ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Department of Transportation, and its contractor, Truesdell Corporation of Wisconsin, Inc., will close lanes on westbound I-44 over the Meramec River near Eureka, Tuesday, Sept. 25 and Wednesday, Sept. 26. Crews will be rehabilitating the bridge deck.

Crews will close one lane nightly at 7 p.m. and the second lane at 9:30 p.m. or when the traffic flow subsides. All lanes should reopen by 6 a.m. the next day.

Motorists may experience delays during this work and are encouraged to use alternate routes. Plan ahead to avoid work zones by calling 1-888-ASK-MODOT or visiting our website at http://www.modot.org/.

ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Department of Transportation, and its contractor, Millstone Bangert, Inc., will move traffic to the new pavement on the north side of Route 340 (
Olive Boulevard
) between 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, June 8, 2007. Additionally, crews will open the ramp from southbound I-170 to
Olive Boulevard
and switch southbound I-170 traffic to the new I-170 lanes after 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 8, 2007. Northbound I-170 traffic will stay on the current lanes until Friday, June 15, 2007.
On Saturday, June 16, 2007, MoDOT will close>
Olive Boulevard
under I-170 to remove the remaining portions of the I-170 bridges over

Olive Boulevard
.

Olive Boulevard
will open after crews clean up from tearing down the bridges; the route is scheduled to open no later than 6 a.m. Monday, June 18.

With the new traffic pattern, traffic on westbound
Olive Boulevard
will still be unable to make a left turn onto the southbound I-270 ramp. To access southbound I-170, follow the detour signs: take northbound I-170 to

Page Avenue
and take the ramp for southbound I-170.

The construction is part of a $25.9 million project to construct a single point intersection to relieve congestion on both I-170 and Route 340. This work will also lengthen entrance and exit ramps to improve the intersection’s safety.
Motorists may experience delays during this work and are encouraged to use alternate routes. Plan ahead — for ways to avoid work zones, call 1-888-ASK-MODOT or visit our website at http://www.modot.org/”>www.modot.org>. Travelers can also get up-to-the-minute traffic information on interstates or major state routes by dialing 5-1-1 from most cell phones; if 5-1-1 isn’t available from your telephone, please dial 877-478-5511 (877-4STL-511).
 

ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Department of Transportation, and its contractor, St. Louis Bridge, Inc., will close I-255 under the Telegraph Road overpass and will close Telegraph Road (Route 231) from Barracksview Road to Kinswood Lane from 10 p.m. Friday, June 8 to 5 a.m. Monday June 11 to remove part of the existing bridge. Crews will start restricting lanes at 8 p.m. Friday, June 8 to prepare for the 10 p.m. closure. Traffic from I-255 will be routed over the exit and entrance ramps on either side of the bridge - there will be one lane of traffic each over the westbound and eastbound ramps.

Detours for the night of the bridge closure are:

For travelers on northbound Telegraph Road (Route 231), detour on Kinswood Road to Koch Road to access eastbound or westbound I-255.
For travelers on southbound Telegraph Road (Route 231), detour to Barracksview Road to Lindbergh and then make a left turn in front of Home Depot to access eastbound I-255 or continue on Lindbergh to access I-55 or westbound I-255.
The lane closures and traffic restrictions are part of a $7.1 million bridge reconstruction project, to replace the two bridges over I-255 with one bridge and improve interchange flow. The improvements will include a double loop ramp from northbound Telegraph Road to westbound I-255. The improvement will also update the bridges (one which was built in the late 1940s and the other in the early 1950s) and will add an additional lane on westbound I-255 between Telegraph to nearly Lemay Ferry Road. 

Motorists may experience delays during this work and are encouraged to use alternate routes. Plan ahead — for ways to avoid work zones, call 1-888-ASK-MODOT or visit our website at www.modot.org. Travelers can also get up-to-the-minute traffic information on interstates or major state routes by dialing 5-1-1 from most cell phones; if 5-1-1 isn’t available from your carrier, please dial 877-478-5511 (877-4STL-511).

    ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Department of Transportation, and its contractor, Kozeny-Wagner, Inc., will close I-270 at Dougherty Ferry from Friday, June 1, 2007 to Monday, June 4, 2007 to tear down the Dougherty Ferry Bridge. Crews will begin restricting lanes on I-270 at 8 p.m. Friday; all lanes will be closed by 10 p.m. just before crews starting work to demolish the bridge and clean up the debris. Traffic will be routed over the entrance and exit ramps around the bridge, but drivers will not be able to access Dougherty Ferry Road. After the interstate reopens by 5 a.m. Monday, the ramps will close for the duration of reconstruction.

This $6.1 million project will widen the bridge from four lanes to seven lanes, including two through lanes and two left turn lanes on westbound Dougherty Ferry as well as one through lane and two left turn lanes on eastbound Dougherty Ferry. It will add an additional left turn lane from northbound I-270 to westbound Dougherty Ferry and an additional right turn lane from southbound I-270 to westbound Dougherty Ferry. Finally, the project will add an additional lane on westbound Dougherty Ferry between I-270 and Des Peres Road. The bridge and ramps are scheduled to re-open no later than September 1, 2007 — Labor Day weekend.

    ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Department of Transportation will unveil the latest addition to its travel information package Friday, May 11, 2007, when it launches its 511 travel information telephone number for St. Louis at the Transportation Management Center in Town and Country.

511 is the nationally -recognized travel information telephone number, similar to 911 for emergency information and 411 for phone information. With the launch of the service, travelers in St. Louis City and County, and Franklin, Jefferson and St. Charles counties will be able to get real-time travel information on interstates and major state routes by simply dialing three numbers.

The travel information number is a public service of the telecommunications industry, MoDOT and Traffic.com, a NAVTEQ company. The voice-operated phone number will give travelers the ability to get traffic speeds, incident and other pertinent information for their daily travel needs. Additionally, by registering on the co-sponsored MoDOT and Traffic.com website, travelers can get information on their routes sent directly to their telephone or e-mail accounts.

The 511 travel information service is free, though cellular users will pay normal airtime and roaming charges and pay-phone customers will pay the minimum pay-phone toll fee.