CEG Search results for "missouri department of transportation"

MoDOT Adds Lanes With $426M Improve I-70

/modot-adds-lanes-with-426m-improve-i-70/71141
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - When construction of I-70 began in St. Charles County in 1956, Missouri was deemed the birthplace of the interstate. With time, however, many portions of the thoroughfare have become strained beyond capacity and feature outdated interchange designs. The $426 million Improve I-70 from Columbia to ...

Core Drilling Under Way in Mo. for Future I-70 Projects

/core-drilling-under-way-in-mo-for-future-i-70-projects/70003
MoDOT - Interstate 70 in Cooper County was narrowed to one lane Dec. 8-11, 2025, for core drilling operations. Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) obtained core samples along I-70 in preparation for future portions of the Improve I-70 program. The work took place between ...

MoDOT Selects Contractor for Fourth Improve I-70 Project

/modot-selects-contractor-for-fourth-improve-i-70-project/69909
Missouri Department of Transportation - The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has selected The ESS Team as the apparent best-value proposer and design-build contractor of the next project in MoDOT's Improve I-70 Program, between Rocheport and Columbia. The team consists of contractor Emery Sapp & Sons with ...

MoDOT Tests Bridges, Names Winners of Annual Bridge Building Competition

/modot-tests-bridges-names-winners-of-annual-bridge-building-competition/69665
Missouri Department of Transportation - After weeks of work to build the most efficient model bridges, Southeast Missouri high school students put their bridges to the test Nov. 12 at the completion of MoDOT's 22nd annual Bridge Building Competition. The competition challenges high school juniors and seniors to design and const...

Arkansas' Corning Bypass Will Improve Mobility

/arkansas-corning-bypass-will-improve-mobility/69139
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - As the next phase of Future I-57 from Walnut Ridge to the Missouri state line, the Corning Bypass will have a significant impact by improving mobility and traffic flow. The $55 million undertaking in Clay County, Ark., is considered a critical project segment. ...

Mid-American DOTs Take Top Honors in National Transportation Contest

/mid-american-dots-take-top-honors-in-national-transportation-contest/68973
AASHTO - Eleven state department of transportation projects from Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin won regional honors in the 2025 America's Transportation Awards competition. From preparing for the 2024 solar eclipse to crafting vulnerable road user safety assessment too...

MHTC Selects Radmacher-Ideker JV for MoDOT's Third Improve I-70 Project

/mhtc-selects-radmacher-ideker-jv-for-modots-third-improve-i-70-project/68186
MoDOT - The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has selected the Radmacher-Ideker Joint Venture team as the apparent best-value proposer and design-build contractor of the next project in MoDOT's Improve I-70 program. The joint venture team consists of contractors Radmacher Brother...

Phase 1 of MoDOT's $2.8B Effort to Improve I-70 Progresses

/phase-1-of-modots-28b-effort-to-improve-i-70-progresses/68074
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Although still in the first phase of construction, the Improve I-70 Columbia to Kingdom City project continues making progress, as crews work to update the I-70 corridor in Missouri. The multi-million undertaking is one of several in the $2.8 billion Improve I-70 Program that will widen and moder...

U.S. 191 Mobridge Slide Repair Work Begins in Montana

/us-191-mobridge-slide-repair-work-begins-in-montana/67777
Montana Department of Transportation - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and its partner M.A. DeAtley Construction Inc., have begun the preliminary site work, dirt work and staging on the U.S. 191 — Mobridge Slide Repairs project. This includes arranging and organizing the materials, equipment and recourses ...

Missouri DOT Names Prequalified Teams for Third Improve I-70 Project

/missouri-dot-names-prequalified-teams-for-third-improve-i-70-project/66870
MoDOT - The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has received Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from teams interested in competing for the contract to design and construct the third project of MoDOT's statewide Improve I-70 Program. Improve I-70: Blue Springs to Odessa will add a third lan...

MoDOT Selects Contractor for $600M Improve I-70 Project

/modot-selects-contractor-for-600m-improve-i-70-project/66542
Missouri Department of Transportation - The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has selected Improve 70 Alliance Joint Venture as the apparent best-value proposer and design-build contractor of the next project in MoDOT's Improve I-70 Program. The joint venture team consists of Emery Sapp & Sons (ESS), Clarks...

KCI, MoDOT Work to Improve I-55 Near St. Louis

/kci-modot-work-to-improve-i-55-near-st-louis/66102
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Interstate 55 is the backbone of interstate travel in the Midwest. It roughly parallels the Mississippi River and connects New Orleans, Memphis and St. Louis before heading across the Illinois farmlands terminating in Chicago. In Jefferson County, south of St. Louis, this freeway becomes congeste...

New Eastbound Rocheport Bridge Construction On Schedule

/new-eastbound-rocheport-bridge-construction-on-schedule/65941
Missouri Department of Transportation - The last steel girder was placed Sept. 11, marking a major milestone in the construction of the new eastbound Lance Corporal Leon Deraps I-70 Missouri River (Rocheport) Bridge. With the final girder in place, crews will now be able to place cross frames and wind bracing on this final span, and th...

Missouri's Buck O'Neil Bridge Nears Completion

/missouris-buck-oneil-bridge-nears-completion/65174
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - As the $220 million Buck O'Neil Bridge replacement effort nears its completion date, construction crews are committed to finishing the design-build project on time and under budget. "As we start moving into the final year, we are focused on the final push to get all the work done," sa...

Missouri's $284M Chester Bridge Under Construction

/missouris-284m-chester-bridge-under-construction/64669
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - For 80 years, Missouri's Chester Bridge has allowed motorists to drive both east and west across the Mississippi River. Although it's still considered safe for travel, the structure has become less functional for modern vehicles and needs to be replaced. "The bridge is in poor con...

Missouri Commission Awards Final Projects of Rural Routes Program

/missouri-commission-awards-final-projects-of-rural-routes-program/64190
Missouri Department of Transportation - The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded three projects for rural roads, the final projects awarded in the Governor's Rural Routes Program. The program, created with Gov. Mike Parson's signing of the fiscal year 2024 state budget, allocated $100 million of general revenue funds...

MHTC Selects Contractor for First Improve I-70 Project in Missouri

/mhtc-selects-contractor-for-first-improve-i-70-project-in-missouri/64035
Missouri Department of Transportation - The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has selected Millstone Weber as the apparent best-value proposer and design-build contractor of the first project in MoDOT's Improve I-70 Program. Improve I-70: Columbia to Kingdom City will build a third lane in each direction an...

Gov. Parson's Improve I-70 Plan Receives Federal Funding

/gov-parsons-improve-i-70-plan-receives-federal-funding/63911
Office of Gov. Parson - During his final State of the State Address on Jan. 24, Gov. Mike Parson, alongside Congressman Sam Graves, announced that Missouri has secured a $92.8 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant to improve Interstate-70. Missouri will use the INFRA grant for specific Impr...

