Wednesday, April 10, 2013
MoDOT crews are working on rebuilding the interchange in St. Peters.
Construction on the diverging diamond intersection upgrade at Interstate 70 and Mid Rivers Mall Drive is underway in St. Peters. Work started in March as crews began to build a diverging diamond interchange and add an additional lane to westbound I-70. The $13 million project is being paid for with federal, regional and local money. The Missouri Department of Transportation expects the project to be completed in time for the holiday shopping season at Mid Rivers Mall. The project is expected to be completed by Oct. 31.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Join the Missouri Department of Transportation, community leaders and other volunteers to help pick up litter on Missouri roads.
Join the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), community leaders and other volunteers for the department's annual "No More Trash! Bash" on April 6. MoDOT will supply participants with trash bags, safety vests, litter pickers and gloves and will guide volunteers along the routes while picking up litter. The goal of the event is to spread awareness of Missouri's litter problem and work toward a litter-free state. If interested in participating, you can meet at one of the following trash bash locations at 9 a.m. on Saturday: The event kicks off a month-long initiative, sponsored by the Missouri Departments of Transportation and Conservation to clean up Missouri, according to a MoDOT news release. Keeping litter off the roadways and …
Monday, April 1, 2013
The westbound lane closure will start at 9 a.m.
The following information was provided by the Missouri Department of Transportation One additional lane on westbound and then eastbound Interstate 70 at the Blanchette Missouri River Bridge will be closed on Tuesday, April 2 for maintenance work. The westbound lane closure will start at 9 a.m. When crews complete the pavement repairs westbound, they will close one lane in the eastbound direction. The work should be complete by noon. Motorists are advised to use Route 370 or Route 364 as alternate Missouri River crossings. The additional lane reduction will leave only two lanes open for traffic. Motorists are advised to slow down in the work zone and obey the posted 45 mph speed limit.
Friday, March 22, 2013
MoDOT expert Linda Wilson Horn will answer questions from 1-4 p.m. Friday in the comments to answer your traffic and road questions in the latest installment of Ask the Patch Pro.
It's time for another edition of Ask the Patch Pro, where each week we tackle a different topic and open up the comments section for questions. Our team of experts stop in to help you out and answer your questions. This week, Patch teamed up with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to answer your road, construction and traffic questions. MoDOT Community Relations Coordinator Linda Wilson Horn has agreed to help us out this week. She will answer questions in the comment section on Friday from 1-4 p.m. Have a question? Ask below!
Monday, March 18, 2013
Patch is teaming up with the Missouri Department of Transportation this week to get all of your traffic and road questions answered.
Patch wants to help find the answers to all your questions about traffic, road construction and more. That's why this week, we are teaming up with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). In the latest edition of "Ask the Patch Pro," MoDOT Community Relations Coordinator Linda Wilson Horn will answer readers' questions in the comment section of the Patch sites from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 22. Get your questions ready and check back with Patch and MoDOT on Friday morning! Take a look at some of our previous Patch Pro posts:
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Over the next several months, several significant changes will take place in efforts to improve traffic.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Construction crews began construction on the Mid Rivers Mall Drive/Interstate 70 interchange on Monday. Over the next several months, several significant changes will take place in efforts to improve traffic.
Construction on the diverging diamond intersection upgrade at Interstate 70 and Mid Rivers Mall Drive started Monday in St. Peters and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31. Crews will build a diverging diamond interchange and add an additional lane to westbound Interstate 70. The $13 million project is being paid for with federal, regional and local money. This week, crews will build a temporary slip ramp from westbound Interstate 70 to the North Outer Road, which will go to one-way traffic between the slip ramp and Mid Rivers Mall Drive. Starting the week of March 18, the loop ramps will be closed, which means drivers exiting from westbound I-70 to Mid Rivers Mall will have to use the slip ramp. Several additional changes will also go…
Monday, February 25, 2013
The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a meeting to discuss the schedule for phase 3 of the Route 364 Page Avenue Extension Project on March 26.
The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. March 26 at St. Charles Community College to answer questions about phase 3 of the Route 364 Page Avenue Construction project. MoDOT recently awarded the contract for the $118.2 million project. Construction on the final phase of the Route 364 extension project is expected to begin in May and be completed by Fall 2014. The Crews will build a four-lane highway between Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters and the Route N and Interstate 64 interchange in Lake Saint Louis. The road will continue from Mid Rivers Mall Drive through farm land or flood plains out to Route K and then out to Bryan Road. Anyone interested in seeing maps of the project is invited to …
Friday, February 22, 2013
MoDOT expert Linda Wilson Horn will answer your questions in the comments section on Friday, Feb. 22.
It's time for another edition of Ask the Patch Pro, where each week we tackle a different topic and open up the comments section for questions. Our team of experts stop in to help you out and answer your questions. This week, Patch teamed up with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to answer your road, construction and traffic questions. MoDOT Community Relations Coordinator Linda Wilson Horn has agreed to help us out. She will answer readers' questions in the comment section of the Patch sites on Friday, Feb. 22. Have a question? Ask below!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Parts of Interstate 64 and Highway 141 were shut down for as much as 3.5 hours Thursday night to give crews time to attack snow accumulations in the area.
7:01 p.m. Update MoDOT confirms that the closures of Intestate 64 and Highway 141 have ended. 5:17 p.m. Update: According to the St. Louis County Office of Emergency Management, I-64 is now open in West. St. Louis County in both directions. A MoDOT engineer confirms the following road closures to Patch as crews try to take advantage of a lull in weather conditions MoDOT's St. Louis Maintenance Engineer Becky Allmeroth told Patch that the I-64 closure was already an hour in progress at approximately 4:45 p.m. Allmeroth said the weather event has played out "almost exactly" as was expected, although there has been more accumulations of snow. She added that major arterials should be cleared in time for the Friday morning commute. Forecasts …
Jordan Lanham
4:02 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
Thanks so much Linda! Have a good weekend and stay warm! more ›