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MoDOT to celebrate completion of Clayton Road widening with ribbon cutting

     ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Department of Transportation, and its contractor, Krupp Construction, Inc., will celebrate the impeding completion of the widening work on Clayton Road (Route HH) with a ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. June 26.  The celebration will be on the eastern side of the Clayton Road project in front of the Chesterfield Presbyterian Church at 15037 Clayton Road. Attendees will be able to park in the church’s parking lot.

The public is cordially invited to help celebrate the completion of this two-year, $13.1 million improvement project. The project added a third lane on Clayton Road between Clarkson Road and Baxter Road, improved the intersection at Clayton Road and Kehr’s Mill and added combined shoulder/bike lanes and sidewalks to the roadway.

After the ribbon cutting, crews will still have a couple more weeks of work, finishing striping, installing signs and completing landscape work.

MoDOT celebrates opening of Telegraph Road bridge over Interstate 255 Tuesday, June 10

     ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Department of Transportation, and its contractor, St. Louis Bridge, Inc., celebrated the opening of the new Telegraph Road (Route 231) bridge over Interstate 255 with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 10 a.m. The event was held in front of the National City Bank branch on Telegraph and Kinswood, at the southwest corner of the interchange.

The new bridge opened May 1, 2008 to traffic, and is 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 include a double loop ramp from northbound Telegraph Road to westbound I-255. The improvement also updates 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. 

MoDOT Celebrates Completion for I-55 Guard Cable Project Dedication ceremony will take place May 19 at 2 p.m.

Herculaneum - Missouri Department of Transportation celebrates completion for the final guard cable project on Interstate 55 (north of Route 67) at a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony May 19 at 2 p.m.

Who:  MoDOT Assistant District Engineer Tom Blair will be the Master of Ceremony. Officials scheduled to speak at the ceremony include: Rachel McCombs, a representative from the office of US Senator Kit Bond; Bob Burns, a representative from the office of US Senator Claire McCaskill; Jim McHugh, a representative from the office of US Congressman Russ Carnahan; State Representative Ron Casey; State Representative Joe Fallert; State Representative Jeff Roorda; Jefferson County Commissioner Chuck Banks; Pat Schaeffer from D & S Fencing Company.

What:  Citizens for Safe Medians donated $55,000 to MoDOT specifically for guard cable work. The group held various fund-raisers to raise the money. A MoDOT representative accepted the donation and committed to use the money on the next I-55 guard cable project.

MoDOT and its contractor, D & S Fencing Company, installed guard cable in the median of I-55 in all the remaining gap areas along the interstate between Route M and Route 67. Construction began in November 2007 and is completed as promised in May 2008. The project was completed under budget.

Where:  The ceremony will begin promptly at 2 p.m. with the media and the public invited to attend. It will be held at the Herculaneum commuter lot at McNutt Road on the west side of I-55.

Directions:  From St. Louis: Take I-55 south and exit at Herculaneum. Turn right on McNutt Road and go to the Herculaneum commuter lot, which is on the left.

Why:  Dedicating the I-55 Guard Cable project is great news for Jefferson County motorists. It will improve the safety of people traveling on I-55.

MoDOT dedicates completed interchange at Route 94 and Interstate 70

     ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Department of Transportation, and its contractor, Fred Weber, Inc., along with St. Charles County and St. Charles City officials will celebrate the opening of the Route 94 and Interstate 70 interchange with a dedication event on Friday, April 25 at 10 a.m. on the grassy area at the southeastern corner of the interchange (near Classic Cars). The public and the media are cordially invited to attend the event. Vehicles can park in the Classic Cars lot, or at the Ridgecrest Baptist Church by the interchange.

     This dedication culminates a three-phase, $27 million, project to improve the interchange at Route 94 and I-70. The first phase of the project ran from 2001 to summer 2002, when crews constructed an auxiliary lane on westbound I-70 between 5th Street and Route 94. In February 2004, crews started constructing the single-point urban interchange, replacing the old two-lane twin bridges with a new 10-lane bridge with dual left-turn lanes. In February 2006, crews began working on the approaches to the interchange, constructing a roundabout on the northern side of the project and two tunnels to take the I-70 outer roads under Route 94. Crews also added a lane on westbound Route 94 between I-70 and Zumbehl Road.

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