TxDOT's Atlanta District, Missouri Petroluem Win Seal Coat Top Honor

/txdots-atlanta-district-missouri-petroluem-win-seal-coat-top-honor/63543
TxDOT - A Texas Department of Transportation project covering several counties in northeast Texas won top honors at the Texas Asphalt Pavement Association's annual meeting in San Antonio. TxDOT's Atlanta District, along with the contractor, Missouri Petroleum of Bullard, Texas, won the Re...

University of Missouri Opens Its New Work Zone Safety Center of Excellence

/university-of-missouri-opens-its-new-work-zone-safety-center-of-excellence/63039
AASHTO - The college of engineering at the University of Missouri recently established the Missouri Work Zone Safety Center of Excellence or "MOWZES" to develop behavioral, educational, engineering and technology solutions to achieve zero fatalities and serious injuries in highway work zones. The ...

VIDEO: Explosives Drop Steel Trestle Missouri River Bridge

/explosives-drop-steel-trestle-missouri-river-bridge/62568
Associated Press - ROCHEPORT, Mo. (AP) Onlookers online and on the banks of the Missouri River had to wait more than an hour to watch officials use explosives to drop a historic steel trestle bridge that for years carried cars across the waterway along Interstate 70 into the river below. The blast just sout...

VIDEO: Innovative Solutions for Advancing Use of 'Plastic' Roads

/innovative-solutions-for-advancing-use-of-plastic-roads/61934
University of Missouri - Millions of roads across the United States are constructed with asphalt pavement that's deteriorating over time. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri are using recyclables, including plastic waste, as a sustainable solution to fix America's fracturing road system. ...

MoDOT Bundles I-55 Bridge Projects in St. Louis, Missouri

/modot-bundles-i-55-bridge-projects-in-st-louis-missouri/61780
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Drivers who use I-55 in Missouri can travel from the southeast corner of the state, the "boot heel," drive parallel to the Mississippi River for about 200 miles eventually reaching a bustling section of St. Louis passing such iconic sites as the Anheuser Busch Brewery, the Gateway Arch and the ho...

MoDOT, IDOT Team Up for $532M Chain of Rocks Bridge Project

/modot-idot-team-up-for-532m-chain-of-rocks-bridge-project/61342
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Despite limited access both on land and by river, crews are making significant progress on the $532 million I-270 Chain of Rocks Bridge project. The existing structure, which connects Illinois and Missouri, is aging and must be replaced. "This project represents a great partnership betwee...

Missouri's Gov. Parson Calls for $860M to Widen I-70

/missouris-gov-parson-calls-for-860m-to-widen-i-70/59787
Summer Ballentine and David A. Lieb ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called on state lawmakers to set aside nearly $860 million to widen and improve traffic flow on Interstate 70 in his annual State of the State address Jan. 18. The massive investment in I-70 is part of a nearly $52 billion budget proposal...

Construction to Soon Begin On Long-Awaited $135M Road Project in Fall River, Mass.

/construction-to-soon-begin-on-long-awaited-135m-road-project-in-fall-river-mass/59504
Fall River Herald News - A ceremonial groundbreaking led by outgoing Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and other state and local leaders officially kicked off in late December on the much-anticipated $135 million Massachusetts Route 79 and Davol Street Corridor Improvement project at Fall River's City Pier. The M...

Lunda, Parsons Collaborate On $218.5M Rocheport Bridge Replacement

/lunda-parsons-collaborate-on-2185m-rocheport-bridge-replacement/58425
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - With a goal of replacing the Interstate 70 Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport, work crews in Jefferson City, Mo., have been blasting and excavating rock to pave the way for actual construction of the new structure. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is overseeing the undertaking,...

Missouri Highways, Transportation Commission OKs FY 2023-2027 STIP

/missouri-highways-transportation-commission-oks-fy-2023-2027-stip/57285
Missouri Department of Transportation - The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission on July 6 approved the FY 2023-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), which lists transportation projects planned by state and regional planning agencies July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2027. The STIP makes available $1...

Kansas City's Buck O'Neil Bridge Replacement

/kansas-citys-buck-oneil-bridge-replacement/57102
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - With a third of the work already completed, construction crews continue making progress on the Buck O'Neil Bridge replacement project in Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is overseeing the effort, which called for the demolition of multiple bu...

Kansas DOT Approves May Construction Project Bids

/kansas-dot-approves-may-construction-project-bids/56825
Kansas Department of Transportation - The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place May 18, 2022, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work. Distr...

States Move Forward on 16,000 Transportation Improvement Projects in FY 2021

/states-move-forward-on-16000-transportation-improvement-projects-in-fy-2021/55932
ARTBA - States in the Midwest led the way as transportation departments moved forward on more than 16,000 highway and bridge improvement projects in fiscal year 2021, according to a new analysis of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data conducted by the American Road & Tr...

VIDEO: Walsh Puts Merchant's Bridge Back On Track

/walsh-puts-merchants-bridge-back-on-track/54522
Katherine Petrik – CEG Editorial Assistant - In 2018, Walsh Construction, one of the largest contractors in the United States, began a $172 million project to rehabilitate the historic Merchant's Bridge — the oldest rail structure over the Mississippi River. The 4,340-ft. bridge connecting St. Louis, Mo., and Venice, Ill., was bui...

MoDOT Picks Design-Build Contractor for New I-70 Bridge

/modot-picks-design-build-contractor-for-new-i-70-bridge/53386
Missouri DOT - The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission on July 1 announced the selection of the Lunda Team, made up of Lunda Construction Co., Parsons Transportation Group Inc., Dan Brown & Associates and Hugh Zeng United, as the design-build contractor to replace the Interstate 70 Misso...

MoDOT, Officials Break Ground On Construction of New Buck O'Neil Bridge

/modot-officials-break-ground-on-construction-of-new-buck-oneil-bridge/53087
Office of Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Facebook - The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons and Kansas City officials gathered to celebrate the start of the long-awaited construction of the Buck O'Neil Bridge. Investing in infrastructure is a top priority for Parson's administration, a...

MoDOT Moves One Step Closer to New I-70 Rocheport Bridge

/modot-moves-ones-step-closer-to-new-i-70-rocheport-bridge/51593
Missouri Department of Transportation - Following an extensive evaluation process, four qualified teams have been selected to compete for the contract to design and construct a new Missouri River Bridge on Interstate 70 near Rocheport, Mo. The Missouri Department of Transportation has received Statements of Qua...

Revolutionizing Missouri's Ditch Liners

/revolutionizing-missouris-ditch-liners/51588
Curb Roller - Near the Kansas City International Airport lies a well-traveled stretch of road that connects NE Cookingham Drive to I-435. A 20-mi. jaunt separates the airport from downtown Kansas City, and while some drivers might make their way via the direct I-29 route, others choose the I-435 route that mig...

MoDOT Selects Contractor for New Buck O'Neil Bridge

/modot-selects-contractor-for-new-buck-oneil-bridge/51301
Missouri Department of Transportation - On Feb. 3, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission announced that it had selected Massman-Clarkson, A Joint Venture, as the design-build contractor to replace the Buck O'Neil Bridge, formally known as the Broadway Bridge. Construction is anticipated t...

