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A Publication for Employees of the Missouri Department of Transportation

ConnectionsAugust 2011

A Litter-Free MOKC District employees

celebrate as winners in the

No MOre Trash! Bash

LeadershipNew division director

named for Multimod-

al Operations in CO

Up in the AirMoDOT assists in suc-

cess of air show in the

NW District

New Design-BuildBridgeSL District receives

approval for new Daniel

Boone Bridge across the

Missouri River

Valued ServiceTom Stehn retires from

the SE district

Ins ide

New Transportation ImprovementProgram Cut in Half

A Leaner Look

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Willis Fee NE 38

James Romaker NE 13

Timothy Fuqua NE 33

William Polen KC 30

Teresa McGuff KC 25

Thomas Skinner KC 13

Harry Scurlock CD 13

Barry Perkins SL 6

Russell Graham SL 29

Twyla Harper SW 15

Dan Probert SW 28

Archie Daily SW 17

Gary Moody SW 19

Steven Boatwright SE 28

Helen Grindstaf f SE 20

Linda Webb CO 27

Orland Crandall CO 30

Debra Ponder CO 34

James Harcourt CO June 5

Joe Vollmer CD June 19

Donald Noles SE June 25

Retirees Retired from:

Joe Bulen D2 June 1

Betty Lynes CO June 4

Ralph Paul D7 June 7

Donald Long D5 June 7

Stewart Love D4 June 10

Paul Simino D6 June 16

Charles Swearingen D3 June 20

Louie Turnbough D6 June 21

Thomas Ward D10 June 21

Gene Walbridge D7 June 21

David Robert s D3 June 23

Ferne Bret CO June 24

George Olson D2 June 25

Coy Runion D9 June 26

Roy Elliott D6 June 27

Beauford Zumwalt D7 June 28

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Kenneth J. Luhmann SL

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Gary L. Rush NW

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Michael A. Mellenbruch SW

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Dale S. Brandt CO

Steve R. Collins CO

Charles E. Gohring CO

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James R. Lohsandt KC

Kevin R. Branch CD

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Russel J. O’Daniell NW

Kimberly S. Barnett NE

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Kevin R. Pitts KC

Clarence H. Overholtzer KC

Paul C. Boenisch KC

Tina M. White SL

Todd N. Tyler SW

Andy R. Boyd SE

Arlis D. Humphrey CD

Ronda A. Luck CO

Ivan W. Schmidt CO

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Diania D. Sanders NW

John W. Resa NE

Glendon P. Burris CD

Gary M. Stevens SW

James D. Henson SE

Micheal P. Arnold SE

Mehdi Raoof CO

Chris M. Noblett CO

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Jennifer L. Finch NW

Andrew I. Huntsman NE

Monica Bond KC

Scott W. Campbell CDJonathon M. Townsend SL

Joshua A. Kaiser SL

Norman P. Gentry SL

Adam G. Jundt SL

Michael G. Rogers SL

Austin J. Weaver SW

Dustin W. Webb SW

Chad S. Embrey SW

Shelly L. Cooper SE

Laurie A. Mullaney SE

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Andrew C. Hanks CO

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Jefferson City, MO 65109

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Customer Relations Manager M. Elaine Justus

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3602 N. Belt Highway

St. Joseph, MO 64506-1399

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The damage to homes, farms and businesses cannot be calculated yet.Besides the initial damage caused by flood waters, the long-term effects ofrelocation, loss of work and prolonged flooding are factors that remain tobe seen.

Construction of the new Missouri River bridge at Rulo, Neb., is also on hold.U.S. 159 continues to be flooded on the Missouri side, which makes accessimpossible. The Brownville Bridge is also inaccessible due to the flooding ofU.S. 136. The only remaining Missouri river crossing at this time is the PonyExpress bridge on U.S. 36. It, too, is at risk.

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More than 3,000 large sandbags were used to keep U.S. 65 open to traffic.

(Left to right) Larry Ross of L.G.Barcus and Sons Contractors,Presiding Commissioner C.R. “Bud”Motsinger, Commissioner DonnieCox, Area Engineer Tonya Lohman,and Regional Maintenance Supervi-sor Bryan Dorrel joined forces onJuly 11th to cut the ribbon on theRoute A bridge over Shoal Creek inCaldwell County.

