a:29:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"2";s:8:"entry_id";s:3:"105";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:"2008-06-03 10:32 AM";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:72:"MODOT Selects I-70 Exchange Design Team for New Mississippi River Bridge";s:9:"url_title";s:63:"modot_selects_i_70_design_team_for_new_mississippi_river_bridge";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:10:"field_id_5";s:72:"MODOT Selects I-70 Exchange Design Team for New Mississippi River Bridge";s:10:"field_ft_5";s:4:"none";s:10:"field_id_9";s:273:"The first phase of the new Mississippi River Bridge http://newriverbridge.com continued to take shape today when the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT)  announced the selection of Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc., to design the Missouri interchange for the bridge.";s:10:"field_ft_9";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_13";s:0:"";s:10:"field_id_7";s:43:"MODOT, New, Bridge, Misssissippi, St. Louis";s:10:"field_ft_7";s:4:"none";s:10:"field_id_8";s:1224:"<p>The first phase of the new Mississippi River Bridge http://www.newriverbridge.org continued to take shape today when the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT)&nbsp; announced the selection of Crawford, Murphy &amp; Tilly, Inc., to design the Missouri interchange for the bridge.<br /><br />\"As with the bridge design team, we had some outstanding proposals from design firms around the region,\" said Greg Horn, the MRB Project Director.<br />\"We are pleased to have such a distinguished team working with us and HNTB to complete this project.\"<br /><br /><img class=\"image-left\" height=\"303\" src=\"/images/uploads/st.-louis-bridge.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"266\" />As part of the selection process, interested design firms submitted a proposal. MoDOT and Illinois DOT engineers evaluated each proposal on a<br />number of criteria, to include the firm\'s past performances, team experience and the team\'s understanding of the project\'s goals. The firms with the<br />highest-rated proposals were then brought in for an interview with MoDOT engineers to help determine the best design candidate.<br /><br />Construction on the project could begin as early as 2010 and last four to six year</p>";s:11:"field_id_42";s:36:"/images/uploads/st.-louis-bridge.jpg";s:11:"field_id_43";s:0:"";s:11:"field_ft_43";s:4:"none";s:10:"category_0";s:2:"15";}