Easing Missouri/Arkansas Border Bottleneck

/easing-missouriarkansas-border-bottleneck/51175
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Crews are working six days a week on a $70 million project that will complete the final 5 mi. of I-49 in Missouri between Pineville and the Missouri/ Arkansas border. When the I-49 Connector is completed, I-49 will stretch 290 mi. between Kansas City, Mo., and Fort Smith, Ark....

FTA Announces $174M Grant for Kansas City Streetcar Expansion

/fta-announces-174m-grant-for-kansas-city-streetcar-expansion/51045
U.S. Department of Transportation - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on Jan. 8 announced a $174.1 million federal grant agreement with the city of Kansas City, Mo., for the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension Project, which will improve transp...

Missouri Fixes 100 Bridges in 2020

/missouri-fixes-100-bridges-in-2020/50900
AASHTO - The Missouri Department of Transportation said that it replaced or rehabilitated 100 bridges in one year via a "Focus on Bridges" program developed by Gov. Mike Parson (R). "This was a major priority for our administration and we are proud of MoDOT for continuing to move ...

FTA Allocates $544M for Seven Transit Infrastructure Projects

/fta-allocates-544m-for-seven-transit-infrastructure-projects/50792
Federal Transit Administration - The Trump Administration announced Dec. 17 a total of $544.3 million in federal funding will be allocated by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to seven transit infrastructure projects in Arizona, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Misso...

MoDOT's Blanchette Missouri River Bridge Undergoes $35M Rehabilitation

/modots-blanchette-missouri-river-bridge-undergoes-35m-rehabilitation/50772
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - The Blanchette Missouri River Bridge is undergoing a major rehabilitation that has restricted the five-lane eastbound bridge to just two lanes. The $35 million project is necessary due to the age of the bridge, which opened in 1978. The last repairs were completed in 2006. ...

Kilian-Keely JV Completes Major Illinois Rehabilitation Job Ahead of Schedule

/kilian-keely-jv-completes-major-ill-rehabilitation-job-ahead-of-schedule/50504
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Crews in Illinois have put the finishing touches on a major rehabilitation effort that required closing an interstate for one construction season. The $67.3 million I-255 project called for rehabilitating and resurfacing approximately 7 mi. of I-255 from Collinsville Road to Illi...

Missouri Announces Preliminary Plan for I-70 Rocheport Bridge Job

/missouri-announces-prelim-plan-for-i-70-rocheport-bridge-job/50512
Missouri Department of Transportation - The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) on Nov. 11 announced plans for construction of the new Interstate 70 Missouri River bridge near Rocheport to begin in late 2021. The design-build project will be completed by a contractor and designer team. That c...

MoDOT's $278M I-270 Project Increases Mobility in St. Louis County

/modots-278m-i-270-project-increases-mobility-in-st-louis-county/50243
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In an effort to improve outdated highway design, deteriorating infrastructure and traffic congestion, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is overseeing the I-270 North Design Build Project. The $278 million undertaking, extending from James S. McDonnell Boulevard to...

Missouri River Contractors, RDO Conquer Beartooth Highway

/missouri-river-contractors-rdo-conquer-beartooth-highway/49729
RDO Equipment Co. - It's a bright summer day on one of America's sketchiest, yet breathtaking roadways. Snow flurries drift from above, then drift down the steep cliffs that hallmark this famous highway that goes along the Montana and Wyoming border, through Yellowstone National Park. Summer is in the air bu...

Feds Grant $400M to Four Major Projects

/feds-grant-400m-to-four-major-projects/49672
Federal Transit Administration - The Trump Administration announced a total of $400 million in federal funding will be allocated by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to four transit infrastructure projects in Arizona, Indiana, Missouri and New Jersey. The projects a...

Construction on Bella Vista Bypass, I-49 Interchange Still on Track Near Bentonville

/construction-on-bella-vista-bypass-i-49-interchange-still-on-track-near-bentonville/48660
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Work to complete the Bella Vista Bypass near Bentonville, Ark., is close to its schedule, despite the fact the primary contractor paused one project after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The delay wasn't critical to the larger picture of completing the project, said S...

Historic Bridges Up for Sale in Missouri

/historic-bridges-up-for-sale-in-missouri/46822
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - As the owner of Main Street Museum in Owensville, Mo., developer John Paul Quick has collected an assortment of antique treasures, ranging from Rudolph Valentino's 1901 Pullman car to a 50-ft. fully functioning Ferris wheel. When he heard about the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT...

Greg Bair Track Hoe Service: Preparation Proves Vital to Meeting Demolition Deadline

/greg-bair-track-hoe-service-preparation-proves-vital-to-meeting-demolition-deadline/46710
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - For Greg Bair and his team, the recent demolition of two exit ramps connected to MoDOT's I-435/ I-70 interchange project was business as usual. Bair's chosen profession, however, is anything but routine. "A kid dreams of tearing stuff up," said Bair, president of Greg Bair Track H...

Kansas City's I-435, I-70 Overhaul Under Way

/kansas-citys-i-435-i-70-overhaul-under-way/46701
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - To ease crashes and help prevent traffic backups, construction crews in Jackson County, Mo., are replacing multiple bridges within the I-435 and I-70 interchange. In addition to building new bridges, workers will enhance the safety of the interchange overall with a new design, as part of a $47 mi...

Purdue Using Sensors to Track Lifecycle of Concrete

/purdue-using-sensors-to-track-lifecycle-of-concrete/46053
AASHTO Journal - A team of Purdue University engineers is using roadway sensors to compile data on "concrete maturity" during select highway patching and paving projects — a project that seeks to establish "evidence-based recommendations" on the optimal time to re-open highways to traffic o...

Liberty, Missouri Interchange Targets Labor Day Opening

/liberty-mo-interchange-targets-labor-day-opening/45706
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - A major Kansas contractor is quickly building a replacement for a key interchange in Liberty, Mo., a northeast suburb of Kansas City, with high hopes that the project will be open to traffic by Labor Day weekend. ...

Emery Sapp & Sons Continues to Grow

/emery-sapp-and-sons-continues-to-grow/45474
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Billy Sapp, 24 at the time, started Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. (ESS) in Columbia, Mo., in 1972 with his brother Elvin, 34, and his father Emery. The construction company for which department of transportation work accounts for about 50 percent of annual revenues, started with one piece of equipm...

Federal, State Governments Respond to Flood Emergency Across Midwest

/federal-state-governments-respond-to-flood-emergency-across-midwest/44434
AASHTO Journal - State departments of transportation across the Midwest continue efforts to mitigate and repair damage to roads, highway, bridges, rails, and other modes of travel from severe flooding caused by rapid snow melt combined with heavy rains. President Trump issued federal disaster declarations...

State DOTs Battle Major Flooding Across The Midwest

/state-dots-battle-major-flooding-across-the-midwest/44309
AASHTO Journal - A "bomb cyclone" that struck the Midwest in mid-March caused major flooding across Nebraska and parts of Iowa and Missouri, damaging highways, roads and bridges and causing in excess of $1 billion in property losses, according to news reports. The Nebraska Department of Transportation rep...

