Population: 40,766 Maintenance Buildings located in: Auxvasse, Fulton, Mokane, New Bloomfield Callaway County Connector Environmental Assessment   The Callaway County Connector Environmental Assessment will consider possible transportation improvements in southeastern Callaway County. It will examine the potential impacts of those improvements on homes, businesses, farms, historic sites, communities and nature, as well as costs and feasibility. Public Meeting Information, June 4, 2009     U.S. Route 54 Resurfacing   The Missouri Department of Transportation will resurface a portion of U.S. Route 54 in Callaway County. Work will include resurfacing both eastbound lanes and shoulders for 7.5 miles from just east of County Road 318 to the Business Route 54 north junction near Fulton. Both westbound lanes and shoulders just east of County Road 318 to approximately one mile east of Route J will be resurfaced. The westbound shoulders will receive a new surface from approximately one mile east of Route J to the Route AA/OO exit at Holts Summit. Work began in spring 2009 and will end in late fall 2009. Contractor: APAC – Missouri, Inc. of Columbia, Mo. Award Amount: $4,386,537.39     Four Mile Branch Bridge on Route E Bridge Deck Replacement The Missouri Department of Transportation will replace the bridge deck of the Four Mile Branch Bridge on Route E in Callaway County as part of the Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program. The bridge is located 1.5 miles east of Route DD. The bridge will be closed to traffic during the work and motorists will be detoured around the work area. Work is scheduled to begin during summer 2009. Contractor: Don Schnieders Excavating Co. of Jefferson City, Mo. Mid-Missouri Safe & Sound Bridge Program Information       Route D Bridge over Interstate 70 Bridge Deck Replacement The Missouri Department of Transportation will replace the bridge deck of the Route D/YY Bridge over Interstate 70 in Callaway County as part of the Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program. The bridge is located near Williamsburg at mile marker 161. The bridge is closed to traffic during construction, which began on Tuesday, April 28 and will end in mid-June. Ramps to and from I-70 will remain open to traffic. In order to cross the interstate, motorists will be detoured along I-70 to the next adjacent interchange, which would be at Routes A/Z (mile marker 155) and at Routes J/161 (mile marker 170). During the work, occasional lane closures may occur on east and westbound I-70 at this location. Contractor: Don Schnieders Excavating Co. of Jefferson City, Mo. Mid-Missouri Safe & Sound Bridge Program Information     Route M Bridge over Interstate 70 Bridge Deck Replacement The Missouri Department of Transportation will replace the bridge deck of the Route M bridge over Interstate 70 in Callaway County as part of the Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program.The Route M bridge is located at mile marker 144. The bridge will be closed to traffic during construction. Motorists will be detoured around the area during the work. Construction is scheduled to take place in 2009. Contractor: Don Schnieders Excavating Co. of Jefferson City, Mo. Mid-Missouri Safe & Sound Bridge Program Information     Route JJ Bridge over Interstate 70 Bridge Deck Replacement The Missouri Department of Transportation will replace the bridge deck of the Route JJ bridge over Interstate 70 in Callaway County as part of the Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program.The Route JJ bridge is located near mile marker 152. The bridge will be closed to traffic during construction. Motorists will be detoured around the area during the work. Construction is scheduled to take place in 2009. Contractor: Don Schnieders Excavating Co. of Jefferson City, Mo. Mid-Missouri Safe & Sound Bridge Program Information   I-70 Improvement Study   The I-70 Improvement Study is an effort by the Missouri Department of Transportation to determine how to improve the safety and efficiency of travel on 199 miles of Interstate 70 between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. The study identified widening and reconstructing the existing I-70 as the preferred approach to improving the corridor. It also considered the location and configuration of improvements to be made. In September 2007, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Interstate 70 through Missouri as one of six interstates nationwide included in its “Corridors of the Future” program to look at innovative ways to reduce congestion and improve freight delivery. The program calls for the Interstate 70 corridor through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to add four dedicated truck lanes. Missouri will receive $2 million to supplement the existing I-70 study to consider the truck lanes concept. MoDOT Hosts Public Hearings for Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Columbia Public Hearing Scheduled for March 4, 2009   MoDOT Hosting Online Public Meeting on Truck-Only Lanes Concept for I-70 Listening Station scheduled for Sept. 10, 2008 in Columbia, Mo. Sept. 2007 News Release -- MoDOT to Conduct Supplemental "Truck Lanes Only" Study for I-70 Click here to look at the Improve I-70 Web site.