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Saturday is Slide Day for St Louis Bridge

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The Missouri Department of Transportation will be shifting a 2,165-foot long section of the Poplar Street Bridge that carries traffic over the Mississippi between Downtown St Louis and Illinois. The Poplar Street Bridge (PSB) is one of only two bridges in the nation that carry three interstates (I-70, I-55, I-64) across a river.

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Black & Veatch Study Finds K.C. to St. Louis Hyperloop Feasible

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17 that said building a hyperloop transportation system along the 1-70 corridor—connecting the cities of St. Louis; Columbia, Mo.; Leawood, Kan.-based based engineering firm Black & Veatch released a feasibility study Oct.

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Missouri Explores Hyperloop From St. Louis to Kansas City

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of Transportation, the University of Missouri and other public stakeholders—announced on Jan. The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition—a public-private partnership that includes the Missouri Dept. 30 an agreement to produce a feasibility study for a 248-mile hyperloop route, connecting Kansas City, Columbia, Mo.,

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MoDOT Set to Shift Bridge over Mississippi 9 Feet

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The Missouri Department of Transportation will be shifting a 2,165-foot long section of the Poplar Street Bridge that carries traffic over the Mississippi between downtown St. Louis and Illinois.

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Missouri Lays Foundation for 'Road to Tomorrow'

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The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) will open a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70, from Kansas City to St. Louis, to private industry for use as a “laboratory” for construction of future generations of highways.

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Investments in St. Louis - The Business Facilities Blog - Economic.

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Investments in St. Louis Metro East approach $9.5 Public investments (excluding transportation) soared to $648.7 Among the most significant transportation projects to get underway in the past year is the New Mississippi River Bridge. Welcome to the Business Facilities Blog. Wednesday, December 10, 2008.

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FEATURE STORY: Game-Changer In The Heartland

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The long anticipated Midwest Inland Port ramp will enable businesses to tap into the company’s deep transportation and logistics expertise and provide a platform for economic growth in central Illinois. Intermodal containers can be loaded with virtually any type of product and are transported by truck, railcar and ship.