MoDOT Launches $36M Interstate Upgrade

/modot-launches-36m-interstate-upgrade/44095
MoDOT - Missouri is gearing up for a major bridge construction project along Interstate 44. Beginning in late spring or early summer, 12 bridges along a 30-mi. stretch of the highway will be replaced, with another seven to be rehabilitated. Many of the bridges date back to the 1960s, when...

Seven State DOTs Get FHWA Grants to Test 'Alternate' Infrastructure Funding Methods

/seven-state-dots-get-fhwa-grants-to-test-alternate-infrastructure-funding-methods/43864
AASHTO Journal - The Federal Highway Administration awarded $10.2 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives or STSFA grants to seven state departments of transportation on Feb. 12; grants that aim to test "new ways" to finance highway and bridge projects. The recipients of those seven ...

KDOT Places High Hopes on Viaduct Reconstruction

/kdot-places-high-hopes-on-viaduct-reconstruction/42539
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Kansas Department of Transportation is spending $65 million to replace the aging and deteriorating westbound section of the Lewis and Clark Viaduct on Interstate 70, which links Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. Built...

Utah DOT's Carlos Braceras Elected AASHTO President

/utah-dots-carlos-braceras-elected-aashto-president/42023
AASHTO - ?The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials elected Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation, to serve as its new president and Missouri DOT Director Patric...

Mid-America Transportation Projects Win Big in National Competition

/mid-america-transportation-projects-win-big-in-national-competition/41744
AASHTO Journal - Eight outstanding transportation projects from five mid-America states were honored Aug. 29 in the fourth and final regional America's Transportation Awards competition. The projects were recognized for major achievements, including: engaging small businesses through a “...

Wednesday Weekly Wrap-Up : March 14, 2018

/mnsw-blog-omaha-026/39490
Omaha Media Group - It is Wednesday Wrap-Up time and just in case you missed it, here is your recap of several popular stories from our site over the past week: Missouri's 100-Year-Old Capi...

'Old Man River' to See New Bridge

/old-man-river-to-see-new-bridge/39069
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - The mighty Mississippi River has long been regarded as a dividing line between the American East and West. Flowing south from its headwaters in Minnesota, the 2,320-mi.-long river almost splits the country from north to south all the way to the Gulf of Mexico south of New Orleans. In the ...

Pace Construction Improves Route 141 at I-44

/pace-construction-improves-route-141-at-i-44/38085
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Pace Construction Company LLC and its partners are making good on the July 15, 2018 delivery date for the Missouri Department of Transportation's (MODOT) $25 million Route 141 at I-44 Improvement Design-Build Project in St. Louis. The design-build project, which began in June 2016, ha...

MoDOT Project to Improve Traffic in St. Louis

/modot-project-to-improve-traffic-in-st-louis/35763
Irwin Rapoport - KCI Construction Co. crews are fully engaged in the Missouri Department of Transportation's (MoDOT) ongoing $80 million Congressman William “Bill” Clay Sr. bridge, commonly known as the Poplar Street Bridge, project. The project involves renovating and upgrading a major transport...

Route 47 Missouri River Bridge Takes Shape

/route-47-missouri-river-bridge-takes-shape/34967
Irwin Rapoport - St. Louis-based Alberici Constructors is engaged in a major hometown project —the construction of the new Route 47 Missouri River Bridge, located roughly 75 mi. from Jefferson City and about 50 mi. from St. Louis, which provides a vital link between Warren County to the north and Franklin C...

Missouri, Utah Task Forces to Study Project Funding Needs, Make Recommendations

/missouri-utah-task-forces-to-study-project-funding-needs-make-recommendations/34561
CEG - Both Missouri and Utah are creating new transportation task forces to study their states' project funding needs and make recommendations to legislators on future revenue-raising options.Those panels will get under way at a time when a number of states are boosting transportation fundin...

St. Louis Road Reopens as Flooding Ebbs

/st-louis-road-reopens-as-flooding-ebbs/34292
CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) A heavily traveled suburban St. Louis highway has reopened as floodwaters ebb.Missouri 141 closed April 30 as heavy rains caused flooding along the Meramec River. The decision to reopen the highway came after water receded from the low-lying area where it passes under Inters...

Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. Inc. Names New Region Director

/murphy-tractor-and-equipment-co-inc-names-new-region-director/30312
CEG - Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. Inc., is strengthening its value as a John Deere dealer organization by naming Mike King as the region director of the Plains area of responsibility. Based out of corporate headquarters, located in Park City, Kan., King will be providing leadership and oversight to...

Lawmakers Look for Road Funds in Unusual Places

/lawmakers-look-for-road-funds-in-unusual-places/27964
Adam Aton - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri lawmakers are looking beyond the usual places for funding road and bridge repairs after they promised to make it a priority this session.House Republicans hope to send the Senate a budget that includes roughly $30 million to revive the Missouri Department ...

Mo. Lawmakers See Many Options, Little Consensus on Road Funding

/mo-lawmakers-see-many-options-little-consensus-on-road-funding/27437
Adam Aton - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri lawmakers say boosting transportation funding will be a top priority this year, but there's little agreement on how to do it.A proposal to increase the state's fuel tax, sponsored by the Republican chairman of the Senate's transportation commit...

Shorter Illinois Highway Emerges From Failed Bid

/shorter-illinois-highway-emerges-from-failed-bid/27227
Alan Scher Zagier - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ST. LOUIS (AP) A long-planned federal highway across southern Illinois connecting Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Paducah, Ky., is no more — at least for now.Federal transportation officials quietly pulled the plug on the 66 Corridor project this past summer after Kentucky withdrew its suppo...

Engineer Retiring from South Dakota DOT After 43 Years

/engineer-retiring-from-south-dakota-dot-after-43-years/25479
CEG - YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - When it comes to his highway career, Ron Peterson has gone the extra mile, so to speak. Peterson retires June 8 as area engineer in the Yankton office of the South Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT). He has spent his entire 43-year career with the DOT, serving ...

States Seek Alternatives for Highway, Bridge Funding

/states-seek-alternatives-for-highway-bridge-funding/24538
David A. Lieb - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Touted as one of the first interstate highways, a 200-mi. (322 km) span of Interstate 70 between suburban St. Louis and Kansas City stands as a prime example of the challenges facing the nation’s roads. Built in the 1950s and ’60s with a 20-year-life ex...

Reduced Road Maintenance Proposed for Missouri Roads

/reduced-road-maintenance-proposed-for-missouri-roads/24380
Marie French - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Only one-quarter of Missouri’s highways would be fully maintained under a Missouri Department of Transportation proposal outlined Jan. 14 as a way to deal with an impending budget shortfall. By 2017, the department expects to have $325 million available annua...

’Stan The Man’ Span Wraps Up Early, Under Budget in Mo.

