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I-64 Project Moving Forward
Construction on the $535-million Interstate 64 design-build project is steadily moving forward in the St. Louis area. The reconstruction project, which began in early 2007, is designed to rebuild and upgrade all pavement, bridges and interchanges between Spoede Road in St. Louis County and Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis City; provide a new high quality interstate-to-interstate connection between I-64 and I-170; add one lane in each direction between Spoede Road and I-170; increase traffic flow through better design; and enhance safety with wider shoulders.
To accommodate the massive project, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says all lanes of I-64/U.S. 40 between Ballas Road and I-170 were closed in both directions on January 2 and will remained closed the entire year. This 5-mile stretch of highway will reopen by December 31. In January 2009, all lanes of I-64/U.S. 40 between I-170 and Kingshighway Boulevard will be closed for the entire year. All lanes of I-64/U.S. 40 and I-170 will reopen by Dec. 31, 2009.
According to the MoDOT, April 11 marked the 100th day since the western 5-mile section of the project was closed between I-170 and Ballas Road. In that time, crews have accomplished plenty of work despite record setting amounts of rain and snow over the last three months.
MoDOT says construction began in 2008 with the demolition and reconstruction of the bridges at Lindbergh and Brentwood Boulevard, McKnight Road, and the I-64 bridge over Clayton and Warson roads. This is in addition to the work that continued from last year on the bridges at Kingshighway Boulevard, Bellevue Avenue, Highland Terrace and Boland Place.
During the first 100 days of 2008, crews have moved 260,000 cubic yards of reclaimed concrete and 90,000 tons of reclaimed asphalt; installed 36,000 tons of pipe and 11,000 linear feet of MSE wall panels; set 48,500 square feet of girders and 44 deck panels; placed 142 steel piles; used more than 138,000 tons of crushed concrete and rock to backfill behind abutment walls; and removed 550,000 pounds of guardrail.
Crews have removed and processed more than 126,000 tons of concrete and asphalt that used to be I-64 structures, road surface or road base and prepared it to be reused for the new highway once paving begins later this spring.
I-64 Project Moving Forward
April 16, 2008
Construction on the $535-million Interstate 64 design-build project is steadily moving forward in the St. Louis area. The reconstruction project, which began in early 2007, is designed to rebuild and upgrade all pavement, bridges and interchanges between Spoede Road in St. Louis County and Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis City; provide a new high quality interstate-to-interstate connection between I-64 and I-170; add one lane in each direction between Spoede Road and I-170; increase traffic flow through better design; and enhance safety with wider shoulders.To accommodate the massive project, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says all lanes of I-64/U.S. 40 between Ballas Road and I-170 were closed in both directions on January 2 and will remained closed the entire year. This 5-mile stretch of highway will reopen by December 31. In January 2009, all lanes of I-64/U.S. 40 between I-170 and Kingshighway Boulevard will be closed for the entire year. All lanes of I-64/U.S. 40 and I-170 will reopen by Dec. 31, 2009.
According to the MoDOT, April 11 marked the 100th day since the western 5-mile section of the project was closed between I-170 and Ballas Road. In that time, crews have accomplished plenty of work despite record setting amounts of rain and snow over the last three months.
MoDOT says construction began in 2008 with the demolition and reconstruction of the bridges at Lindbergh and Brentwood Boulevard, McKnight Road, and the I-64 bridge over Clayton and Warson roads. This is in addition to the work that continued from last year on the bridges at Kingshighway Boulevard, Bellevue Avenue, Highland Terrace and Boland Place.
During the first 100 days of 2008, crews have moved 260,000 cubic yards of reclaimed concrete and 90,000 tons of reclaimed asphalt; installed 36,000 tons of pipe and 11,000 linear feet of MSE wall panels; set 48,500 square feet of girders and 44 deck panels; placed 142 steel piles; used more than 138,000 tons of crushed concrete and rock to backfill behind abutment walls; and removed 550,000 pounds of guardrail.
Crews have removed and processed more than 126,000 tons of concrete and asphalt that used to be I-64 structures, road surface or road base and prepared it to be reused for the new highway once paving begins later this spring.
Posted by Tom Hale on April 16, 2008 | Comments (0)
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