Ask the Road Crew
With spring weather finally arriving in St. Louis, that means more construction and soon-to-come vacation slowdowns. Ask the experts from the Road Crew all your questions about making your commute smoother. Join them on Wednesday, April 25, at 1 p.m.
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Last week, one of the people checking in asked: "St. Louis City: could your department kindly look into erecting a "right turn onto right lane only" sign on eastbound Eveline at Hampton? Too many drivers are attempting to jettison across congested lanes traffic from Eveline onto Hampton to access EB I-44. Cross traffic js often stopped at the light on Hampton causing those of us wanting to get onto WB I-44 to wait exorbitant lengths of time with the right lane on Hampton open because we are stuck behind that one driver trying to get all the way across."We are looking at several methods to improve the flow of traffic around the Hampton/I-44 interchange. Unfortunately, this area is exceptionally congested and making the suggested change would be difficult to enforce, and would rely strongly on drivers obeying the signing. Most likely, there would be little that could be done without significant changes to the interchange -- at this time we don't have any plans nor any funding identified to make those changes. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications -
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Yes, the new lane on the Poplar Street Bridge will match the remaining lanes on the bridge. It took a lot of planning, a lot of engineering and a lot of checking and doublechecking to make sure the process went smoothly. Here's a couple more views of the slide that we took using a couple of GoPro cameras: https://youtu.be/_3rXazjET0w. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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Mr. Gates, There is a MoDOT-maintained sidewalk on Reavis Barracks underneath the I-55 overpass. Parts of the sidewalk are covered with mud that oozes from underneath the concrete "panels" (for lack of a better word) that were poured because the sun doesn't hit this area and grass would never grow. Anyway, it is dangerous. I slipped on the mud but thankfully didn't fall. Also, on the same sidewalk but closer to the northbound entrance ramp, the sidewalk is so covered with mud and silt that the underlying concrete isn't visible. I nearly stumbled there, too. The sidewalk is dangerous after a rain. Also, there are a lot of pieces of cars littered on the sidewalk. I called 340-4100 and asked them to address the problem to no avail. Can you help, please?
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Hello, thank you for the work you do to improve our city. Is there an estimated re-opening date for 39th street that runs under HWY 44? Is there a place to find estimated closing/opening dates for all the road closures that accompany the infrastructure improvements that will take place this summer?
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39th has already reopened to traffic. The best way to get information on the projects along I-44 is to subscribe to our e-update list:. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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The project for Grant's Trail is overseen by Great Rivers Greenway:
Gravois Greenway | Great Rivers Greenway
Great Rivers GreenwayThe Gravois Creek Greenway runs through 6 municipalities & connects several parks, schools, neighborhoods, libraries, historic sites & athletic facilities..At this point, we have no plans to make any changes such as you mention. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications -
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There are several signs to tell individuals on the outer road to stop before turning. If they do not choose to do so, then that is something that law enforcement needs to address. There will be some changes coming up to the interchange that may change the traffic patterns over the next few months. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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That southbound left turn movement is one of the coordinated phases (along with the southbound movement) due to the travel pattern/volumes at that location. As such, they are called up each time for a guaranteed amount of time as well as the extra "unused" time from the inactive movements. This works well during the normal hours of day where traffic is present & heavy. However possibly at night when activity is much less, we can consider running the signal not in coordination wherein it would react only to whatever vehicle demand is present. We are evaluating the use of the lanes on McCausland near Canterbury and Arsenal to see if a better lane utilization can be accommodated.
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Regarding McCausland at Arsenal:
1. SB McCausland seems to be timed rather than on a sensor. The left turn arrow goes for a full 55 seconds, regardless of traffic or time of day. Can that be adjusted?
2. Is there a timeline to add back the right lane going south to at least end at Canterbury? I hope soon.
