MoDOT Director Pete Rahn (left) presided over ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the Route AA bridge, near Halfway. Also participating in the ceremoney were (from left), Larry Burk of Burk Bridge Company, Mike Kehoe, chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, MHTC Commissioner Grace Nichols, and Polk County Associate Commissioner Billy Dryer.

A sign commemorating the first completed Safe & Sound bridge was unveiled by Mike Kehoe, chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (left) , and fellow Commissioner Grace Nichols. Looking on were MoDOT Director Pete Rahn and Polk County Associate Commissioner Billy Dryer.

The Route AA bridge over Hominy Creek in Polk County -- the first completed Safe & Sound bridge improvement project -- reopened to traffic April 23, 2009 with a parade of emergency vehicles, a bus from the Halfway Public Schools and MoDOT trucks.

Bridge Improvement Sign (21kb, pdf )

Project Map (316 kb, pdf )

Safe & Sound Logo (16.2kb, pdf )

Gov. Matt Blunt, speaking at the event, announces MoDOT's newest initiative, the Safe & Sound Bridge
Improvement Plan.

From left, Rep. Neal St. Onge, Director Rahn, Rep. Ed Robb, and Sen. Bill Stouffer look at a scope of the plan.

Reporters seek more details about the Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Plan.