Missouri has more than 10,000 bridges – the sixth most in the nation. More than 800 of those bridges are in poor condition and over 900 are weight restricted.
Former governor Mike Parson recognized the need for additional funding for infrastructure projects in our state and in January 2019 put forth a proposal to repair or replace hundreds of the state’s worst bridges.
As passed by the 2019 General Assembly and signed by the Governor, $50 million was appropriated from State General Revenue to replace or repair 45 bridges in Fiscal Year 2020. In July 2019, MoDOT received an $81.2 million INFRA Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to facilitate the construction of a new I-70 Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport and I-70 climbing lanes at Mineola Hill in Montgomery County - two significant improvements to the I-70 freight corridor.
The grant also triggered a $301 million bonding program, authorized by the legislature in the 2019 session and to be repaid over seven years from State General Revenue, to repair or replace an additional 205 bridges across the state - freeing up $301 million from the current Statewide Transportation Improvement Program for new transportation improvement projects.
Not only did this program enable MoDOT to fix hundreds of poor bridges throughout the state, it also enabled the department to deliver additional high-priority transportation projects statewide using the funding already dedicated to these bridges in the construction program and for which its nationally recognized local planning process was used.
Focus on Bridges
Here is a link to the bridges that were delivered under the Governor’s “Focus on Bridges” program.
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