a:29:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"2";s:8:"entry_id";s:3:"121";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2008-06-09 12:51 PM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:2:"15";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"2";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:23:"I-44 Back on Fast Track";s:9:"url_title";s:23:"i_44_back_on_fast_track";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:10:"field_id_5";s:34:"MODOT Puts I-44 Back on Fast Track";s:10:"field_ft_5";s:4:"none";s:10:"field_id_9";s:129:"The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) completed emergency pavement repair work on June 6 on I-44 from I-270 to I-55. ";s:10:"field_ft_9";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_13";s:1:"4";s:10:"field_id_7";s:20:"I-44, MODOT, lanes, ";s:10:"field_ft_7";s:4:"none";s:10:"field_id_8";s:2098:"<p>The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) completed emergency pavement
repair work on June 6 on I-44 from I-270 to I-55.</p>
<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;\">&nbsp;Working with contractors Micro-Surfacing, Inc., and Gaines Construction, Inc., MODOT&nbsp; addressed pavement delamination related to the creation of additional lanes that were put in place to relieve traffic displaced by the I-64 reconstruction.</p>
<p>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Crews
will return at a future date to be determined for miscellaneous clean
up and touch up work on restriping, with minor impacts to traffic.</span></p>
<p class=\"style1\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> </span></p>
<p class=\"style1\"><img alt=\"I-44 Repaving\" class=\"table-left\" height=\"303\" src=\"/images/uploads/I-44.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"266\" />Sections
of the interstate were experiencing raveling where striping was removed
to add an additional lane. The asphalt patch that was applied to the
rumble strips and median lanes were peeling off the pavement.</p>
<p class=\"style4\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;\">From I-270 to Murdoch, was done by Micro-Surfacing, Inc. to repair the pavement raveling. The repair is a two-foot-wide asphalt sealing along the areas of I-44 where striping
was removed.&nbsp; The work was done Monday thru Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 3 p.m.</p>
<p class=\"style4\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;\">&nbsp;</p>
<p class=\"style4\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;\">East from Murdoch to I-55 the work was done by Gaines Construction. The&nbsp; pavement repair included
the removal of seven-foot sections of peeling asphalt, primarily in the
median lanes and the shoulder lanes. The work was done by Gaines Construction at night,
Monday thru Friday from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m..</p>
<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong></strong></span>The entire section of I-44 from
I-270 to I-55 will be re-surfaced in 2010. The lanes will be returned
to four lanes each way with shoulders.</p>";s:11:"field_id_42";s:24:"/images/uploads/I-44.jpg";s:11:"field_id_43";s:0:"";s:11:"field_ft_43";s:4:"none";s:10:"category_0";s:2:"15";}