Districts Impacted
A resurfacing and safety project along Route 100 between Route 109 and Route OO in Franklin County
Project timeline
MoDOT works on the design for the projects and coordinates with other parties interested in working along the corridor.
Construction begins on the project. Currently this is projected for spring 2025
Construction complete
What is the issue?
The section of Route 100 in Wildwood between Route 109 and Route OO in Franklin County needs to be resurfaced. While MoDOT is completing that work to take care of the existing roadway, the city of Wildwood has taken the opportunity to work with its citizens to make safety improvements on the corridor at Route T (heading to St. Albans) and Pond Road. The city is partnering with MoDOT in a cost-share project to include J-turns to enhance safety at these two intersections and to add left turn lanes in the two-lane section at Hawks Rest, Windy Hollow, Hencken and Woodland Meadows. The J-turn is an alternative to traditional roadway intersections on a four-lane highway. Instead of motorists crossing fast-moving lanes of traffic to get to the opposing lanes, drivers at a J-turn intersection turn right in the same direction of traffic, merge into the left lane, and then make a U-turn in the direction they intend to travel. Although drivers will have to travel slightly further to get where they want to go, using J-turns can take the same or less time than trying to wait for a safe and appropriate gap to cross traffic. The point of these turns it to greatly reduce – or even eliminate -- a significant number of severe crashes common when drivers must cross-over busy highways to reach another road.
What are the city of Wildwood's plans?
You can see more of the information the city of Wildwood has been working on at their project page: Route 100 J-Turn Safety Improvement Project (www.cityofwildwood.com)
