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Repairs on Major Kansas City Interchange Are Completed Early

Forty-three days after sliding soil triggered collapsed pavement, a restored westbound I-470 opened Aug. 27 in the 3-Trails Crossing, 19 days ahead of schedule.  I-470

Missourians Wearing Seat Belts Even Less

Fewer Missourians buckled up this year compared to 2009, according to the latest statewide seat belt survey conducted in June 2010. Seatbelt Survey

Two Missouri Waterways Named Marine Highway Corridors

America's Marine Highway Program, a new initiative to move more cargo on the water rather than on crowded highways, includes two Missouri waterways. Marine Highway Corridors

200th Safe & Sound Bridge Completed

When the Route JJ bridge over Richland Creek in Morgan County opened Aug. 20, it was the 200th bridge completed under MoDOT's Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program.  Safe & Sound

Property Sales:  Where the Revenue Meets the Road

A state highway property sales blitz in April generated almost $1 million for road and bridge projects, bringing the total amount received from the sale of excess property for the past fiscal year to just shy of $4.4 million. Realty to Roads

You Drink, and Drive. You Lose. Campaign in Full Swing

Law enforcement officials throughout the state are holding sobriety checkpoints to keep impaired drivers off the road.  You Drink, and Drive. You Lose.

Greener, Cleaner Hybrid Buses Debut in Missouri

Missouri's carbon footprint just got a little smaller.  MoDOT's Transit Unit helped two local public transportation agencies purchase new hybrid vehicles that promise to run cleaner and cheaper than standard buses. Hybrid Buses

Nation's First Stimulus Project Opens to Traffic

The first highway project to begin construction under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - the Osage River bridge near Tuscumbia, Mo. - opened to drivers Aug. 16.  Tuscumbia Bridge 

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