RoadsFriday, November 6
A contractor is picked to widen I-70 from Kingdom City to Warrenton
The Daily Jefferson City team
If you take I-70 east of Kingdom City, a big construction job just got a builder. The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission selected the Millstone Weber Team for the 44-mile stretch, and the design-build team also includes designer Jacobs Inc. and key partner WSP, according to a MoDOT news release.
- Lanes: a third lane each direction, plus new concrete pavement
- Bridges: 3 replaced and 6 rehabilitated
- Mineola Hill: a climbing lane on eastbound I-70
- High Hill: the Norfolk Southern Railroad crossing gets redesigned
The Kingdom City to Warrenton phase is a $583 million job
- $583 million
- for the Kingdom City to Warrenton phase
- 44 miles
- getting a third lane in each direction
- $2.8 billion
- for the whole Improve I-70 program
Sources: Central Mo Info, ABC17NEWS
This is the sixth of eight projects in the Improve I-70 program to move forward. Construction is expected to begin in spring or summer 2027, with completion anticipated by late 2030. Contract negotiations are still underway.
Work on the new stretch is expected to start in 2027
- Feb. 2024Contract awarded for the first project, Columbia to Kingdom City.
- Summer '24Construction begins on Columbia to Kingdom City.
- Early 2027MoDOT plans public information meetings on the Kingdom City to Warrenton work.
- May 2027MoDOT anticipates awarding the Odessa to Concordia and Concordia to Boonville contracts.
- Spring '27Construction on Kingdom City to Warrenton is expected to begin, in spring or summer.
- Late 2027Columbia to Kingdom City construction is expected to wrap up.
- Late 2030Completion is anticipated.
I-70 Program Director Zach Osman said drivers should expect traffic impacts like those in current phases, and MoDOT plans to share major changes ahead of time. The department expects to have a graphic of the proposed highway layout by Dec.
“That will let people drive on the new six lane before they get back into work zones.”
Sources: Central Mo Info, ABC17NEWS, KOMU 8