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Work to start on new U.S. 54 bridge across Mississippi River

Construction will soon begin on a new bridge across the Mississippi River linking Missouri and Illinois. The $60 million project to replace the 89-year-old Champ Clark Bridge will start in Louisiana, Missouri, at the U.S. 54/Missouri 79 interchange starting the week of Sept. 11, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. The MoDOT is splitting […]

September 8, 2017

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Time-lapse condenses 2.5 years of construction on Mississippi River Dresbach Bridge

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) reports that the $187.5 million Interstate 90 Mississippi River Dresbach Bridge project, which was completed and opened to traffic in late 2016, is expected to last for 100 years. The department has posted a time-lapse video chronicling the bridge’s construction which you can watch below. The new 2,593-foot crossing […]

August 21, 2017

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Iowa DOT proposes $3.5 billion, 5-year construction plan

The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) has proposed a $3.5 billion, five-year construction plan to maintain and upgrade the state’s 8,871 miles of state and federal highways and 4,103 bridges, the Des Moines Register reports. More than $1.6 billion is scheduled for stewardship programs—including safety, maintenance, and modernizing the existing road system—and $1.2 billion will be spent […]

May 17, 2016

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Memphis and Arkansas Bridge to close for most of 2017 for interchange reconstruction

About 56,000 daily vehicles will have to find a new route over the Mississippi River near Memphis for most of 2017. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reported the Memphis and Arkansas Bridge will be closed for nine months in 2017 as construction begins to build a new interchange at Interstate 55 and Crump Boulevard. The closure announcement May […]

June 1, 2015

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Crews to install final pieces of Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge this week

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced Tuesday that the final piece of the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge will be installed this week, according to KMOV. MoDOT said crews will install the bridge’s steel girders on Thursday. They will add the final piece of steel–a 30,000-pound floor beam–to the bridge on Friday. The bridge, located […]

July 24, 2013

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Missouri honors Stan Musial with new bridge name

Missouri’s House of Representatives have reached a compromise to end the debate with Illinois about the name of the new bridge over the Mississippi River–and Stan the Man is part of the solution. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the House on Monday passed a bill (HB303) that will name the Missouri half of the […]

May 8, 2013

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The Stan Span

Will Stan the Man become Stan the Bridge? Illinois and Missouri are disagreeing over what to call a new bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, the region’s first span across the river in more than four decades. The Missouri folk want to name it after the greatest of all of baseball’s Cardinals, Stan […]

May 3, 2013

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Mississippi DOT awards Granite Construction $22.4 million bridge demolition project

WATSONVILLE, Calif.–Granite Construction Company has been awarded a $22.4 million contract by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) for the demolition of the U.S. 82 Greenville Bridge located approximately 100 miles northwest of Jackson, Mississippi. The scope of the project includes demolition and removal of the 2.25-mile steel through-truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River. […]

January 13, 2010