(Left to right) Senior ConstructionInspector Becky Wilson, Area Engi-neer Tonya Lohman, CommissionerDonnie Cox, Presiding Commis-sioner C.R. “Bud” Motsinger, andRegional Maintenance SupervisorBryan Dorrel cut the ribbon on July11th for the Route U bridge overOtter Creek. It is the latest Safe &Sound bridge to be completed inCaldwell County.

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Customer Relations Manager Marisa Brown-Ellison

Phone 573.248.2502


Route 61 South

P.O. Box 1067

Hannibal, MO 63401

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The Trooper William “Bob” Brandt Memorial Highway sign isunveiled during a ceremony for the officer who was killed in theline of duty in 1970.

Family members of former Ralls County Sheriff Ben J. Berghagerunveil the memorial sign during the ceremony along U.S. 61south of Hannibal.

Cutting the ribbon, MoDOT Inspector Brandi Baldwin andSchneider Construction Foreman Danny Proctor were recog-nized for their efforts to work effectively and smart to getthe bridge open in just 26 days.

Buckles the Bear andthe award-winning

Macon County KISSRock Stars joined forcesat the Atlanta Home-coming to promoteseat belt and highwaysafety. The KISS RockStars remind parentsto KISS - Kids in SafetySeat - every trip, everytime. MoDOT’s DianeNanneman is picturedleft of Buckles.

Mother Nature has NOT been good to MoDOT! Pictured left is theKirksville maintenance building after one of the many severe storms. Therubberized roofing and part of the sheeting was removed, causing waterdamage to the office and break room areas. The top of the salt dome wasalso lost in the storm. Pictured right is what’s left of the Monroe City saltdome. The most recent “casualty” was the top of a tree in the back yardof the district office in Hannibal.

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Hinson explains the re-placement of the NorthRiver Bridge west ofPalmyra to several publicmeeting attendees. Mo-DOT will close Route 168next year to replace theold truss bridge.



Customer Relations Manager Jennifer Benefield

Phone 816.607.


600 NE Colbern Road

Lee’s Summit, MO 64086

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Customer Relations Manager Kristin Gerber

Phone 573.522.3375


1511 Missouri Boulevard

P.O. Box 718


for more info

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Chris Engelbrecht was nominated for the “PeopleSaving People” award by the Missouri StateHighway Patrol.

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District Engineer Kirk Juranas and Assistant DistrictEngineer Travis Koestner have been traveling the district,meeting with employees in July and August.


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Approximately 60 people endured the very hot weather tocelebrate the beginning of construction on a new diamondinterchange on Route 179 in Cole County. The ceremony took placeon a roadside bluff overlooking the construction site.

The new Route 179 interchange,located between Route C andEdgewood Drive in JeffersonCity, will provide access to a newSt. Mary’s Health Center devel-opment. The project is a jointeffort of MoDOT, the City of Jef-ferson, and Cole County.


The $7.4 millionproject will take

about one year tocomplete. Traffic on

Route 179 will bedetoured for aboutthree months dur-

ing the early stages

of construction.This will allow for

excavation workto take place for a

new roadway, Mis-sion Drive, that will

run underneathRoute 179.

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Customer Relations Marie Elliott

Phone 314.453.1807


1590 Woodlake Drive

Chesterfield, MO 63017

for more info

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congestion on the road

Advisory speed limits

are not enforceable

o’s message

signs also include

information regarding

the congestion or lane

closures ahead and

increased travel times

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ers of how fast or slow

their vehicle should

be moving in order to

safely get to their des

tination in the shortest

amount of time” said

Blair “he advisory

speed signs are similar

to the black on yellow

advisory speed signs post

ed on curves and ramps tis the suggested speed to

safely travel that stretch of road”

ariable advisory speeds are designed

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gestion caused by closed lanes due to

a crash or work zone f drivers ignore

the speeds and hurry to the point of

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congestion and is slower to get through

