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May 27,
2005 - Bridgework in Clark County Next Week
Missouri Department of Transportation maintenance
crews will be sealing the deck on the Route 27 overpass
at Route 136 Tuesday and Wednesday, May 31 and June
1, 2005. Traffic will be reduced to one
lane on the bridge while the work is performed
Motorists are
urged to reduce speed in the work zone and obey all
road construction signs. Brief delays
should be expected.
May
6, 2005 - Roadwork Scheduled on Route
168 in Marion and Shelby Counties
MoDOT crews
will be chip sealing Route 168 in Marion and Shelby
Counties from Route 15 at Shelbyville to Business Route
61 at Palmyra. Scheduled to begin Monday, May
16, traffic will be reduced to one lane between the
hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Preventative
maintenance and a smoother driving surface will be the
major benefits of the chip seal operation. The
project consists of placing a thin overlay on the roadway
to seal and protect the pavement and extend the pavement
life.
Crews will be working daylight work hours; traffic will
be reduced to one lane during construction with flaggers
and pilot cars controlling traffic through the work zone.
The roadway will be opened to two lanes at the
end of each workday. Please allow ample driving
time to your destination. Motorists are encouraged
to use an alternate route. The project should be
complete in 8 to 10 working days, weather permitting.
May 6, 2005-Striping
Operations on Route 27 from St. Francisvlle to Wayland
in Clark County
Weather permitting,
beginning Monday, May 9, 2005 from the Des Moines River
at St. Francisville to just south of Wayland, crews
will be striping the four-lane highway and will be located
at various locations along Route 27 in Clark County.
Crews will be
removing the existing stripe and painting new centerline
and edge lines. Crews maybe working some nighttime hours
to remove the existing stripe in preparation for striping
operations that are performed during daytime hours.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane with a 2-mile
work zone where crews are removing the stripes.
Motorists should
be aware that striping operations are slow moving work
zones. The trucks drive around 10 miles per hour
during a painting operation and there are usually three
to four trucks involved in the
painting process. On the back of the trucks there
are large signs that read wet paint.
The striping should be complete in 10 to 14 working days,
weather permitting.
May 6, 2005-Construction
to begin on Turn Lanes at Route 54 and B
Weather permitting,
beginning Monday, May 9, 2005, crews will begin construction
on the eastbound left-turn lane on Route 54 at Route
B in Audrain County east of Mexico.
An eastbound
left-turn lane will be constructed on Route 54 to provide
an area for cars to turn onto Route B.
Route 54 will be slightly widened on the south side
of the highway. During construction, traffic
will be maintained over existing Routes 54 and B, with
one lane and the shoulder remaining open. On
Thursday, May 12, Audrain County Road 717 will be closed
at Route 54 for approximately four weeks to allow crews
to accomplish the job more quickly.
May
4, 2005 - Roadway Contract Awarded
for Route 61 Work in Lincoln County
North and southbound lanes and the shoulders of Route
61 from Route KK through St. Charles County will be
resurfaced this summer. Also included in the
project is the rehabilitation of four bridges and installation
of new guardrail. A northbound right turn lane
will be constructed at Mette Road opposite Route U.
Traffic will
be handled on the existing pavement during the resurfacing
operations, but will be restricted to one lane.
Work may begin after June and is expected to be complete
by fall of 2006.
The project was let in
conjunction with another in St. Charles County, which
consists of resurfacing the north and southbound lanes
and shoulders of Route 61 from the Lincoln County line
to south of Wentzville, and approximately one mile of
northbound pavement on Route 40/61 near Lake St. Louis
Blvd in Lake St. Louis.
The Missouri Highways and Transportation
Commission awarded the projects to G & M Concrete
& Asphalt Co., Inc., of Troy, Missouri for a bid
of $10,183,220.38.
May
4, 2005 - Route YY to close for bridgework
Route
YY in Monroe County near Evansville will be closed to
traffic beginning Monday, May 9 for bridge rehabilitation
over Coon Creek. Traffic will be detoured over
Routes 24 and 151 while work is performed.
After work is completed on the Coon Creek Bridge and
Route YY is reopened to traffic, rehabilitation work
will begin on the Milligan Creek Bridge with Route YY
closed at that location. The work is expected
to be complete by this fall.
May 5, 2005 – MoDOT
and Wal-mart partner to improve Business Route 54 in
Mexico
Recently, the Missouri Department
of Transportation (MoDOT) and Wal-Mart agreed on a partnership
to improve the roadway in front of the new Wal-Mart
on Business Route 54 in Mexico. Wal-Mart and MoDOT have
approved to share the cost of resurfacing the roadway
from the Route 54 interchange north approximately ¾
of a mile. Some of the costs associated with Wal-mart’s
portion of the project will be reimbursed through a
sales tax rebate agreement with the City of Mexico.
Several months ago, Wal-Mart applied
for a permit to improve the entrance into the new Wal-Mart
by adding new concrete turn lanes. Wal-Mart and MoDOT
decided to take advantage of this opportunity to make
improvements to the roadway. “The contractor was
already in the area, so we knew we could get the project
done quicker and less expensively,” said MoDOT
District Engineer Kirk Juranas. MoDOT provided trucks
to haul material and traffic control through the work
zone, while Wal-mart purchased materials and supplied
the asphalt crew and machinery. About 600 tons of asphalt
were laid on the road. The cost of the entire project
is estimated to be half what it would have been if a
separate project would have been initiated.
MoDOT maintenance crews milled off
the roadway last week to prepare for the new surface.
On Tuesday, both Wal-mart contractor and MoDOT crews
worked together to resurface both lanes and improve
the shoulder across from the Wal-mart entrances. Final
striping, signing and clean up will occur over the next
week.
May
11, 2005 -- This week, MoDOT and Ameren UE will remove
the overhead flashers at the intersection of Routes
47 and 94.
Also,
new poles will be placed to prepare for the permanent
traffic signals that will be installed over the next
month.
While crews are working in the area, traffic
will be reduced to one-lane at times and short-term
road closures will be required. This work should take
one to two days, then crews will install signals. These
will remain on flash mode for at least two weeks. At
that time, the signal controller and the loop detectors
will be installed.
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