/stan-the-man-span-wraps-up-early-under-budget-in-mo/22255
Lori Tobias - There’s been talk about building a new bridge across the Mississippi River to link Missouri to Illinois for more than a quarter century. But it was only in recent years that the project picked up steam. Now, it seems the wait may well have been worth it. The $695 million project has been c...

Mo. Highway Chief Warns of Funding Drop Off

/mo-highway-chief-warns-of-funding-drop-off/22256
CEG - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri’s transportation chief is warning that the state won’t have enough money to maintain its roads in a few years. The state’s construction budget for roads and bridges has fallen from about $1.3 billion annually five years ago to $685 millio...

Technology Saves Time, Money for Oregon Mainline Paving

/technology-saves-time-money-for-oregon-mainline-paving/21943
CEG - Milling and repaving 19 mi. (30.6 km) of I-84, Baldock Slough — South Baker Interchange section located in Baker City, Oregon, took 50 percent less worker hours, 50 percent less machine time and 50 percent less costs. “We chopped 50 percent off the contract schedule,” sai...

MoDOT: More Money Needed to Keep Up With Demands

/modot-more-money-needed-to-keep-up-with-demands/21896
Heather Hollingsworth - ASSOCIATED PRESS - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A gap exists between the transportation system that Missourians demand and the one the state can provide with current funds, a report released Nov. 7 said. Missouri Department of Transportation officials outlined more than $70 billion of wants, needs and projects from...

Third-Largest Cable-Stayed Span Under Way

/third-largest-cable-stayed-span-under-way/20557
Irwin Rapoport - The New Mississippi River Bridge (NMRB), currently under construction, is a 1,500-ft. (457 m) span that will link downtown St. Louis, Mo., to East St. Louis, Ill. When completed in February, 2014 it will be the third longest cable-stayed bridge in the United States.The $667 million co-proj...

Miss. River Span Job Sees Finish Line Ahead

/miss-river-span-job-sees-finish-line-ahead/19747
Brenda Ruggiero - A huge project involving the Mississippi River Bridge is headed toward completion next year. While the project owners are the Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation, the lead is the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), under project director Gregory Horn. The project is act...

Drought Slowing Work on New St. Louis Bridge

/drought-slowing-work-on-new-st-louis-bridge/18830
CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) The severe summer drought is slowing construction of the new Mississippi River bridge being built in St. Louis. Missouri Department of Transportation project director Greg Horn told KMOX Radio that the river is so low that barges are unable to carry deck sections between the...

Innovation Key to Roadway Construction Safety

/innovation-key-to-roadway-construction-safety/18085
CEG - Innovation should be the driving force behind creation of new strategies to help reduce the nearly 600 deaths and 40,000 injuries that occur annually in roadway construction zones. That’s the central message for National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) being delivered by the American Road...

New Compact Bridge Set for Clay County, Kansas

/new-compact-bridge-set-for-clay-county-kansas/17488
Jennifer Rupp - U.S. 24 runs the entire width of Kansas, extending into Colorado to the west and Missouri to the east. Major repairs to this route have been incorporated into the Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KSDOT) highway projects over the next couple of years. For the 2012-2013 fiscal period, K...

Safe & Sound Initiative Helps Missouri Bridges Bounce Back

/safe-and-sound-initiative-helps-missouri-bridges-bounce-back/17370
Jennifer Rupp - There are 10,405 bridges on the Missouri state highway system — 7th largest total nationwide. Approximately 1,100 of them are in poor or serious condition. The Safe & Sound Initiative will address most of these bridges.“We’ve focused on system improvements over the last 1...

Two ’Fly Over’ Interchanges Readied for Use in?Springfield

/two-fly-over-interchanges-readied-for-use-inspringfield/17184
Jennifer Rupp - Two-directional “flyover” ramps and new bridges over the railroad tracks are the main features of a project that is easing congestion and improving safety at the busiest freeway-to-freeway interchange in Missouri outside of the St. Louis and Kansas City metro areas.The 60/65 In...

MODOT Works Night, Day to Repair I-470 Pavement Collapse in southeast KC

/modot-works-night-day-to-repair-i-470-pavement-collapse-in-southeast-kc/15381
Richard Miller - In early July 2010 during a routine inspection Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) engineers discovered the ground had settled causing pavement settlement on a highly travelled section of I-470 in southeast Kansas City.On July 8, MODOT closed the westbound lane because of minor s...

Historic South Dakota Bridge Gets Needed Rehabilitation

/historic-south-dakota-bridge-gets-needed-rehabilitation/15038
Dorinda Anderson - When the Chamberlain Truss Bridge in south central South Dakota received a critical rating in 2008 for deck and structural deficiency, it was necessary to make a choice to either rehabilitate the bridge or build a new structure.The bridge, which has been on the National Register of Histori...

Focus Stays on Jobs During Route 141 Groundbreaking

/focus-stays-on-jobs-during-route-141-groundbreaking/14492
Kathie Sutin - “Jobs, jobs, jobs” were once again center stage as St. Louis County officials broke ground recently on the long-awaited expansion and rerouting of Missouri Route 141. The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to move the road to the east and improve it between Olive Boule...

Nation’s First ARRA Funded Project Nears Completion

/nations-first-arra-funded-project-nears-completion/14343
Kathie Sutin - Despite wet weather and a fluctuating river, America’s first stimulus fund project is lumbering toward an on-time completion and should be open to traffic this summer.The new bridge under construction near the tiny town of Tuscumbia, Mo., population: 224, was heralded as the nation&#...

Mississippi River Bridge: A New Element to St. Louis

/mississippi-river-bridge-a-new-element-to-st-louis/14160
Kathie Sutin - The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Massman-Traylor-Alberici (MTA), its joint venture contractor, will break ground on a new $667 million Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis later this month. The event will mark the beginning of the long-awaited new bridge across the c...

MoDOT’s Most Expensive Project Wraps Up Under Budget, Early

/modots-most-expensive-project-wraps-up-under-budget-early/14002
Kathie Sutin - St. Louis area drivers are still celebrating what turned out to be an early holiday gift last month—the long-awaited reopening of I-64, known locally as “Highway 40.”Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials are still celebrating the fact that the project...

Construction Begins on Page Extension

/construction-begins-on-page-extension/13490
CEG - ST. PETERS, Mo. (AP) The next phase of a significant road improvement project is beginning in St. Charles County.The Page Avenue Extension, or Route 364, already runs from Interstate 270 in St. Louis County into the St. Peters area. On Oct. 1, ground was to be broken on a $44 million proje...

Construction Proceeds on Dramatic Kansas City Bridge

/construction-proceeds-on-dramatic-kansas-city-bridge/13350
Richard Miller - One of the prominent geographic features of Kansas City, Mo., is the Missouri River which dissects the city in two, requiring multiple bridge crossings. In Kansas City alone, there are three railroad bridges and six highway bridges crossing the river at various points. One of these highw...

First Stimulus Job Kicks Into Second Gear in Mo.

