Missouri Department of Transportation

MoDOT crews scooped rock from what was the bridge over U.S. Route 50 to make way for a project set to finish at the end of 2026. Other road construction on U.S. Route 24 and 71 Highway also are underway.

A former Missouri Department of Transportation supervisor is accused of using state credit cards for nearly 250 personal purchases, stealing agency equipment and then staging a fake burglary to cover his tracks.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is evaluating roads before deciding which ones can have higher speed limits.

An average of 3,400 animal-related vehicle crashes happen in Missouri each year, resulting in around four fatalities annually. Experts hope a first-of-its-kind study of which state roads need animal crossings will help improve safety for all involved.

Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill earlier this week that increases the maximum speed limit on rural interstates and freeways in Missouri to 75 miles per hour, up from 70.

The state has received more than $90 million in federal grant funding to improve Interstate 70 for all drivers, and especially for truck drivers.

Amtrak officials say some trips this summer are expected to sell out, so riders should book their seats early.

It's not just Kansas City's airport that expects to see an influx of visitors for this summer's World Cup. St. Louis also expects to field travelers, who will then need to trek across the state by car, Amtrak or bus.

A city team focused on improving U.S. Highway 71 has proposed moving the roadway below ground level, creating narrower lanes and building overpasses to connect neighborhoods east to west. The highway’s construction tore through majority-Black neighborhoods in east Kansas City decades ago.

The semi crashed on March 1 on a stretch of highway near Jerome, Missouri, but the truck's load of tofu became increasingly more pungent as temperatures rose.

Local authorities say no one was hurt in the Phelps County crash, but the scene at the 172-mile marker is still there. One local resident said online that the rotting tofu left behind smells similar to catfish bait.

Missouri residents today have even less say in their transportation needs. Last year, Gov. Mike Kehoe slashed the state’s Transit Operating Investment nearly in half, reducing funding to local public transit agencies.