11.06.2009 7:31 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…
04.21.2009 12:19 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Users of the Forest Park jogging and bicycling trail no longer have to fear traffic when crossing at Hampton Avenue. Today, a tunnel opened that takes the trail beneath the road, eliminating the battle between drivers and pedestrians at what had been one of the…
04.06.2009 2:31 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Many who live near the overpass at McCausland Road and Highway 40 were kept awake last week as crews worked double shifts crushing pavement. They’d work until 2:30 a.m., some times later, driving a 10-ton piece of metal into pieces of the old highway. If…
03.27.2009 6:32 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When Chesterfield Mayor John Nations learned that Metro’s bus service cutbacks would cut off workers from hospitals, nursing homes and retail centers in the valley, he considered it a “call to action.”
During the past few weeks, he’s been talking to Metro…
01.29.2009 12:10 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Soon, crews will close lanes on the rebuilt section of Highway 40 (Interstate 64) to finish putting up sound walls. The Missouri Department of Transportation is allowing the closures since the manufacturer couldn’t produce the panels quickly enough last summer.
The work…
01.23.2009 6:13 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The McCutcheon Road overpass on Highway 40 is open again.
Friday’s opening should relieve some of the traffic congestion on Brentwood Boulevard, said Dan Galvin of Gateway Constructors. That’s because many displaced motorists used Brentwood. The old Art Deco span was among…
01.05.2009 1:18 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Drivers on Brentwood Boulevard today got a good dose of gridlock. It took twice as long to drive north on Brentwood during morning rush hour than it did before the second closure of Highway 40 (Interstate 64).
If you plan to take southbound Brentwood home from Clayton this…
12.22.2008 10:16 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
McCausland Avenue reopened at Highway 40 late Sunday afternoon after crews demolished an elevated highway span over the road.
Dan Galvin of Gateway Constructors said the work went “fairly smoothly” and the road reopened at about 4 p.m. Crews were unable to restripe the streets because cold…
12.10.2008 3:47 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Closing and reopening Highway 40 (Interstate 64) will take about 12 hours of work. Here’s the schedule Sunday barring rain or snow: At 3 p.m. Sunday, crews will close westbound lanes of 40 at Kingshighway. They need to remove stripes and paint new…
12.08.2008 4:37 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Holiday shoppers, take note. If rain remains in Sunday’s forecast, MoDOT and Gateway Constructors will begin closing the eastern part of Highway 40 on Saturday when pavement is dry. (If weather cooperates, the highway will start closing Sunday afternoon through early…