/first-stimulus-job-kicks-into-second-gear-in-mo/12961
Kathie Sutin - The Tuscumbia bridge project in Missouri, probably the most written-about bridge project in recent years, is moving along on schedule.The new $8.5 million bridge is less than a half-mile in length but it grabbed national headlines and garnered coverage by Fox News and CNN on Feb. 17 when P...

Dueling Kan. Projects Both Use Stimulus Money

/dueling-kan-projects-both-use-stimulus-money/12949
CEG - COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) Federal stimulus dollars may pay to rebuild a short stretch of a southeast Kansas highway twice this year.The Kansas Department of Transportation has awarded Cherokee County $760,000 in stimulus funds to resurface a stretch of what’s known as old Highway 96 betwe...

Expressway Plan for Hannibal Moves Ahead

/expressway-plan-for-hannibal-moves-ahead/12948
CEG - HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Department of Transportation continues moving forward with plans for a four-lane expressway bypass of the town of Hannibal.MoDOT said design teams will probably start working this fall on possible routes. The 10-mi. (16 km) expressway would link U.S. 24/36 ...

Agreement Reached on High-Speed Rail Corridor

/agreement-reached-on-high-speed-rail-corridor/12845
Cheryl Wittenauer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ST. LOUIS (AP) Union Pacific Railroad and the state of Illinois announced an agreement May 8 to assess what must be done to operate both freight and high-speed passenger trains on the Chicago-to-St. Louis rail corridor.The Omaha, Neb.-based railroad said it will provide the study to the Il...

MoDOT Opens Route 21 Ahead of Time

/modot-opens-route-21-ahead-of-time/12334
Kathie Sutin - Motorists in Jefferson County, Mo., near St. Louis enjoyed a nice surprise recently when the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) opened a 4-mi. (6.4 km) stretch of Route 21 eight months early.The new segment from Lake Lorraine Road to Hayden Road is one of several projects to con...

Mo. Bridge Project Touted as First Under Stimulus

/mo-bridge-project-touted-as-first-under-stimulus/12130
Chris Blank - TUSCUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri barely waited for President Barack Obama to sign the $787 billion stimulus package before it started using the money Feb. 17 for construction on what was believed to be the nation’s first stimulus-fueled project.Meeting at the foot of a crumbling, 76-year...

Page Avenue Extension on Track for 2009

/page-avenue-extension-on-track-for-2009/11902
Kathie Sutin - Despite a sluggish start caused by weather and resources diverted for high profile projects, Phase 2 of the Page Avenue Extension project will finish on time in late 2009, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials said. Work began in 2007.The project will extend Highway 364 a...

MoDOT Working With La., Ark. to Build New Highway

/modot-working-with-la-ark-to-build-new-highway/11829
Richard Miller - In February 2003, a Congressional caucus was formed to promote the completion of Interstate 49 from New Orleans to Kansas City, Mo. In March 2003, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and transportation agencies from Louisiana and Arkansas formed the I-49 Coordinating Committee. ...

MoDOT Says 34 Projects Ready to Go if Congress Passes Stimulus

/modot-says-34-projects-ready-to-go-if-congress-passes-stimulus/11730
CEG - CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) The Missouri Department of Transportation has 34 projects that could be awarded within 180 days if Congress passes an economic stimulus project with money for infrastructure improvements.Department director Pete Rahn said the federal government package would need to ...

N.D. Crews Demolish Last of Old Bridge

/nd-crews-demolish-last-of-old-bridge/11633
James MacPherson - ASSOCIATED PRESS - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The last two sections of a historic Missouri River bridge, about as long as three football fields, were blasted into the water Oct. 29 as crowds lined up to watch.“Everything went off perfect,” North Dakota Transportation Director Frances Ziegler said....

MoDOT Nears End of Part 1 on $550M Work

/modot-nears-end-of-part-1-on-550m-work/11517
Kathie Sutin - Among the bad economic news, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) gave St. Louis area motorists some good news — the first half of the I-64/Highway 40 project will wrap up sooner than expected. And that’s despite the wettest year on record and a toppled crane on the site ...

MoDOT Ahead of Schedule on 5-mi. Interstate 64 Work

/modot-ahead-of-schedule-on-5-mi-interstate-64-work/11410
CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) Despite wet weather that has plagued the St. Louis area all year, the project to rebuild a big section of Interstate 64 is ahead of schedule and may open early.The Missouri Department of Transportation hosted a news conference Oct. 3 at the site of the last pavement poured f...

Top Ten Transportation Jobs Compete for National Awards

/top-ten-transportation-jobs-compete-for-national-awards/11210
CEG - Ten signature transportation projects that reflect the best in management and innovation by state departments of transportation were named as finalists for the “America’s Transportation Award.” Spectacular bridges, toll and access roads, innovative interchanges and interstates w...

MoDOT to Complete Final Phase of Route 21 Project

/modot-to-complete-final-phase-of-route-21-project/10682
Richard Miller - Over the last 20 years the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has directed the reconstruction of Route 21 southwest of the St. Louis metropolitan area. The Route 21 corridor starts to the north at the junction of Route 141 and ends to the south at Highway B just southwest of Hi...

SDDOT to Begin Missouri River Bridge Work in July

/sddot-to-begin-missouri-river-bridge-work-in-july/10655
CEG - PIERRE, S.D. (AP) Construction work on a bridge that connects Pierre and Fort Pierre is scheduled to start sometime in July.Jim Hyde of the state Department of Transportation said the project will mainly focus on the underneath section of the Missouri River Bridge.There have been d...

HNTB Tapped for $640M Mississippi River Bridge Work

/hntb-tapped-for-640m-mississippi-river-bridge-work/10580
CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) Plans for a new Mississippi River bridge in St. Louis are taking another step forward with the selection of a firm that’ll design the span.The Missouri Department of Transportation said it has tapped HNTB Corp. from about a half dozen finalists.Illinois and Miss...

I-70 Completed Ahead of Schedule in Missouri

/i-70-completed-ahead-of-schedule-in-missouri/10100
Kathie Sutin - Driving is smoother on eastbound Interstate 70 in mid-St. Charles County, Mo., since the state constructed auxiliary lanes between Highway K and Mid Rivers Mall Drive. The lanes allow motorists to use the interchanges at Highway K, T. R. Hughes Boulevard, Highway 79 and Mid Rivers Mall Drive with...

MoDOT Reaches First Milestone in Its ’Big Fix’

/modot-reaches-first-milestone-in-its-big-fix/9874
Kathie Sutin - Motorists traveling from westbound I-64/40 to northbound I-170 have been flying high on a new flyover ramp that opened recently as one of the first major milestones in the “Big Fix,” the first major reconstruction of Highway 40.The flyover ramp was closed again briefly Dec. 12 ...

Kan. Highway Commission Delays Decision on Bridge

/kan-highway-commission-delays-decision-on-bridge/9658
Margaret Stafford - ASSOCIATED PRESS - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) State transportation officials on Nov. 13 postponed awarding a contract for a project to fix 802 of Missouri’s worst bridges within five years.The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission was scheduled to choose between two contractors that have submitte...

