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HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION REPORT For more information on road construction call 1-888-ASK MODOT.  "If it's happening in St. Louis, it's on Saint Louis Front Page."   How To Reach Us: Saint Louis Front Page PO Box 1354 St. Louis, MO 63188 Voice: 314-771-0200 Fax: 314-771-0300 To advertise, contact: advertising@slfp.com To submit news, contact: editor@slfp.com |
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I-64 Public Open Houses Scheduled ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com), January 15, 2007 - The first of three public informational open houses on the New I-64 Reconstruction Project will be held on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 between 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the James S. McDonnell Planetarium in Forest Park, St. Louis, MO. The public will have an opportunity to view the proposed design and traffic management plans and to meet the Gateway Constructors team, which was selected last November by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to lead the $535 million design-build project. During the open house, there will a brief presentation at 5:00 p.m. and then it will be repeated at 6:00 p.m. To provide the public with ample opportunity to learn more about the reconstruction of I-64, Gateway Constructors will hold two more open houses. The same information will be presented at all three meetings. The other open houses will be held from 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., with a presentation at 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on the following dates: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at Brentwood Middle School - Cafeteria, 2221 High School Drive off Litzsinger (Enter at Circle Drive off White Avenue), Brentwood, MO 63144. Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters - Auditorium, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. at Clayton Road, Frontenac, Missouri 63131. The goal of the New I-64 Reconstruction Project is to rebuild and upgrade the ten miles of freeway between Spoede Road in St. Louis County and Kingshighway Blvd. in the City of St. Louis. The improvements will result in a new high quality interstate-to-interstate connection between I-64 and I-170, one added lane in each direction between Spoede Road and I-170 and 12 new interchanges. Construction is scheduled to be completed by October 2010.
ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com), January 13, 2007 - Chouteau Bridge is scheduled to reopen Friday, January 19, after neary two years of construction to rebuild the 100 year old structure. The bridge was not earthquake resistant and traffic was now restricted to using two lanes in the center of the bridge because it's in severely deteriorated condition. The improvements included replacing the Chouteau bridge from Vandeventer to 39th Street, removing the Vandeventer overpass bridge from I-64 ramps to Chouteau, reconstructing the Chouteau/Vandeventer and I-64 ramps/Vandeventer intersections, lighting, signing, and signals with pedestrian accommodations. MoDOT District Engineer Ed Hassinger will be the master's of ceremony for the celebration which begins at 10 a.m. Officials scheduled to speak at the ceremony include: State Senator Maida Coleman; Representative Rodney Hubbard; Chuck Prior, Legislative Director, office of Governor Matt Blunt, Darryl Piggee, office of U.S. Congressman William Clay, Jr., and Marjorie Melton, office of Mayor Francis Slay. This $16 million dollar project began in winter 2004 and was originally scheduled to be complete in spring 2007. Crews will open the new bridge on Chouteau to motorists immediately following the ribbon cutting ceremony. Archived News:  Gateway Constructors Selected for $535 Million Project to Reconstruct I-64I-64 Approved as MoDOT's First Design-Build ProjectLargest-Ever Missouri Road-Building Program Approved
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