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, Sept. 25.
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Traffic has gotten much worse on 44E in the mornings since the completion of the 44/141 interchange. Once school started 44E has consistently been at a crawl in the morning because those exiting at 141 are backed up at the light. Is there any chance the timing of the lights can be altered to get more cars through? The backup onto the highway is dangerous as well, there have been several accidents in that stretch over the past month. -
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At the railroad bridge on Watson Rd in Shrewsbury, the lack of a sidewalk or shoulder on the north side of the road has been an ongoing concern. I was noticing that there is a 4'-5' wide shoulder on the south side. I was thinking that, even though it would be far from ideal, it would make sense to restripe Watson to put as much shoulder, as possible, on the north side, by eliminating any shoulder on the south side, under the bridge.
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In situations such as this, there are many variables that have to be taken into consideration; Until the railroad is able to widen the bridge over Watson Road, there is really nothing we can do to make the road more safe for pedestrian traffic -- however, I will share your suggestion with the team that oversees that area. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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Ever since the Modot.org website was updated, some of the information us geeks like to look at, like road project maps are harder to find. For instance on the Meremec bridge project page, there are no project map links to be found, or at least easily. I for one like seeing what new configuration is coming to that area. Also the webpage doesn't render correctly in Chrome. Today it was missing the menu bar. Also on the Jefferson Ave project page clicking on the PDF to get a larger image gives you nothing.
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The project map for the Meramec River Bridge project is right in the middle of the page. I will share your concerns about how the site looks in Chrome with the web team -- they have been making some updates to some of the coding behind the scenes. We'll get the Jefferson project link fixed. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
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With the current shareholder vs employee/public state of doing business, the railroads will not be interested, in rebuilding the Watson Rd. bridge without over charging the state with funds. Heck, because MoDOT Division of Railroads refuses to make both BNSF & UP maintain their bridges over 270, even though the both the citizens and the cities are requested it from both. They just fall back on the claim they don’t have to pay attention, because they’re been given a free pass by the feds.
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I go through the Kisker Road/North St. Peters Pkwy intersection in St. Charles County 4-5 times a day. The light cycle used to be shorter, and recently was up to 60-65 seconds for a full cycle. However, this morning at 6:40am it was over a minute. The northbound Kisker traffic got a light and arrow (to turn left onto N St. Peters Pkwy), the left arrow turned red, southbound Kisker got green, then red, then the left arrow activated again! Why is that direction getting double arrow time?
I know these lights have to correspond with the traffic lights at Kisker/South St. Peters Pkwy, but for the 6+ months since the last adjustment, the light cycle is too long, especially in the mornings before 7AM.
I usually go through these intersections at 6:30AM, then again around 4:30. (And sometimes again at 5:30/6pm). The 4:30pm light cycle seems on point for the amount of traffic coming through the lights. Could a traffic study be completed to evaluate the early morning timing? Thank you. -
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We're in the middle of a $3.58 million improvement project on Big Bend, from Manchester north to Delmar. Our contractor is currently removing and replacing deficient sidewalk and curb and building wheelchair-accessible ramps throughout the project area. The road will be repaved next year. David Wrone, St. Louis County
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The overall project is to make repairs to the Route 370 bridge over Route 94. The bike lane is a part of a St. Charles County project:That is projected to be complete in mid-2020. Andrew Gates, MoDOT Communications
Missouri Highway 370 Pedestrian Bridge - 16STR37 | St. Charles, MO - Official Website
This project will install barrier separated, bicycle pedestrian paths on the Missouri Highway 370 bridge protecting bicyclists and pedestrians that cross from Saint Charles to Saint Louis County. Currently bicyclists and pedestrians are not shielded from high speed traffic along this route making it uncomfortable to use the crossing. When complete, the project will connect the Katy Trail on the Saint Charles side of the river to the Riverwoods Trail in Bridgeton. -
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Although the lion's share of the project is complete, our contractor is still correcting minor deficiencies with the work already performed. This is a commonplace occurrence. The cones will be removed once all of these tasks have been performed - ideally, within the month. David Wrone, St. Louis County
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I noted a couple times within the last few months that the signals on southbound Hanley between Clayton Road and Manchester had been out of sync during the afternoons. Thank you for your help in getting them fixed! For the last two weeks, the signals have once again not been synced, specifically the signal at Hanley and Highway 40, which causes delays the rest of the way. If you could pass this on, I would appreciate it! And out of curiosity, what causes signals to come unsynced (not just this one but in general)?
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Two questions
There's an area on Mid Rivers Mall drive (southbound) where the the concrete pads have sunk. When you drive over it at 40 MPH it's a very hard bump. It's right between Home Depot and Beauty Brands stores. Can this be fixed?
How much longer will the lane widening project on Westwood between Hwy 94 and Breese Rd take? It seem like there is no progress on this. The temporary lane that was built is very rough on cars. It is very narrow and school buses and trash trucks have a hard time navigating the very narrow areas. -
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For Mid Rivers Mall Drive, I will need to check with the City of St. Peters. I will try to have a response by next week, but please call the city at 636-477-6600, ext 1340 and let them know of the issue.Westwood Drive - This project unfortunately experienced a 9 month utility delay and is now expected to be complete in May of 2020. If you have additional questions or concerns, please reach out to the County Highway Department at 636-949-7305 or Highway@sccmo.org.