MoDOT Carves New $44M Path Through Ozark Hills

/modot-carves-new-44m-path-through-ozark-hills/9552
Richard Miller - Tucked in the rough Ozark hills is Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) current two-lane Route 5 project, which winds from the city of Camdenton north to the Niangua Bridge on the Lake of the Ozarks in Camden County. In April 2006 MoDOT awarded a $44.3 million contract to ...

NDDOT Replaces 85-Year-Old Bridge

/nddot-replaces-85-year-old-bridge/9479
Dorinda Anderson - “When the Liberty Memorial Bridge was first built in 1922 it was the only crossing over the Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, to Great Falls, Mont., a 500-mile distance in either direction. The Memorial Bridge was also needed as an arterial route between Bismarck on the east side of the...

Second Contract Awarded for Huey Long Bridge Expansion

/second-contract-awarded-for-huey-long-bridge-expansion/9345
CEG - NEW ORLEANS (AP) The state has awarded a $453 million contract — $153 million more than earlier expected — for work on the largest phase of the Huey P. Long Bridge expansion.The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development reviewed the bid for nearly two months to ass...

Pier Problem Poses No Threat to Bismarck Bridge Construction

/pier-problem-poses-no-threat-to-bismarck-bridge-construction/9306
CEG - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) A new bridge under construction over the Missouri River between Bismarck and Mandan has a problem with one of its piers, but officials say it poses no threat to the pier’s structural integrity.Inspectors noticed that a thin layer of concrete had separated from th...

’Big Fix’ Continues Without a Hitch

/big-fix-continues-without-a-hitch/9044
Kathie Sutin - St. Louis motorists may not like the congestion the reconstruction of Highway 40 (officially I-64/40), the city’s main east-west artery, is bringing but they’re learning to live with it.Nicknamed the “Big Fix” by some, the project is the first major reconstruction o...

MODOT Adds Bridge Work to Agenda

/modot-adds-bridge-work-to-agenda/8980
Richard Miller - A 69-ft. (21 m) by 3-in. (7.62 cm) section of sidewalk on the Delor Street Bridge over Interstate 55 in St. Louis fell on the highway below, blocking the northbound lanes for several hours on March 1 at approximately 8 p.m. The debris was immediately cleared and analyzed by Missouri Department of...

MoDOT Crushes Rocks to Reconstruct U.S. 65 in Missouri

/modot-crushes-rocks-to-reconstruct-us-65-in-missouri/8747
CEG - When McAninch Corporation decided to take on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) $27 million reconstruction project, two major challenges became evident during work on the reconstruction project.“Traffic is a major challenge in any resort area,” Don Taylor...

Iowa Company Submits Low Bid to Build Bridge

/iowa-company-submits-low-bid-to-build-bridge/8676
CEG - YANKTON, S.D. (AP) An Iowa company apparently submitted the low bid to build a bridge over the Missouri River at Yankton.Jensen Construction of Des Moines bid $23.9 million for the project when bids were opened May 2 at the Department of Roads in Lincoln, Neb.Jim Black, chairman of...

MoDOT Breaks Ground on 10-mi. I-64/40 Reconstruction

/modot-breaks-ground-on-10-mi-i-64-40-reconstruction/8689
Kathie Sutin - With a small band of protesters watching nearby, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) broke ground April 6 in Richmond Heights for the largest project in its history — the reconstruction of a 10.5-mi. (16 km) section of I-64/40 through St. Louis.Several state and local g...

MoDOT, IDOT to Bridge Financial Gap on Project

/modot-idot-to-bridge-financial-gap-on-project/8429
Kathie Sutin - Proposed new bridge construction over the Mississippi River at St. Louis has caused controversy between Missouri and Illinois for approximately 20 years. Both states had talked about finding a solution for building another bridge to handle the traffic that hits 120,000 vehicles a day on th...

New Plan Targets Heavily Traveled Highways in Mo.

/new-plan-targets-heavily-traveled-highways-in-mo/8367
David A. Lieb - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri’s most heavily traveled highways are in line for a makeover.The state Highways and Transportation Commission approved a new initiative Jan. 10, that will speed up improvements to 5,573 mi. of the major highways, with the goal of getting 85 percent of...

Road Construction Headed for a Cliff Without New Money

/road-construction-headed-for-a-cliff-without-new-money/8293
David A. Lieb - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri’s transportation system is “improving dramatically,” due to a funding bump but is headed toward a cliff unless the state finds a way to offset a funding drop-off in three years, the Department of Transportation (DOT) director said Feb. 7....

MoDOT to Work Out Poplar St. Bridge Issues

/modot-to-work-out-poplar-st-bridge-issues/8201
Kathie Sutin - Torturously long lines left many motorists crossing the Poplar Street Bridge, the I-64/55 bridge, a major connection between Missouri and Illinois at St. Louis singing the blues because of months of repair and lane closures. Thousands of motorists from both states use the bridge on their d...

St. Louis’ I-64 Project Plans, Timeline Unveiled to Public

/st-louis-i-64-project-plans-timeline-unveiled-to-public/8172
CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) Commuters who travel along Interstate 64 in the St. Louis area beware: a three-year odyssey of orange cones, closed ramps and lane changes is about to begin.Gateway Constructors, the team hired by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to rebuild 10 mi. (16 km) of...

Hospitals Plan for Highway Project Through St. Louis

/hospitals-plan-for-highway-project-through-st-louis/8120
CEG - ST. LOUIS (AP) Hospitals, fire departments and ambulance agencies are working to prevent transportation delays when stretches of Interstate 64 close for the biggest highway project in state history.The Missouri Department of Transportation’s $535 million plan calls for rebuilding mor...

MoDOT Unveils Plans for Reconstruction of I-64/40

/modot-unveils-plans-for-reconstruction-of-i-64-40/7869
Kathie Sutin - Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) unveiled plans Nov. 17 for reconstructing Interstate 64/40, the largest project in MoDOT’s history and its first design/build effort. This $535 million project would be the highway’s first major design change since it was built from the 19...

Worker Killed, One Hospitalized From Bridge Collapse at Triangle Job Site

/worker-killed-one-hospitalized-from-bridge-collapse-at-triangle-job-site/7104
Richard Miller - The upgrading of the Triangle, the convergence of Interstates 435 and 470 and Highway 71 in southeastern Kansas City, MO, was halted by tragedy when a 300-ft. (91.4 m) section of old highway bridge collapsed unexpectedly on June 3. The collapse killed one worker and hospitalized another.Th...

Famous Road Honored

/famous-road-honored/7025
CEG - Classic cars, Route 66 memorabilia and a keynote speech by author and U.S. Route 66 historian Susan Kelly Kirkpatrick highlighted the dedication of Historic Route 66 as a Missouri Scenic Byway May 5, in Springfield. The Route 66 Association of Missouri, in partnership with the Missouri Dep...