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and advisory speeds are designed to

warn you so you can slow down and

prepare for congestion and potential

lane reductions” Blair said

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theory behind variable advisory speeds

is available at wwwyoutubecommo

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tation Commission approved funding

for a new aniel Boone Bridge across

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and t Charles counties during their

monthly meeting on uly

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for the new bridge as par t of the

tate ransportation mprovement

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using the designbuild contracting

process similar to the 4 project in

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is to advise drivers of congestion ahead

ou need to slow down pay attention

and prepare to reduce speed”

hen average speeds on are at

the posted speed limit of mph the

digital boards are blank As conditions

change the variable advisory

speeds adjust showing the advised

speed in increments of mph starting

at down to mph depending on the

Changing I-270 Advisory Speeds

Caution Motorists of Slowed Trafficby inda ilson

by Andrew ates

The 70 digital advisory speed signs on I-270 inform motorists ofslower speeds ahead. The signs flash from 55 mph to 10 mph.

St. Louis District Signing changes the I-270 variablespeed limit signs to be advisory speeds.

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or the third year the t ouis Car

dinals organization is supporting o

’s allen orkers fund to honor

the lives of o employees killed

in the line of duty

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state can purchase tickets to three t

ouis Cardinals games during the

season he t ouis Cardinals

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port our fallen workers

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tickets sold for all four games that

contributed to the allen ork

ers emorial hanks for all o

employees and retirees’ support!

Support Fallen Workers With Discount

Tickets to St. Louis Cardinals Games

Check out the following website link

to purchase these tickets

www.cardinals.com/modot

This link will only be live until one

week before each game. You can only

purchase these tickets online.

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ets for these game please select them

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Across the State


Customer Relations Manager Bob Edwards

Phone 417.895.7713


3025 E. Kearney

P.O. Box 868

Springfield, MO 65801

Customer Relations Manager Lori Marble

Phone 417.621.6504


2915 Doughboy Dr.

Joplin, MO 64804

for more info

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S o u t h w e s t D i s t r i c t

New Southwest DistrictManagement Teamby Bob dwards, ori Marble and endy Brunnerewis

SW at Work1. Sealing Christian-Stone County Route V near Spokane is a crew fromOzark Maintenance, from left, Maintenance Supervisor Bryan Fleming andCrew Leaders Garland Dewitt and Dewayne Coffer.

hat keeps Becky Baltz going is people

working together to make o suc

cessful

“t’s a matter of br inging a lot of great

ideas together and putting them into

action” Baltz said he result can’t help

but be a topnotch transportation sys

tem she said

n the same vein she values o’s

family atmosphere

“t’s absolutely the best part of our cul

ture” she said “e help each other

professionally and personally ven

through downsizing we don’t want to

lose that”

now however that if you have an is

sue Baltz is glad to talk with you about

it but she wants to hear more than com

plaining Be positive and proactive

“ am willing to discuss problems ou

should also bring solutions” she said “

expect the same thing

of myself”

he added “ne

of the biggest chal

lenges we face in the

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tricts fewer employees and uncertain

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out and we’ll work through it e’ll

come out of it stronger”

peaking at employee meetings Baltz

has acknowledged the ‘Bolder’ plan’s

very personal impact

“ know it’s a tough time o your best

to stay focused on your work here’s a

lot to be done But mostly want us to

stay safe out there”

Baltz

Hometown : Brumley

Education: Missouri University ofScience and Technology, BS Civil En-gineering and BS Engineering Man-

agement

Career: All with MoDOT-signer, traffic studies engineer

traffic studies engineer, district liai-son engineer in Design, transporta-tion planning coordinator, transpor-tation planning manager, assistant

district engineer2006-2011: district engineerJune 2011: district engineer

Hometown : Maysville

Education: Missouri University ofScience and Technology, BS Civil En-gineering

Career: All with MoDOTdesign technician, construction tech-nician

1977-1989: struc tural designer, seniorstructural designer, structural plansreviewer, structural design groupleaderdistrict chief designer-trict design engineer1992-1996: structural services engi-neer -tant district engineer program delivery

Management Ap-proach: “I focus ondelivering projectsand plans on timeand under budget. Iconstantly strive tolook for practical solu-tions to problems. I’ve

always believed if we work well as ateam, we can achieve great results,even more so during this time.”

