The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is encouraging drivers to find alternate routes to avoid traffic delays during the 12-month construction of the Blanchette Bridge.
MoDOT Reports on the St. Louis Work Zones for November 1-7
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will close the westbound section of the Interstate 70 Blanchette Bridge over the Missouri River the weekend of November 2-4. The westbound bridge will remain closed until fall 2013. The eastbound I-70 bridge will be used to carry three lanes of traffic in each direction. The exit ramps to Fifth Street in St. Charles will remain open. Motorists are advised to use Route 370 and Route 364 as alternate routes during the closure. Are you affected? How are you going to manage? St. Charles Patch suggests some detours and answers questions. All lanes on eastbound I-64 downtown from Jefferson to the Poplar Street Bridge will close November 2-5. The ramps from Forest Park Avenue and Pine Street to …
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MoDOT will close the westbound span of the Blanchette Bridge over the weekend and redirect westbound traffic onto the eastbound span of the bridge.
Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will close the westbound span of the Blanchette Bridge for a major reconstruction for a year starting this weekend. Missouri Department of Transportation District Engineer Ed Hassinger said I-70 is a great route during the day, but encourages drivers to seek alternate routes during rush hour. "This is vital work that we need to do to keep I-70 a viable cross country corridor, but we can do that in a way that will keep the businesses functioning and get commuters to work," Hassinger said. "We're going to do this really fast." Tom Evers, St. Charles County Area Engineer for MoDOT anticipates traffic may be congested on Monday. "We know there's going to be a lot of people who may not know what …
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Here is a round-up of Halloween information for tonight and news to use for traffic starting this weekend.
To make sure you have the information you need, O'Fallon Patch rounds up a list of "things to know" to help you out on Halloween tonight, and as we make our way to the Blanchette Bridge closure this weekend. Traffic Ahead: Info to Prepare For the Blanchette Bridge Closure 13 Things to Know About Halloween 2012 Read more by clicking through our Halloween 2012 Guide here.
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The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is encouraging drivers to find alternate routes to avoid traffic delays during the 12-month construction of the Blanchette Bridge.
Drivers may want to find alternate routes to avoid traffic delays during the upcoming 12-month construction of the Blanchette Bridge. Starting that first weekend of November, westbound I-70 traffic will be detoured to the eastbound I-70 bridge lanes for 12 months, with three lanes for eastbound and three lanes for westbound traffic. Immediately off the end of the bridge, there will be pavement in the median to move the three westbound lanes back over to the normal westbound pavement. The entire bridge and parts of I-70 will be closed for an hour during bridge blasts on three different days in November and early December. MoDOT suggests drivers flex work hours or consider alternate routes to avoid traffic during morning and evening rush …
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