The Missouri Department of Transportation is replacing the Lamine River Bridge on Route 135 in Cooper County. The new bridge will raise the grade of the roadway to better protect the area from flooding. The bridge is closed during the work and motorists are asked to use Route BB and Route A as alternate routes during the closure.
Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2008
Contractor: Lehman Construction, LLC, of California, Mo.
Award Amount: $1,647,029.38
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The I-70 Improvement Study is an effort by the Missouri Department of Transportation to determine how to improve the safety and efficiency of travel on 199 miles of Interstate 70 between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. The study identified widening and reconstructing the existing I-70 as the preferred approach to improving the corridor. It also considered the location and configuration of improvements to be made.
In September 2007, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Interstate 70 through Missouri as one of six interstates nationwide included in its “Corridors of the Future” program to look at innovative ways to reduce congestion and improve freight delivery.
The program calls for the Interstate 70 corridor through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio to add four dedicated truck lanes. Missouri will receive $2 million to supplement the existing I-70 study to consider the truck lanes concept.
Sept. 2007 News Release -- MoDOT to Conduct Supplemental "Truck Lanes Only" Study for I-70
Click here to look at the Improve I-70 Web site.
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