JEFFERSON CITY – Though the safety belt usage rate in Missouri has slowly risen over the past 17 years, reaching 81 percent last year. The state is still well below the national average of 90 percent.
The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety is...
UNIONVILLE, Mo. – Those who live on and drive some routes around Mercer, Putnam and Sullivan counties will soon be riding on a smoother surface. Resurfacing projects are planned on Route B in Mercer County, Routes 149 and W in Putnam County, and...
GRANDVIEW – The Missouri Department of Transportation will be closing lanes of both northbound and southbound Interstate 49 in Jackson County at the Main Street Bridge in Grandview on Wednesday, May 17, from 8 p.m. to the following morning at 5 a.m...
ST. LOUIS – Drivers traveling on southbound I-55 in Jefferson County this weekend should give themselves some extra time. One lane on southbound I-55 will be closed at Route Z from Friday, May 19 at 8 p.m. until Monday, May 22 at 2 p.m.
Drivers are...
May 17, 2017– For immediate release
JEFFERSON CITY –Nicole Kolb Hood, who has served the Missouri Department of Transportation for the past 21 years, has been named state highway safety and traffic engineer following the retirement this spring of...
PLATTE COUNTY – The Missouri Department of Transportation will close the right lanes of northbound and southbound I-29 at the 72nd St. interchange beginning 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 and continuing through Thursday, May 25 for new pavement work. This...
JEFFERSON CITY – A pavement repair and resurfacing project on Route B in Cole, Miller and Osage counties will begin on on Monday, May 22.
The project includes repairing the pavement, resurfacing and adding shoulders on Route B from south of Lorenzo...
PLATTE COUNTY – The Missouri Department of Transportation will close the right lanes of northbound and southbound I-29 at the 72nd St. interchange beginning 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 and continuing through Thursday, May 25 for new pavement work. This...
LEE’S SUMMIT – Missouri Department of Transportation will shift traffic on east and westbound U.S. 50 to the shoulders this week so crews can begin building sections of the new Route 291 bridge. All work is weather dependent.
This project will...
HANNIBAL - Due to high winds, a tree limb fell onto Route MM today, Wednesday, and hit a moving vehicle. MoDOT crews removed limbs on the road and kept the road open today; however, Thursday, May 18, Route MM will be closed at U.S. 61, local traffic...
