Chat with the Road Crew, 1 p.m. today
Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
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St. Louis County has no philosophical objection to round-abouts, per se. We currently have four in our system, with a fifth planned for a subdivision entrance on Mackenzie Road. The main stumbling block to round-abouts is a lack of funds necessary to purchase the private property (including houses) upon which at least a good portion of a new round-about would be built. David Wrone, St. Louis County's Department of Transportation -
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Hi Greg,MoDOT is responsible for our right of way and has a goal to control invasive species for the purpose of sight distance. Invasive species include noxious weeds that MoDOT is required to control under state law. In Missouri, twelve weeds are currently identified as noxious: Johnson grass, Purple Loosestrife, Field Bindweed, Multiflora Rose, Marijuana, Musk Thistles, Scotch Thistles, Canada Thistles, Kudzu, Common Teasel, Cut-leaf Teasel and Spotted Knapweed. There are many other species that are not classified as noxious and are not required to be controlled under state law. MoDOT has partnered with universities and other state agencies to develop best practices for controlling invasives.-MoDOT Communications Specialist, Rachel Sudduth
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Hello Jake,Please refer to our webpage concerning the Big Bend over I-44 bridge replacement project here:The new bridge, while slightly wider and higher in elevation, will retain the same configuration the current bridge has today.- MoDOT Communications, Rachel Sudduth
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For MODOT, Are their plans to finish the repaving at the exit on I-44 at Jefferson eastbound? While exiting last night the new pavement stops midway down the ramp and then the old pavement is still there. Can't the entire exit ramp be repaved to make one smooth surface?
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Hi Jeff,MoDOT will be repaving next week along the Jefferson ramps periodically.For more information, please take a look at our workzone:
St. Louis Work Zones for April 22-28 | Missouri Department of Transportation
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Matt,There are a lot of factors that are considered with the use of mast arms and various traffic signals. Particularly, the design of an intersection, budget, placement of underground utilities, and potential need and growth of an area are all factors that analyzed. Also, the availability of the location to install the proper base of a mast arm configuration are a part of making that decision.-MoDOT Communications Specialist, Rachel Sudduth
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I'm still concerned about the Rocheport Bridge Project!
The advanced planning indicates that you want a six lane bridge and you'll spend two hundred sixty million on it.The information in the list of ideas I sent to you I offered many ideas about building an outstanding bridge, one that the people in over 12 million vehicles, which use the bridge a year, would remember long after they drove over the bridge. A Show Me (our state Motto) Bridge would put Missouri up front for them to remember. A towering bridge would be seen from miles away and would be better remembered than a boring flat bridge.
If you are ever going to start on the I70 Project why don't you just call that the Show Me Expressway and tie the whole project together? I know, you complain about the cost, like you always do, and it will take another ten years to get it started! It took thirty years to get I170 built, the I70 project should have been built fifteen years, or more, ago. It leaves a bad taste in the public's mind to have to drive on an interstate like I70 which is overcrowded and dangerous! Maybe it's time to condense some of the spider web of county roads so more money could be spent on the major roads.
If you would propose a project that would interest people you would be more likely to get a higher gas tax passed. The people want to see what their money is going to pay for and what they'll be driving on.
If the Feds ever get a true interstate bill passed (without the wish list) it would be better to ask much more than two hundred sixty million. You have two Senators who could get more for you! It's time that the middle of the country gets its share of federal tax money! After all, you do realize, that people are leaving the east and west coasts to states that are not so screwed up. The population on the east and west coast is shrinking to to a size which fits the their infrastructure. Let the Show Me State show them something to remember! It will pay off when adults and children can look back and remember going across a big, beautiful bridge, one that the citizens of the state can be proud of, not one that is JUST FLAT! -
Hi Addie,Thank you for your comments. Please refer to our I-70 Rocheport Bridge Replacement Project Page:This project is maintained by our Central District Office. You may find further information and submit your comments for the project through their contact page.-MoDOT Communications Specialist, Rachel Sudduth
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Two things for MoDOT. First, one southbound I-55 before the Bayless exit there is a huge dead tree on the embankment that not only looks like it could topple over, but is very unsightly as the dead branches are hanging everywhere. I imagine it would be hard for your mowers to mow around. Can this be removed? Second on westbound 40/64 before the Clayton Road overpass there is a significant gap on the embankment between the sound wall and guard rail. It looks like that there is some significant erosion and if this does not get addressed soon the problem will only get bigger. Can you check this out? Thanks for you do!
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We have placed an area report in to investigate the dead branches before the Bayless exit. We have also reached out to our Area Engineer for the Southwest area and will respond with a follow-up concerning I-40/64 before Clayton Road.-MoDOT Communications Specialist, Rachel Sudduth
