New Mississippi River Bridge Project I-70

[Marti Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Marti]

On February 28, 2008

Illinois Governor Blagojevich and Missouri Governor Blunt announced
the two states have reached an agreement to build a new, 4-lane
(cable stay bridge type 96 foot overall roadway deck width) bridge
one mile north of the Martin Luther King Bridge.

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The Missouri Department of Transportation has selected
HNTB Corporation to design the new Mississippi River Bridge
between Illinois and Missouri in St. Louis.

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newriverbridge .org

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

Great news, it is really needed.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

Better to do it now and not have it be a disaster and recovery like we had for 35W in Minneapolis.

BTW-The last bit of concrete has been poured. They are now doing the lighting, painting, etc. Original scheduled completion date was Dec 24, it is now sometime in Mid Sept. They have done some amazing work, mostly on site (no waiting for item to be built and shipped) and have worked some awful hours in every kind of weather.

Repair our infrastructure.