09.10.2009 7:36 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Study area with core area highlighted
St. Louis County officials say a road similar to the Forest Park Parkway could help link Clayton and south St. Louis County and considerably ease traffic congestion.
One possibility for that kind of road would connect…
02.18.2009 7:07 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When red-white-and-blue Metro buses stop rolling to parts of the St. Louis region, it will leave members of the disabled community without a cost-effective means of transportation.
Metro transit leaders broke that news to 75 people who gathered at Paraquad offices on Oakland Avenue…
01.20.2009 3:53 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Memorial Drive is closed at Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis after a driver this afternoon struck a fire hydrant and ruptured a water main. Traffic is being detoured to Pine Street to 4th Street and back to Washington. The entrance to westbound I-70 north of…
01.09.2009 7:03 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The section of Gravois Road between Grant Road and east of Musick Road will close for two months starting Monday, Feb. 2.A contractor working for the Missouri Department of Transportation will be replacing the aging bridge across Gravois Creek. The new structure will have turn…
01.06.2009 12:17 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If you think ramps and bridges were slick this morning, you were right.
State Motorist Assist crews responded to 75 incidents this morning, including 23 crashes. Interstates and ramps were closed at more than a half dozen locations across the area, some for up to 90…
01.05.2009 3:30 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The bridge that carries Grand Boulevard over the Union Pacific and MetroLink tracks will get replaced next year, resulting in a 14-month closure.
The closure is expected to start March 2010, according to Bill Early at the St. Louis Board of Public Service. When the new…
12.24.2008 4:46 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Five finalists were announced today in the contest to name Amtrak’s passenger rail service between St. Louis and Kansas City.
The finalists and their creators are:
- Missouri Rail Blazer, submitted by Betty Crancer, Sunset Hills
- Missouri River Runner, submitted by Keith Kohler, Glendale
- River Cities…
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…
12.13.2008 3:30 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The city of St. Louis and its contractor reopened northbound lanes on the Jefferson Avenue bridge earlier today. To reiterate, traffic is moving on NORTHBOUND lanes only until all construction is complete. The contractor accelerated work to get at least part…
12.04.2008 10:43 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The City of St. Louis and its contractor have sped up work on the Jefferson Avenue bridge so at least part of it will be open when Highway 40 closes in St. Louis. Two northbound lanes will reopen by Dec.…