UPDATED with closure dates

The Illinois Department of Transportation said the Martin Luther King Bridge will close from Oct. 12-Oct. 24, weather permitting, to undergo the $1.4 million makeover that will change it from a four-lane span to three.

The bridge over…

Downtown streets are filled with traffic, but cars are moving. That’s the word from Mike Bertolini, an engineering technician with the St. Louis Streets Department. At 4:30 p.m. he was driving downtown looking for problems. Snarls, faulty traffic signals —…

City officials in Richmond Heights will be implementing more changes Monday to discourage drivers from using neighborhood streets as detours around the Big Bend overpass closure. Here’s what to expect:

On Moorlands Drive, police today will remove the one-way restriction at…

Fed-up commuters who want to rant about potholes, gas prices, crowded highways and their fellow drivers have one more place to vent. MyCommuteSucks.org launched today to give drivers nationwide a website to share their nightmarish stories, send pictures and tell Congress to fix their…

Washington University’s annual commencement ceremony will be Friday morning. Expect heavy traffic around the university, particularly on Forsyth Avenue, Big Bend Boulevard , Skinker Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway.

The ceremony will start at 8:30 a.m. More than 14,000 people are…

UPDATE:  the crash investigation ended at 3:45 p.m.   Traffic should be back to its normal flow shortly.

EARLIER: Traffic is backed up on Forest Park Parkway this afternoon due to an accident reconstruction investigation at the Big Bend intersection.

University City police are conducting…

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…

The Missouri Department of Transportation is giving reporters briefings twice a day after rush hour about how traffic was.

Click on the following for news releases about Tuesday morning rush hour, Monday evening and Monday morning rush hours.

The Missouri Department of Transportation released its monthly regional traffic report today, showing that congestion is worst on roads closest to the Highway 40 closure. Click here to read it.