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....
Associated Press - Wed September 27, 2023
VIDEO: Explosives Drop Steel Trestle Missouri River Bridge
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....
University of Missouri - Wed August 02, 2023
VIDEO: Innovative Solutions for Advancing Use of 'Plastic' Roads
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....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed July 19, 2023
MoDOT Bundles I-55 Bridge Projects in St. Louis, Missouri
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....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 07, 2023
MoDOT, IDOT Team Up for $532M Chain of Rocks Bridge Project
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....
