Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 20, 2025
Phase 1 of MoDOT's $2.8B Effort to Improve I-70 Progresses
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 modernize I-70 across the state from Blue Springs to Wentzville....
MoDOT - Mon December 30, 2024
Missouri DOT Names Prequalified Teams for Third Improve I-70 Project
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....
Missouri Department of Transportation - Wed November 20, 2024
MoDOT Selects Contractor for $600M Improve I-70 Project
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....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed October 09, 2024
KCI, MoDOT Work to Improve I-55 Near St. Louis
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....
Missouri Department of Transportation - Tue September 24, 2024
New Eastbound Rocheport Bridge Construction On Schedule
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 then prepare for pouring the new bridge deck....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 02, 2024
Missouri's Buck O'Neil Bridge Nears Completion
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," said James Pflum, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) project manager....
Missouri Department of Transportation - Wed March 13, 2024
Missouri Commission Awards Final Projects of Rural Routes Program
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 to the Missouri Department of Transportation to improve low-volume rural roads across the state....
Missouri Department of Transportation - Wed February 28, 2024
MHTC Selects Contractor for First Improve I-70 Project in Missouri
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....
Office of Gov. Parson - Wed February 14, 2024
Gov. Parson's Improve I-70 Plan Receives Federal Funding
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....
AASHTO - Tue November 07, 2023
University of Missouri Opens Its New Work Zone Safety Center of Excellence
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....
