transportation is posting drive times for numerous routes on its website, and comparing them with drive times before the current closure.  These numbers could help you figure out…

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01.08.2009 11:24 am

Vibrations in Dogtown

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pavement crushing operations on Highway 40 (Interstate 64) are sending vibrations through some homes in Dogtown. Crews with Gateway Constructors are scraping off the old asphalt and then breaking up the concrete underneath it by slamming it with a sheet of steel, according to…

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12.18.2008 12:20 pm

Traffic briefing for Dec. 18 morning rush

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On the fourth day of the Highway 40 (I-64) switch, traffic appears to be stabilizing, MoDOT and other departments say. Click here to read the summary.

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