Upcoming public meeting:

MoDOT to hold community briefing on the Route C Bridge over Boeuf Creek

ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Department of Transportation is holding a community briefing regarding the closing of the Route C bridge at Boeuf Creek.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the New Haven Fire House, 102 Miller Street in New Haven starting at 3 p.m.

The Route C bridge over Boeuf Creek is scheduled to close beginning Monday, July 13, 2009, weather permitting.

Crews will be working on bridge rehabiliation. The bridge will be closed during this project and motorists are advised to use Route KK to Route 185 to Route 100 as the detour. This project is expected to be completed October 2009.

More information about the St. Louis region Safe and Sound Bridge Program can be found at www.modot.org/stlouis/SafeandSound/SafeandSound.htm.

Past Public Meetings:

MoDOT partners with county for meeting on Thursday, May 14

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Department of Transportation partnered with St. Louis County to hold an open-house style public meeting May 14, 2009 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Parkway Central High School, 369 N. Woods Mill Road, Chesterfield, MO, 63017.

St. Louis County held a public hearing on the Page-Olive Connector project; MoDOT held an informational meeting to discuss constructing the relocated Route 141 between Olive Boulevard and south of Ladue Road.

Those who attended this open house style meeting saw plans for the projects and discussed the project’s impacts with MoDOT/St. Louis County engineers and traffic experts. Additionally, participants were able to submit comments during the public meeting.

There were no formal presentations during the public meeting. For more information, click here.

MoDOT Held Public Meeting for Route 61 Improvement Project

FESTUS – The Missouri Department of Transportation held an informational public meeting Tuesday, May 12 between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. at R7 Danby-Rush Tower Middle School, at 1250 Dooling Hollow Road in Festus. MoDOT displayed the design and traffic control plans for the Route 61 improvement project from Interstate 55 in Festus to Route OO in Ste. Genevieve County and discussed it with the public. This project will improve the safety and condition of this highway for motorists in Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve Counties.

Maps and other detailed project information were available at the public meeting, which was conducted in an open-house format where no formal presentations were made. Participants were welcomed to submit comments during the public meeting, as well as ask MoDOT and the contractor about the design and traffic control plans for the project. For more information, click here.

Public meeting outlined I-44, Lewis Road bridge work

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Department of Transportation held an informational, open-house-style public meeting March 12 to discuss an upcoming project on westbound Interstate 44 and Lewis Road.

This project includes bridge rehab work on westbound I-44 over the Meramec River and a deck replacement on Lewis Road over I-44. The project is scheduled to begin in spring and continue throughout the year.  MoDOT will keep three lanes open on westbound I-44 during the daytime, although there will be lane closures at night and on weekends. Drivers can expect narrow, shifted lanes throughout the course of the work.  There will be minimal impacts to eastbound I-44. For safety reasons, crews will have to close the westbound entrance ramp from Lewis Road to I-44 during construction. 

On Lewis Road, crews will be replacing the bridge deck, which will require restricting traffic across the bridge to one lane during the first part of the project.  MoDOT will put up signals on each end of the bridge to control traffic during that work, which should run through late summer. During the remainder of the project, MoDOT will keep both lanes open.

For more information on MoDOT public meetings, call MoDOT toll-free at 1-888-ASK MODOT (275-6636) or send MoDOT an e-mail.