Interstate 70

State inspectors found the exit ramp from Interstate 70 to Interstate 64 had a failed expansion joint. The construction to repair it will last until at least 2025.

Missouri Republicans campaigning for lieutenant governor in the August primary are making it one of the year's most crowded races, including two state senators, an attorney, a county clerk and a businessman.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is expanding I-70 to three lanes each way, with the first 20-mile section expected to be completed by the end of 2027.

The project is carved up into segments. The first section tackled will be a 20-mile stretch in mid-Missouri between Columbia and Kingdom City.

The $2.8 billion project will expand Interstate 70 to three lanes in each direction across the state.

Missouri lawmakers allocated roughly $2.8 billion in May to expand Interstate 70 to three lanes both ways across the state. The entire project is expected to take around seven years.

Included in the budget passed by lawmakers this session and signed by Gov. Mike Parson in June was around $2.8 billion to expand I-70 to three lanes in each direction. On Wednesday, commissioners approved the first steps of acquiring that money.

The Senate plan would spend nearly $2.8 billion to expand the entire interstate to three lanes each way.

The Senate appropriations chief is floating a bond-funded plan to beef up a Interstate 70 project to add new lanes across the state.

The Department of Transportation is asking volunteers to help pick up litter along I-70, 170, and I-55 and reminding people hauling trash to secure their loads.