Missouri Department of Transportation
The Missouri Department of Transportation is comprised of 5000+ individuals who work collaboratively to provide a world-class transportation experience that is safe, innovative, reliable and dedicated to a prosperous Missouri. With seven districts and three regional offices, twenty-two divisions, and at least one maintenance shed in every county, our employees come to work every day, ready to make a difference in every community in Missouri. As employees work to accomplish the department's mission, these are the tangible things that the residents of Missouri will see them do; • Keep Customers and Themselves Safe • Keep Roads and Bridges in Good Condition • Provide Outstanding Customer Service • Deliver Transportation Solutions of Great Value • Operate a Reliable and Convenient Transportation System • Use Resources Wisely • Advance Economic Development Over the decades MoDOT has managed to keep Missouri moving. Today, the state serves as a transportation crossroads for the entire nation. There are 4,800 miles of railroad tracks, 1,379 miles of Interstates, 125 public-use airports and 15 public ports. If you're trying to get goods from one side of the country to the other, it's likely they'll pass them through Missouri. It's safe to say that the Show-Me state will retain its position as the crossroads of the United States, and MoDOT will continue to lead the nation in innovation, efficiency and customer service.www.modot.org
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Nov 9, 2026
Gary NolanHOST
I guess they're doing some construction on the underpass from Woodbridge Drive to Glenstone.
Gary NolanHOST
The roadway is expected to open, I guess, in January, according to MoDOT.
Gary NolanHOST
So be careful out there.
Gary NolanHOST
Be patient.
Megan LynchHOST
KMOX's Michael Calhoun asks who pays for the new interstate signs? I
Michael CalhounCORRESPONDENT
asked MoDOT.
Michael CalhounCORRESPONDENT
They said the taxpayers are not going to pay for any kind of like changing of the signs or anything like that.
Michael CalhounCORRESPONDENT
The park will pay for all that.
Sean FlowerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes, the park pays for all the, because there's two or three large, kind of those large green MoDOT signs that mark the park and all that stuff.
Sean FlowerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Six Flags served.
Sean FlowerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then America agreed to pay for all that when they were doing it.
John MooreHOST
I won't get into the details, but there's a product that stops concrete from cracking used by the Air Force on runways for decades.
John MooreHOST
The company made a presentation to Missouri Department of Transportation.
John MooreHOST
The people in charge of Missouri Department of Transportation got back with the company a week later and said, gentlemen, you convinced us.
John MooreHOST
You're right.
John MooreHOST
If we use this product on our highways, overpasses, anything involving concrete, they won't crack.
Steve PattonHOST
After weeks of work to design and construct model bridges, Southeast Missouri high school students are gearing up to have their engineering skills put to the test.
Steve PattonHOST
MoDOT is holding its twenty-third annual bridge-building competition on Thursday at Southeast Missouri State in Cape.
Steve PattonHOST
The competition challenges high school juniors and seniors to build the most efficient model bridge using limited materials.
Steve PattonHOST
This year, more than two hundred bridges from twenty-six schools across Southeast Missouri will be tested.
Melissa GrosbellHOST
And what was your work that you were exposed to these different contaminants?
Wendy BrooksGUEST
So I worked for the Missouri Department of Transportation.
Wendy BrooksGUEST
I inspected highway, road, and bridge construction.
Wendy BrooksGUEST
And that led me a lot into quarries to inspect the production of concrete and asphalt, which is a great place for silica dust, along with inspecting on the roadway.
Tony StevensHOST
You know, we're all aware of this I-70 expansion project, which if you're trying to go to St. Louis from Kansas City, have a nice couple of days.
Tony StevensHOST
But this whole I-70 started a couple of years ago, and now MoDOT announced this summer that the I-70 expansion is now moving west.
Tony StevensHOST
And so starting in January, I know it's only October, and you guys probably already know this anyway, but starting in January, From the Paseo to Van Brunt, it's going to be closed for almost a year.
Tony StevensHOST
And so, you know, if you've got to go downtown and you're coming from the east,
Sarah FenskePANELIST
She actually showed up at something.
Sarah FenskePANELIST
It wasn't open to the public or anything, but she was there at the local MoDOT office.
Sarah FenskePANELIST
I thought, oh boy, Ann's running scared.
Sarah FenskePANELIST
You don't see her every day.
33 MINS LATER
Charlie BrennanHOST
Hey, Bill, I want to ask you about a bill that was passed by the legislature to increase the speed on certain highways in the state of Missouri to 75 miles an hour.
Charlie BrennanHOST
Currently, the top speed is 70.
Charlie BrennanHOST
MoDOT opposed it because they rightly said that it'll cause more deaths.
Charlie BrennanHOST
BUT THEY WERE ALSO IN CHARGE OF IMPLEMENTING IT.
Sarah FenskePANELIST
She actually showed up at something.
Sarah FenskePANELIST
It wasn't open to the public or anything, but she was there at the local MoDOT office.
Sarah FenskePANELIST
I thought, oh boy, Ann's running scared.
Sarah FenskePANELIST
You don't see her every day.
33 MINS LATER
Charlie BrennanHOST
Hey, Bill, I want to ask you about a bill that was passed by the legislature to increase the speed on certain highways in the state of Missouri to 75 miles an hour.
Charlie BrennanHOST
Currently, the top speed is 70.
Charlie BrennanHOST
MoDOT opposed it because they rightly said that it'll cause more deaths.
Charlie BrennanHOST
BUT THEY WERE ALSO IN CHARGE OF IMPLEMENTING IT.
Punya ShlokratGUEST
We do all this research about getting the materials better, testing them so that they perform better, so that roads are more durable.
Punya ShlokratGUEST
And we do create a lot of knowledge and we try to translate it as much as we can in terms of say partnering with Missouri Department of Transportation, partnering with different cities, you know, whoever wants to sort of get this knowledge, we are a resource to them.
Dave JorgensonHOST
Is there anything else that you would like to say about potholes that we haven't covered?
Punya ShlokratGUEST
Oh boy, well, don't
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