Public Invited to View Schedule and Learn Alternate Routes

ST CHARLES – The $63 million rehabilitation of the westbound Interstate 70 Missouri River Bridge (Blanchette Bridge) will close and detour traffic starting November 2012. Additionally overnight and weekend closures will happen this summer at the Earth City Expressway interchange and at the bridge. MoDOT and Walsh Construction Company will host two public meetings to share these details and highlight alternate routes to help I-70 drivers get around.

The Wentzville School Board voted unanimously at last week’s School Board meeting to install flashing lights on Hwy N whereby creating a school zone by the South Campus (where Timberland High, South Middle and Boone Trail Schools are located.)  In addition to the flashing lights MODOT has agreed to reduce the speed limit to 40MPH (from 50MPH) for the school zone.

Major Traffic Impacts Start Late Fall and Will Last Less than One Year

ST. CHARLES — The $63 million rehabilitation of the westbound Interstate 70 Missouri River Bridge (Blanchette Bridge) will close and detour traffic starting late fall 2012.

            Walsh Construction Company plans to close the westbound I-70 Blanchette Bridge and shift lanes to the eastbound bridge starting late fall 2012, and no earlier than November 1.  The work will take less than one year.  An exact date for the closure is contingent on the manufacturing of steel for the new truss and approach spans.    Weather at that time of year could also affect the exact closure date.

By Dianne Sudbrock

The St. Charles County Council, at their meeting on December 19, 2011, passed a resolution recognizing Fred Weber, Inc. for their significant contribution of raw materials to the shoulder projects in southwestern St. Charles County.

Members of the Shoulders fOr Safety (SOS) group joined MoDOT personnel, political representatives, school officials, and the general public on Friday, December 9, 2011 for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of shoulder projects on Routes 94, D and DD.

The Shoulders for Safety committee would like to thank everyone who has supported, and continues to support, efforts to get shoulders on our area roads. Work is nearly complete on the first three, of what we hope will be several more, widening projects in our part of St. Charles County.

Work on the shoulder projects along Routes D and DD is expected to continue into mid-November. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held, but has not yet been scheduled.