Becky Baltz, District Engineer

Dan Salisbury, Assistant District Engineer

Scott Bachman, Assistant to the District Engineer

Hometown : St. Joseph

Education: Missouri Western State-

Career:in St. Joseph, Savannah and Clinton1989-19952011: transportation planner, in-

termediate transportation planner,senior transportation planner, trans-

portation planningcoordinator, districtplanning managerDistrict, starting June2011, assistant to thedistrict engineer

Management Ap-proach: “I recognize that MoDOT’sfunding situation makes it neces-sary to redefine the department ...and still be able to provide a qualitytransportation system. This will re-

quire all of us to consider differentways to approach what we do.”

B o b E d w a r d s

L o r i M a r b l e

B o b E d w a r d s

1

3

2

Andy Mueller, Assistant District Engineer

Hometown : Bertrand

Education: Missouri University ofScience and Technology, BS Civil En-gineering

Career:19911996, construction inspector

Mexico resident engi-neer1997-1999, bridge en-gineer-field, 1999-2009, Bran-son area engineer,

materials engineer, assistant district

-ministrator operations

Management Approach: “In ourbusiness, the easiest course of ac-tion for the work unit or the projectis not necessarily the best course ofaction for the organization or thetransportation system. I always havea watchful eye out for the next aspir-ing leaders at MoDOT who under-stand and embrace this concept. Ourfuture success depends on them.”

2. Joplin Land Surveyor Rick Blackhelps move equipment and sup-plies from the former District 7 mainoffice to other buildings on thecomplex as part of MoDOT’s down-sizing. MoDOT is allowing the JoplinSchool District, which lost severalfacilities in the May 22 tornado, touse the one-time district office. Em-ployees also were shifted to officesin Carthage and Neosho.

3. Mowing along Route 7 in War-saw is Warsaw Senior MaintenanceWorker Kent Shull, with SeniorMaintenance Worker Jimmy Wisch-meier in the follow truck.



Across the State


Customer Relations Manager Nicole Thieret

Phone 573.472.6632


2675 N. Main Street

P.O. Box 160

Sikeston, MO 63801

for more info

11

S o u t h e a s t D i s t r i c t

Customer Relations Manager Christi Turkleson

Phone 417.469.6203


910 Old Springfeld Road

P.O. Box 220

Willow Springs, MO 65793

Sept. 1 will mark the end of a chap-

ter for Southeast Assistant District

Engineer Tom Stehn. He will be retiring

with MoDOT and taking a new position

as City Administrator for the City of

West Plains. Stehn served as the South

Central District Engineer for 15 years,

and has worked for MoDOT for 28

years.

Stehn joined MoDOT in 1983 af-

ter graduating from the University

of Missouri-Rolla with a bachelor’s

degree in civil engineering. He has held

a variety of positions with MoDOT

including structural designer, high-

way design reviewer, estimating and

reviewing engineer, district highway

design engineer, district chief designer,

district design engineer and eld liaison

engineer.

He is well respected by his staff and thecommunity at large.

“Tom has put his heart and soul in

his work with MoDOT, and for that

I admire him. I wish him all the luck

and happiness he deserves in his new

adventure. The City of West Plains is

fortunate to be getting what MoDOT

had,” said Support Services Manager

Roxy Baldridge.

Assistant District Engineer Chris Rut-

ledge also admires the work Stehn has

done.

“Tom has worked hard to develop an

open, high-trust work culture that has

enabled the district to work across

departmental boundaries. This work

has led to a much collaborative effort,

Tom Stehn Retires

progressive processes and high-yield

results,” said Rutledge. “Plus we know

he is a committed person if he insists

on being such a die-hard Minnesota

Vikings fan despite the team’s dismal

decisions in recent history.”

Stehn said he will miss his colleagues,

but is looking forward to this new phase

of his career.

“What makes an organization great is

its people,” said Stehn. “MoDOT has

been great to my family and me, and I

have enjoyed my time here immensely.

I want to thank everyone for their

support, guidance, encouragement and

friendship over the years.”

Stehn and his wife, Arleen, have four

children and live in West Plains.

The Missouri

Highways and

Transportation

Commission

approved the

Bolder Five-Year

Direction on

June 8, which

increased the size

of the Southeast

District by 11

counties and

named Mark

Shelton the

district engineer

over the 25-county region. Matt Seiler

and Tom Stehn were named assistant

district engineers. Stehn has since

accepted a position as the city admin-

istrator for the City of West Plains, and

Chris Rutledge has been named as the

assistant district engineer.

