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Diverging Diamond

Sunday, April 21, 2013

MoDOT Plans Closure of One Lane Of Westbound I-70 Starting Monday

The closure begins a half mile east of Route 79 and ends at the Route 79 exit.

Lane closures will be coming to westbound Interstate 70 starting on Monday.  The Missouri Department of Transportation will close the far right lane of westbound Interstate 70 near Route 79 on Monday, April 22 at 3 a.m. The closure begins a half mile east of Route 79 and ends at the Route 79 exit. This closure will remain in place for the next three months. The Route 79 exit remains open. This work is part of a project constructing a diverging diamond interchange (DDI). The project also includes the construction of an additional westbound I-70 lane between Mid Rivers Mall Drive and Route 79.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

MoDOT Reveals Plans for Interchange Reconstruction at I-70 and Mid Rivers Mall

The $13 million project is set to start in March and be finished by November.

A plan two years in the making to alleviate congestion at Mid Rivers Mall Drive and Interstate 70 should begin work as soon as next month.  Thursday afternoon the Missouri Department of Transportation hosted an open house at St. Peters City Hall to introduce the public to plans to reconfigured the heavily-trafficked interchange. Plans for a new diverging diamond interchange were unveiled and explained to the public in attendance. "This is just another old interchange that needed to be updated to handle the volume of traffic it's trying to handle," said Russ Batzel, the public works service manager for St. Peters.  Along with rebuilding the interchange, an additional lane will be added on westbound I-70. The estimated price tag for the …

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