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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Popular Science magazine named Missouri’s first diverging diamond interchange in Springfield one of the 100 top innovations of the year.

The interchange is the model for one, above, that is planned at Interstate 270 and Dorsett Road in Maryland Heights.

The Springfield, Mo., interchange opened in…

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…

The new Mississippi River Bridge may be lighted if money is found.

The new Mississippi River bridge north of the Edward Jones Dome may be awash in lights when it opens.

Project Director Greg Horn of the Missouri Department of Transportation said today…

Jim Feeney, 51, figured he wanted to do something within the Missouri Department of Transportation “besides collecting a paycheck.”

Crews build a concrete barrier wall near McCausland Avenue on Highway 40.

The main highway lanes have been poured. Thousands of feet of concrete barrier walls are in place. 

In a matter of weeks - 11 at the most - the eastern half…

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…

More than one in five Missourians don’t wear their seatbelts, according to a new statewide survey.

The disturbing data, gathered through observations at 460 “survey sites” throughout the state, show Missouri continues to lag behind the national average for seatbelt use. Only 77 percent…

It’s produced the bulk of the concrete for the new Highway 40 lanes. And today it’s starting to come down.

The temporary concrete plant with the landmark silos at Highway 40 (Interstate 64) and Interstate 170 has produced its last batch…

The Missouri Department of Transportation will delay awarding a contract to build the new Mississippi River bridge until it determines whether minority contractors are being fully utilized in the St. Louis region, the department announced today.

The delay comes after minority contractors raised concerns this summer that the state hasn’t been involving…