Deteriorating Missouri River Bridge to be Closed Until May for Crucial Repairs

/deteriorating-missouri-river-bridge-to-be-closed-until-may-for-crucial-repairs/6819
Dale Wetzel - BISMARCK, ND (AP) State officials were lucky that part of a Missouri River bridge didn’t collapse before it was closed to traffic, the director of the Department of Transportation said. The Liberty Memorial Bridge is likely to remain shut until early May while engineers figure the be...

Looming I-64 Project Worries MO Drivers

/looming-i-64-project-worries-mo-drivers/6763
Kathie Sutin - St. Louis area motorists who routinely use I-64/40 to get to work and do business were shaking in their boots for months when the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) appeared ready to close the expressway for three years of reconstruction.Even without construction, the highway is...

MO’s Smooth Road Plan Keeps Crews Rolling

/mos-smooth-road-plan-keeps-crews-rolling/6429
Kathie Sutin - Missourians saw more road construction this year — in fact, more than ever before in the state’s history. Crews are working to produce smoother roads in the state — approximately 2,200 mi. of them for starters. The flurry of work came after voters passed Amendment 3 in N...

No Takers on Missouri River Bridge Project; NDDOT to Re-Bid

/no-takers-on-missouri-river-bridge-project-nddot-to-re-bid/6436
CEG - BISMARCK, ND (AP) North Dakota’s Transportation Department plans to send construction companies a new round of invitations to build a Missouri River bridge, three weeks after none of them wanted the job. Francis Ziegler, director of the agency’s project development division, sa...

McAninch Makes Over Missouri’s Route 60

/mcaninch-makes-over-missouris-route-60/5919
Brenda Ruggiero - Since February of 2002, Iowa-based McAninch Corporation has worked on three consecutive contracts involving the reconstruction of Route 60 in southern Missouri. The dollar amount for the entire project totals more than $48.5 million with funding coming from the Missouri Department of Transportati...

MO Job Wards Off Bats to Stay Ahead of Schedule

/mo-job-wards-off-bats-to-stay-ahead-of-schedule/5831
Brenda Ruggiero - The early stages of a road project currently under way in Missouri presented a rather unique challenge for contractors when the clearing process was delayed to accommodate the migratory bats who lived in the trees around the area. In spite of the delay, however, crews plan to have the project sub...

’Survivor: Vanuatu’ Contestants Back at the Job Site

/survivor-vanuatu-contestants-back-at-the-job-site/5595
Brenda Ruggiero - Just four months following their 1-2 finish in last year’s “Survivor: Vanuatu,” two reality television stars are back at their department of transportation jobs.When the challenges were over and the final votes were counted, the million-dollar first-place winner was Chris...

Gerdan Slipforms Wall 60 Ft. Above Mississippi River

/gerdan-slipforms-wall-60-ft-above-mississippi-river/5487
CEG - On one of the walls in Gerdan Slipforming’s office hangs a painting the company won during a silent auction for a community fund-raiser. The painting is a picturesque view of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, a new suspension bridge connecting Cape Girardeau, MO, to East Cape Girarde...

MoDOT Recalculates ’The Triangle’ in KC

/modot-recalculates-the-triangle-in-kc/5485
Richard Miller - When we last saw Missouri motorists using the Triangle four years ago, they were faced with increased traffic congestion as a result of an aging infrastructure that dated back forty years. The Triangle is the confluence of three major highways –– I-435, I-470 and US 71 –...

New South Dakota-to-Nebraska Bridge to Be Built

/new-south-dakota-to-nebraska-bridge-to-be-built/5412
CEG - YANKTON, SD (AP) Regardless of whether more federal money comes down the pipe, a new Missouri River bridge will be built to connect South Dakota and Nebraska, according to Leon Schochenmaier, of the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT). He said transportation officials in both...

Missouri Officials Give Go Ahead to $800M in Projects

/missouri-officials-give-go-ahead-to-800m-in-projects/5320
CEG - The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission gave the go-ahead to nearly $800 million in projects that will bring Missouri’s busiest highways up to good condition and speed up completion of some of the state’s highest-priority road and bridge construction projects. The i...

Four Bears Steadily Crosses Sakakawea in ND

/four-bears-steadily-crosses-sakakawea-in-nd/5035
Brenda Ruggiero - A unique project with roots stretching back to the late 1920s is steadily working its way across Lake Sakakawea near New Town, ND. Located in the heart of the Fort Berthold Reservation, the Four Bears Bridge on Highway 23 serves as a critical connection between the two sides of the state. ...

U.S. 71 Job in Missouri Yields Smooth Surface, Test Results

/us-71-job-in-missouri-yields-smooth-surface-test-results/4286
Richard Miller - U.S. 71 is a limited access four-lane highway that moves north to south through the state of Missouri. Approximately 30 mi. (50 km) south of Kansas City, the highway is receiving a long awaited upgrade. In February 2002, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) awarded a $16.7 m...

MODOT Head’s Resignation Highlights Perception Issue

/modot-heads-resignation-highlights-perception-issue/4064
CEG - JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) You’ve probably known someone like this: A person who loses a lot of weight, but listens to critics or stares at the mirror and still thinks she is fat. The person may no longer have a weight problem. What she now has is a perception problem. That’s a ...

New MO Roundabout Proving Unpopular With Truckers

/new-mo-roundabout-proving-unpopular-with-truckers/4008
CEG - PERRYVILLE, MO (AP) A new concrete roundabout in southeast Missouri is frustrating truckers, who claim it is a highway hazard and a waste of tax dollars. The roundabout opened 12 days ago at U.S. 61 and Main Street in Perryville. Truckers claim it is difficult to navigate large ri...

Cape Girardeau Bridge Takes Shape in MO

/cape-girardeau-bridge-takes-shape-in-mo/3903
April Goodwin - The new cable-stayed bridge that straddles the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri and its sister city in Illinois is a remarkable structure, stretching for the length of 13 football fields over the famous waterway. After three years of construction, the bridge is finally nearing c...

MoDOT Reinspects Spans Due to Recent Weather Fluctuations

/modot-reinspects-spans-due-to-recent-weather-fluctuations/3298
CEG - The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has reinspected all state-maintained bridges over the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to look for any possible damage due to dramatic weather fluctuations over the frigid winter weather. MoDOT staff is currently conducting its annual bridge inspec...

MoDOT to Unsnarl Grandview Triangle

/modot-to-unsnarl-grandview-triangle/2910
Richard Miller - More than 235,000 drivers per day figuratively are swallowed up by Kansas City’s most notorious interchange. U.S. 71, I-435 and I-470 converge on an area in southeastern Kansas City, the size of a small town, creating a traffic jam the locals call the Grandview Triangle. Now the ...

McAninch Uses Cat Equipment to Relocate U.S. 59 in Missouri

/mcaninch-uses-cat-equipment-to-relocate-us-59-in-missouri/2663
Richard Miller - On March 15, 2002, the McAninch Corporation was the successful low bidder on a highway relocation project on U.S. 59 in Holt County, MO. The $4.3-million project calls for constructing a new 2-mi. (3.2 km.) section of roadway with a 24-ft. (7.3 m) wide pavement and stabilized shoulders. When co...