100 Bridges Complete!

The Missouri Department of Transportation marked a milestone when the department completed the 100th bridge under the Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program.

Immediately after the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved the Safe & Sound program on Sept. 18, 2008, MoDOT went to work and had the first bridges under construction within five months.

There are 10,249 bridges on Missouri's state highway system, the seventh largest total in the nation. Approximately 1,200 of them are in poor or serious condition. The Safe & Sound initiative will address the 802 worst bridges and is scheduled to be complete by Oct. 31, 2014. The total cost of the program is estimated at $700 million.

This bridge cost more than $400,000 and was complete within 40 days.

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