10.21.2009 2:19 pm
King Bridge won’t reopen in time for tonight’s commute
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
10.20.2009 3:55 pm
King Bridge to reopen early
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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…
10.09.2009 10:35 am
King Bridge closure on schedule
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
All systems are go for the 12-day closure of the Martin Luther King Bridge to begin on Monday.
The bridge will close in the eastbound direction between 6:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. Monday, while the westbound lanes will close after the morning…
09.14.2009 5:46 pm
Mississippi River bridge: Clay pushes for more minority contractors
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay wants separate goals for women and minority contractors on the new Mississippi River bridge, the $640 million project scheduled to be under construction in January or February.
In a letter Monday to U.S. Tranportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Clay urged the U.S.…
09.10.2009 11:36 am
MLK Bridge work to start in October
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Work to make the Martin Luther King Bridge safer for drivers is expected to begin next month and will result in a full bridge closure for 10 to 12 days. The Illinois Department of Transportation is trying to schedule the work around Rams games, the Cardinals postseason,…
06.30.2009 11:42 am
A virtual drive across a new Mississippi River bridge
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Design is underway and construction is to start early next year, but the new Mississippi River bridge isn’t scheduled to open until 2014 at the earliest. Those of you anxious to drive the future link between downtown St. Louis and the MetroEast will have…
06.04.2009 3:20 pm
First construction contract awarded for new Mississippi River bridge
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Image of the future bridge
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded the first construction contract for the new $640 million Mississippi River bridge. Considering the size of the project, the contract is on the small side — $4.4 million. And rather than…
03.26.2009 11:30 am
Before Mississippi River bridge rises, overpasses fall
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The nitty gritty planning process of designing a new Mississippi River bridge north of the EdwardJones Dome is about halfway finished. The Missouri and Illinois transportation departments are getting permits, meeting with the railroads and the Army Corps of Engineers,…
02.05.2009 11:03 am
Crackdown on bad driving on MLK, McKinley bridges
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bad drivers on the Martin Luther King and McKinley bridges have received 132 citations and warnings in the past week, including 44 speeding tickets. Illinois State Police stepped up their enforcement on the bridges after a rash of fatal crashes…
06.09.2008 11:27 am
Illinois roadkill pickup resumes
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Illinois Department of Transportation is once again scooping up dead critters from state roads. Roadkill had been piling up since April, when the department suspended pick-up operations due to budget problems.
Crews have been playing catchup, picking up more flattened…
