Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 22, 2020
MoDOT's Blanchette Missouri River Bridge Undergoes $35M Rehabilitation
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....
Missouri Department of Transportation - Tue November 24, 2020
Missouri Announces Preliminary Plan for I-70 Rocheport Bridge Job
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....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 28, 2020
MoDOT's $278M I-270 Project Increases Mobility in St. Louis County
In an effort to improve outdated highway design, deteriorating infrastructure and traffic congestion, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is overseeing the I-270 North Design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....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 11, 2019
Historic Bridges Up for Sale in Missouri
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....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 27, 2019
Greg Bair Track Hoe Service: Preparation Proves Vital to Meeting Demolition Deadline
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....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 27, 2019
Kansas City's I-435, I-70 Overhaul Under Way
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 million effort....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 10, 2019
Emery Sapp & Sons Continues to Grow
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 equipment and one employee with a focus on water and sewer installation to one that has over 650 employee-owners....
MoDOT - Wed March 06, 2019
MoDOT Launches $36M Interstate Upgrade
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....
AASHTO - Tue September 25, 2018
Utah DOT's Carlos Braceras Elected AASHTO President
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 Patrick McKenna as its vice president....
AASHTO Journal - Thu August 30, 2018
Mid-America Transportation Projects Win Big in National Competition
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 “first of its kind” training program; replacing bridges to reconnect communities after major flooding; increasing mobility through a $2 billion overhaul of the most popular Amtrak route in the Midwest; and modernizing an aging freeway to improve safety and economic development....
