Ask the Road Crew
Is your route to work giving you a headache because of potholes, poorly timed lights or street construction? Let the experts know, and ask them your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26.
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Good afternoon! Those massive dips at the bridge of Hwy 364 and Hwy K are extremely dangerous. They were supposed to be fixed this month. At the very least asphalt could be spread over all 4 lanes to level them out (would take 1 evening). My car's suspension is trashed now. Where do I send MoDot the repair bill?
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Those are still on the schedule to be repaired, however, we have had some fairly significant storms blow through (especially in the evening hours) that are not conducive to the conditions we need to make those repairs. However, it isn't as easy as just placing asphalt on the roadway to level it out. Due to the amount of traffic on the road, the asphalt would quickly crack and break away. If you believe that you have a claim against the department, you are welcome to file it here:
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During evening rush hour (5-6 pm) the light sequence along Olive Blvd (MO-340) between Warson Rd and Old Olive Street Rd is messed up for westbound traffic. Shortly after the light at Warson goes green, the nearby light at Bayer/Danforth Center goes red. When that light goes green, the light at Old Olive Street Rd then goes red. Car end up having to stop at all 3 lights. Warson and Old Olive Street Rd lights are green together, so drivers first see red-green-red and then green-red-green. These lights are very close together and used to be synchronized. They have been out of whack since at least May, and this causes traffic to backup past Old Bonhomme. It looks like the middle light, the one at Bayer and the Danforth Plant Science Center, is the one that is timed wrong. Can you please fix this? I called the St. Louis district office in early June about this but nothing has been fixed.
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Illinois DOT has bridge repairs on the bridges to the east of the Poplar Street Bridge. There are two two-lane bridges on the far side of the Poplar Street Bridge, and they have the one to the right closed. Because of that, they have two lanes closed across the Poplar Street, and one lane closed on the ramp from eastbound I-44/northbound I-55. The ramp from Marion is closed for safety due to the lane closure on the ramp. They are supposed to finish the repairs next week and remove those work zones before July 4. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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Mr. Gates,
There are detection issues with the traffic signal at Watson Road and Watson Industrial Park/Brookview Drive. Watson is stopped when no cars are at the side streets. Also, westbound Watson will receive a green arrow even though there are no cars present. I am seeing this seven days a week during daylight hours. I don't generally travel this signal after 9:00 PM do I don't know how the function is overnight. Thank you. -
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We do have both ramps at 14th Street scheduled for repairs this year, but had to delay the work around the higher volumes of traffic expected for the Blues progression to the Stanley Cup. Right now, we are working on 10th Street -- that will reopen for Independence Day activities and then close back up for about three weeks. When that work is done, we are planning to start work on the ramp from14th Street (Clark) to westbound I-64. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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Is the signal equipment in the cabinets for the 6th Street Exit from I-64 (Exit 40) at Gratiot Street capable of adding a protected left for those exiting the highway? Adding a protected left would help in the mornings to reduce the potential of traffic backing up on the ramp but more so in the afternoons when traffic getting onto the highway from 6th Street is heavier. Although traffic exiting is light the traffic from 6th Street in the afternoons it is heavy enough at times that no cars can turn left during a cycle or more and when that happens maybe one car will turn as the light goes from yellow to red. It is also hard to gauge the speed of the oncoming cars as some are obeying the speed limit and others not so much.
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We anticipate finishing this oft-delayed project by September. However, we partially opened the intersection of Musick and Gravois to traffic Tuesday afternoon. Eastbound Gravois drivers can now turn right (south) onto Musick, while northbound Musick motorists can turn right (east) onto Gravois. David Wrone, St. Louis County
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MODOT - The traffic signals on 100 / Manchester along the tracks between Kingshighway & Knox are a jumbled mess starting at 3 PM and continuing through the rush. It APPEARS that sync equipment is in place here, and yet almost every signal I hit is red causing backups. It is like this with or without train traffic. These all need to coordinate. Also, when I come south on Sulphur to turn in either direction onto Manchester during train time, the signal has no provision to clear traffic off Sulphur despite very few motorists actually continue on Sulphur south of the railroad crossing. This was clearly an oversight when it was engineered and needs to be corrected.
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I have passed your signal concern along to our traffic team to evaluate. However, to clear traffic from Sulfur as you suggest would require a center turn lane on Sulphur -- Sulphur is maintained by the city, and they would need to make that determination. Andrew Gate, MoDOT Communications
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Andrew Gates, RE: Sulphur & Manchester, coordination takes leadership from both MODOT and STL City, which is what the public is paying for. Personally, I don't feel the center turn lane is necessary here. I would have the SB Sulphur light go red when the gates activate, and once they're down and the choo choo is going through, return to the normal cycle here with the green egg at its regular interval. 99% of the time, this will make everyone a hell of a lot less frustrated..
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The light at Big Bend & Rock Hill. At about 4:30pm, you get a long wait at Rock Hill. When the light does change, sometimes it allows only 2 cars to go through before changing. The next cycle is shorter and allows more cars through. Last Friday traffic was backed up to 44. Thanks.
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Hi. For the past couple weeks the stop lights on Eastbound Marshall/Shrewsbury at Big Bend are way off. I am not sure what happened to this intersection but traffic on Marshall is backing all the way to Laclede Station Rd during the evening rush. I have driven this road daily between 4:45 pm and 5:15 pm for more than 5 years. Yesterday it took 17 minutes from crossing Laclede to actually turn left on to Big Bend from Marshall. It appeared that Big Bend is getting a substantial amount of green time, much more time than needed to clear the traffic traveling that route. I sat first in line at the red light for 4 full minutes, meanwhile at several time frames on both Northbound and Southbound Big Bend traffic had cleared both directions and the instersection was empty. Northbound Big Bend seemed to be the worst offender as traffic is lighter than southbound Big Bend at this time.
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WB 44 is very uneven as you drive through the Wabash construction area. It feels like thenew bridge isn't lined up with the existing pavement. I know you are opening up lanes today and have repaving slated for the near future...will it be remedied with your future repave?
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Yes, that will be fixed with the final layer of asphalt. If the bridge was lined up with the existing pavement, then when they put down the final layer, the roadway would be too high. This will help ensure that there is a nice clean layer (with no stripes) that we can put the final striping on for the project to make sure people can see where the lanes are. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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Question for all departments. With the recent decision by Federal Railroad Administration to basically due whatever the railroad owners and their hedge funds want. What is each department going to do to ensure public safety of citizens and railroad employees? Longer trains, more blocked crossings endanger fire responders etc. Each department has crossings in their communities. -
This is a pretty complex issue with so many variables that it would be hard to make any generalized statement. Suffice it to say that MoDOT will continue to work with all transportation partners to make roadways as safe and reliable as we can with the resources that we have been entrusted with. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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