a:26:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2009-06-05 04:43 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:2:{i:0;s:1:"4";i:1;s:2:"58";}s:9:"author_id";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:47:"First Mississippi River Bridge Contract Awarded";s:9:"url_title";s:47:"first_mississippi_river_bridge_contract_awarded";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Submit";s:11:"field_id_26";s:47:"First Mississippi River Bridge Contract Awarded";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:127:"The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission awarded the first construction project for the new Mississippi River Bridge.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:75:"Mississippi River Bridge, Fred Weber, Highway and Transportation Commission";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1361:"<p>The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission awarded the first construction project for the<a href=\"http://www.newriverbridge.org/\"> New Mississippi River Bridge </a>during their monthly meeting June 3, 2009.<br /><br /><img alt=\"New Mississippi River Bridge\" class=\"image-left\" height=\"303\" src=\"/images/uploads/st.-louis-bridge.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"266\" />The commission awarded a project to remove and replace the Madison Street and St. Louis Avenue bridges over Interstate 70 in downtown St. Louis to<br />Fred Weber, Inc., for $4.44 million. The majority of work on this project will start after I-64 reopens between Kingshighway and Interstate 170. Crews will remove the St. Louis bridge first; after work is complete the rebuild that bridge, crews will remove and replace the Madison Street Bridge. During<br />work to remove the Madison Street Bridge, crews will also remove the Cass Avenue Bridge in preparation for replacing that bridge later in 2010.<br /><br />This work is part of preliminary work on the $640 million Mississippi River Bridge. The new bridge is expected to reduce severe traffic congestion and<br />vehicle crashes on the Poplar Street Bridge (PSB). Currently, PSB carries combined traffic for Interstates 55, 64 and 70. In 2004, traffic counts on<br />the PSB average 120,000 vehicles daily.</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";s:10:"category_1";s:2:"58";}