Interstate 70

Construction on I-70 began in 2024, with the first section covering the stretch of highway between Columbia and Kingdom City.

The Interstate 64 work is part of a larger project adding a lane of traffic and making other improvements to I-70 between Wentzville and Warrenton that are scheduled to be finished in 2028.

The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday there have been nearly 750 highway fatalities so far this year.

If this sounds familiar, that’s because IDOT shut down the north and east bound lanes for similar repairs last month.

The Illinois Department of Transportation used a full closure during the second phase of its I-255 rehab in Cahokia Heights and Sauget, which wrapped up this past weekend.

The north and eastbound lanes of Interstate 55 and Interstate 70 between state Highways 157 and 159 will close Friday and are anticipated to reopen at the end of the month.

The crash happened July 2023 at the Silver Lake Rest Area off of Interstate 70 near Highland. The bus was en route from Indianapolis to St. Louis.

State inspectors found the exit ramp from Interstate 70 to Interstate 64 had a failed expansion joint. The construction to repair it will last until at least 2025.

Missouri Republicans campaigning for lieutenant governor in the August primary are making it one of the year's most crowded races, including two state senators, an attorney, a county clerk and a businessman.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is expanding I-70 to three lanes each way, with the first 20-mile section expected to be completed by the end of 2027.