Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held September 7, 2011

Project:

• Added a lane in each direction in the median, with a 7-foot wide median shoulder and a concrete barrier separating the northbound and southbound sides
  • (Large trucks weighing more than 48,000 pounds are not allowed to use the new lanes closest to the median, except in emergency situations. This is a state law.)

 

• Replaced two Route 65 bridges over the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad tracks south of Chestnut Expressway and built a new bridge in the median

• Installed new decks and widened the two Route 65 bridges over the BNSF tracks north of Division Street

• Repaired a bump in the pavement on both sides of Route 65 just south of Kearney Street

• Installed emergency reference markers. It's part of a plan to put up markers, similar to those in use along the interstate highways in the state, along Route 65 between the Missouri-Arkansas line and Springfield (and eventually Buffalo).

Schedule:

• Project began: August 2009
• Project complete: September 2011

Cost:

• $27 million, shared by MoDOT, City of Springfield, Greene County.
  • MoDOT is providing $23.3 million, which includes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (federal "economic stimulus") and Amendment 3 funds
  • Springfield is putting in $2 million in 1/8-cent transportation sales tax money into the project
  • Greene County is using $1.7 million in ARRA funds

Related News Releases:

• Route 65 Six-Laning Project Begins
• Route 65 Six-Laning Project Opens

For more information, contact our Southwest District Office at 417.895.7600 or 1.888.275.6636 .

Last updated: Aug. 2011