Multiple road projects planned for Cole, Callaway counties
The Missouri Department of Transportation has several major road construction projects on already on the books for 2017.
A main focus of the Central District office is safety improvements for Hwy 54 between Kingdom City and Jefferson City.
“The addition of High Friction Surface Treatment at the Mel Ray curve is being done as part of an existing resurfacing project currently under contract on Highway 54,” said Natalie Roark, the district’s design engineer. “That should be completed by July 1.”
The Mel Ray curve was where a head-on crash occurred in July, resulting in the death of Karlie Jones, 15, of Holts Summit, and Caleb McClain, 16, of Jefferson City.
Guard cables are also scheduled to be installed for the entire stretch of Hwy 54, a $3.6 million investment.
“Safety is always a number on priority for us,” said Roark. “Any project we look at, we’re going to look for needed safety improvements.”
Here are some of the projects planned for Cole and Callaway Counties.
County/Route
Project Description
Callaway 54
Bridge rehabilitation and redecks of 9 bridges between Kingdom City and New Bloomfield. Project will include additional median guard cable on US 54 from I-70 to Missouri River Bridge. High Friction Surface Treatment (HFST) will also be added on eastbound curve over Bus. 54.
Callaway 54
The addition of High Friction Surface Treatment (HFST) at the Mel Ray curve is being done as part of an existing resurfacing project currently under contract on Highway 54. Will be completed by July 1 , 2017.
Callaway 63
Bridge redeck on the southbound lanes over the Katy Trail, 3 mi. n/o of Rte. 54.
Cole 50
Resurfacing from Osage River to Moreau River, including adding eastbound left turn lane and westbound acceleration lane at Lisletown Rd.
Cole 50
Intersection improvements at Liberty Rd and Shamrock in Jefferson City
Cole B
Resurfacing and add 2′ shoulders with rumbles from Lorenzo Green in Jefferson City to Route 133 in Meta
Cole J
Bridge replacement at interchange over Route 50 at Taos
A full list of MoDOT projects scheduled for the next five years can be found here, and a corresponding map of the projects can be found here.
