It used to be, prisoners, highway workers and volunteers got stuck picking up the soda cans and fast food wrappers along highways. This spring the Missouri Department of Transportation has begun using a litter-picking machine to pluck up trash.

The Barber Litter Picker attaches to a tractor and uses a rake system to…

Not enough warning before those orange cones pop up on the highway? Traffic moving too slowly? Safety a concern?

MoDOT officials this week asked motorists to weigh in on specific construction work zones around the state with the aim of making them safer and more…

Missouri Transportation Director Pete Rahn told reporters today not to expect sweeping highway and bridge projects from the economic stimulus package.”The rhetoric of this stimulus bill has been that we were going to fix America’s crumbling roads and bridges. That…

The Missouri Department of Transportation is in full winter mode with snow expected tonight and Tuesday in the St. Louis area.

MoDOT encourages drivers to leave their cars in the garage unless they have to drive on Tuesday. If you do take…

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…

In case you were wondering, last night’s icy bridges weren’t the result of budget cuts or a bad economy. The Missouri Department of Transportation has plenty of salt, so that wasn’t the issue.

Ice formed on some bridges because the pavement hadn’t been pretreated with…