The Missouri Department of Transportation closed three of five lanes on westbound Interstate 70 at the Blanchette Bridge today for emergency repairs.
Crews are repairing a crack found in a secondary steel support beam, similar in nature to one that was fixed about two…
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…
For the new Mississippi River bridge to go up, overpasses first must come down. This summer, MoDOT will hire contractors to tear down and rebuild bridges carrying St. Louis and Madison avenues over Interstate 70. They also will remove the Cass Avenue…
Missouri officials say they are making progress in preventing crossover accidents on interstate highways.
MoDOT has installed about 550 miles of median guard cables on the state’s major highways - including completion of the steel cable system on Interstates 70 and 44.
Last year, one…
The reversible lanes on Interstate 70 will be eastbound only starting Thursday due to changes in traffic patterns since December, when Highway 40 closed between Interstate 170 and Kingshighway. Traffic on eastbound I-70 between I-170 and the Poplar Street Bridge has…
The Missouri Department of Transportation is considering separating large trucks from the rest of Interstate 70 traffic whenever it rebuilds the interstate. The department is hosting an “online meeting” on the issue at http://www.improvei70.org through Sept. 26. The website explains the…
This weekend will be slow going on eastbound I-70 in Wentzville. The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to reduce the interstate to a single lane, to improve the ramp access to and from Wentzville Parkway.
