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Throughout the I-70, a road that starts in Utah and climbs east by the Midwest before the end of Baltimore, two states are preparing for significant work to improve the road.
Missouri officials broke the ground last week on an I-70 Warrenton extension project to WentzvilleAccording to a statement of March 20 of the Missouri Dot. The employment contract has a value of $ 600 million, which is the only largest contract in the history of the state of the state. The financing comes from the budget of Missouri 2024 year and was previously allocated to the State Program for other I-70 and I-64 projects, according to the statement.
Missouri Dot awarded the contract to the improvement 70 Alliance, a joint design company consisting of Columbia, Emery Sapp and Missouri sounds; Topeka, Bartlett and West, based in Kansas; and Kansas City, the companies based in Missouri, Clarkson Construction and HNTB.
As part of the work, Improvement 70 Alliance will build a third lane in each direction from Warrenton to I-64 on Wentzville and replace the existing I-70 lanes with a new complete concrete pavement, depending on the launch. Contractors will also add a third travel lane to Eastbound and Westbound I-64 between the I-70 and the K.
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In Kansas, Bettis Koss Construction-a JV of Bettis ashalt & Construction and Koss Construction Co. The ground of the I-70 Polk-Trincy viaduct project has been brokenHe announced Kansas Governor Laura Kelly on March 14.
The construction extends along a section of 2.5 miles of I-70 from Macvicar Avenue to 6th Avenue and local Trueka roads, according to the statement. Financing of the project comes from the Kansas Dot’s Eisenhower Legacy Transportation ProgramAn investment of ten years, of about $ 10 billion that aims to improve the state transport infrastructure, according to the program page.
The team will do Replace the aged viaductAccording to the project page, to improve safety, reduce congestion and improve connectivity to surrounding communities.
The work is underway and will continue until the end of 2027 by launch. By 2025, the teams will focus on the construction of the new viaduct and widen the I-70 West to Macvicar, according to the project page.
“While Polk-Trucy’s viaduct has served the community for more than 60 years, we invest in a modern and more efficient i-70 that will better serve residents, companies and visitors in the future,” Kelly told the innovative ceremony on March 14.
