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After the Francis Scott key bridge collapsed, concerns have grown across the Tri-states to check in on local bridge safety.

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will use a $320,000 grant to conduct a year-long study identifying roadway locations where the most wildlife-vehicle collisions occur.

Despite a historic increase in revenue, Missouri has only enough money to maintain its transportation infrastructure while making modest, or desperately needed, improvements.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called it the worst bridge he saw on a statewide tour in 2019.  Now the Highway AD bridge between St. Clair and Union has been replaced, with the new span over Happy Sac Creek open to traffic. The $1.4 million bridge project was completed in November, with the exception of some backfill and signs needing to be installed. Work started in January. “The project went well,” said Stephen O’Connor, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) area engineer for Franklin and Jefferson counties. The old bridge was built in 1958, with 600 vehicles crossing i...

Updated: 11:17 AM CST December 18, 2020 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In just over a year, 100 of Missouri’s poorest bridges have been replaced or rehabilitated through Governor Mike Parson’s “Focus on Bridges” program. On Friday, the program’s 100th bridge opened in Livingston County on Route 190 over the Thompson River. This is the 21st bridge completed in the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Northwest District, according to a press release. The program’s first bridge opened on Dec. 20, 2019 in Iron County in MoDOT’s Southeast District, where 23 bridges have...