Man Taken to Hospital After Tractor Trailer Flat Tire Causes Accident Near Hwy. K

Tractor trailer flat tire causes accident on Highway 40 in O'Fallon.

A 36-year-old Wentzville man was taken to a nearby hospital Thursday after he was involved in a two-car accident with a tractor trailer near the intersection of Highway 40 and Highway K. Clyde Lindemann was driving eastbound on Hwy. 40 when a nearby tractor trailer blew a tire. The debris from the blow out travelled into Lindemann's lane, which forced him to travel off the right side of the road, back onto the highway where it struck the trailer before traveling off the right side of the road again. Lindemann's car then overturned. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur by St. Charles County ambulance.  No one else was injured in the incident. The accident backed up traffic for about an hour. 

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Indiana Man Killed Monday on I-70 at Lake Saint Louis Boulevard

Dennis Cochran's tractor trailer slammed into the bridge pillar after a car slid in front of him.

Bridges to Somewhere: Area Spans Are Ship Shape, Officials Say

The Transportation for America report calling Missouri bridges the seventh worst in nation is much ado about nothing, according to MoDOT engineers.

A recent study ranked Missouri seventh worst in the United States for the overall condition of its bridges. But there’s no need to hold your breath while crossing bridges in the St. Louis region or throughout the state, said Mark Croarkin, a bridge maintenance engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation. “They included two categories in that list, bridges that are structurally deficient and bridges that are functionally obsolete,” Croarkin said. “There’s not necessarily any problems with bridges that are functionally obsolete.” Bridges by the numbers In the St. Louis region, 121 of the 180 bridges (see list in photo section) on the Transportation for America list were functionally obsolete, not structurally deficient. A list of …

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Public Invited to Open House for New Daniel Boone Bridge Oct. 12

Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C headquarters in Weldon Spring will host the event from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Do you remember the days when there was only one Highway 40 bridge over the Missouri River, and the center lane was switched back and forth from eastbound in the morning and westbound in the evening? That bridge, which was built in 1935 and now carries the westbound lanes of I-64, is slated to be replaced.  The $125 million project is funded to start in summer 2012. Residents, businesses and commuters interested in the new Missouri River bridge are invited to attend a public hearing from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wed., Oct. 12 at the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C headquarters in Weldon Spring. Missouri Department of Transportation staff will be available to discuss the property needs, economic and social effects and environmental issues …

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Funding for I-64 Bridge, Page Extension Phase 3 May Fall into Place

East-West Gateway board is schedule to vote on funding June 29.

Funding to replace the Daniel Boone Bridge on Interstate 64 and Highway 40 over the Missouri River likely will be approved for final funding next month, according to an East-West Gateway Council of Governments official. “That project is in our Transportation Improvement Plan funding and MoDOT (Missouri Department of Transportation) has included it in their Transportation Improvement Plan,” said Jim Wild, senior manager for planning and programming at East-West Gateway. However, the funding still would have to be approved by the East-West Gateway Board of Directors, Wild said. The bridge funding will be on the board’s June 29 agenda. The new bridge would cost about $123.3 million, including $98.6 million in federal funds and $24.6 million …

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MoDOT to Raise Speed on Highway 40

From Highway K to Interstate 70.

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will raise the speed limit on a section of Route 40/61 in St. Charles County from 60 to 65 mph.  The department will raise the limit on the route from Route K to Interstate 70, to more closely match speed limits on Interstate 70 in St. Charles County. Crews will start putting new signs along the corridor starting Thursday, March 24. The new speed limit will go into effect after the signs are installed and uncovered, which could be as early as Friday evening, March 25. “We have seen an increase in speeds along this section of roadway, primarily due to the improvements made to Route 40/61 as the department upgraded the corridor  in St. Charles County to interstate status,” said Jim Gremaud, …

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