Shelton has served as district engineer

in the Southeast District since 2005.

He has worked for MoDOT for almost

26 years, serving as the assistant state

construction and materials engineer

prior to becoming the district engineer

for the Southeast District. Shelton has

also worked in Materials for the Central

District, St. Louis District and Central

Ofce, operations engineer in Joplin,

and eld materials director for Central

Ofce. Shelton earned his bachelor’s

degree in civil engineering from the

University of Missouri-Rolla.

“I am excited about this new direction

and look forward to working with the

additional counties in the Southeast

District, as well as the communities we

serve,” said Shelton.

Seiler joins the new Southeast District

as one of the assistant district engineers.

Seiler began his career for MoDOT in

construction in Willow Springs. From

there, he served as the district traf-

c engineer in Springeld and was

promoted to assistant district engineer.

He most recently served as the assistant

district engineer in the Southwest Dis-

trict. Seiler earned his civil engineering

degree from the University of Missouri-

Rolla.

“My focus will be to keep the transpor-

tation system in good condition despite

challenging transportation funding. I

will continue to serve Missourians by

nding practical solutions to meet our

transportation needs,” said Seiler.

Rutledge has worked at MoDOT since

1990, beginning his career as a sum-

mer intern. Throughout his career, he

has worked in design, planning, project

management and maintenance. Rut-

ledge graduated from the University of

Missouri-Rolla with a bachelor’s degree

in civil engineering and received an

MBA from Southwest Baptist Univer-

sity in 2007.

Headquartered in Sikeston, MoDOT’s

Southeast District serves Bollinger,

Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Doug-

las, Dunklin, Howell, Iron, Madison,

Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon,

Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Rip-

ley, Scott, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve,

Shannon, Stoddard, Texas, Wayne and

Wright counties.

Bolder Five-Year Direction Approval

Cites Larger District, New Leadership

SE Assistant District Engineer Matt Seiler discussesmoving forward with the Bolder Five-Year Direction and

answers questions from employees.

Stay Connected to the Southeast District via Social Media

A great way to interact with

the 25-county Southeast

region is through face-

book, twitter and YouTube. Information

about upcoming work zones, project

updates and other transportation-related

news is available on these sites. To

learn more, please visit:

www.modot.org/southeast.

Stehn solicits donations to the SouthCentral Crossroads Fund.

Stehn watches as Director Kevin Keith discusses the opening of the Route60/63 interchange with County Collector Larry Spence.




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Mission

Our mission is to provide a

world-class transportation

experience that delights our

customers and promotes a

prosperous Missouri.

MoDOT’s new, Christopher S. Bond

Bridge over the Missouri River lit

up Kansas City’s night sky under a

canopy of reworks July 3, 2011. For

the thousands of festival goers gathered

in Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park

to celebrate Independence Day, it was

the rst glimpse at the bridge’s displayof colorful lights.

“It was a spectacular night,” said kcI-

CON Project Director Brian Kidwell.

“And, MoDOT’s way of thanking the

people of Kansas City for enduring a

three-year road project in the heart of

our city.”

The Christopher S. Bond Bridge fea-

tures a unique lighting system located

along the outer edges of structure’s

main support beams. A series of 106

interconnected color-changing panels

can display thousands of colors in a

variety of patterns.

Sunday’s event featured a patriotic

package of red, white and blue lights.

“It Was a Spectacular Night”Bond Bridge, Fireworks Light up Kansas City’s Skylineby Jennifer Beneeld

MoDOT’s Bond Bridge and freworks light up Kansas City’s night sky July 3, 2011. Thousands o estival-goersgathered in Richard L. Berkley Park to celebrate Independence Day and get the frst look at the bridge’s display ocolorul lights.

Kansas City District Engineer Dan Niec (right), kcICON Project DirectorBrian Kidwell (center), and Paseo Corridor Constructors joint-venturecontractor team sponsor Tom Kellerman (let) kick o the inaugurallighting o the Christopher S. Bond Bridge beore a KCRiverFest crowdo thousands on July 3, 2011.


A l l i s o n C a m p b e l l

“Nine lighting packages were created

with community input to mark Kansas

City’s changing seasons, holidays and

regional events,” said Kidwell. “People

can re-experience the bridge in a dif-

ferent way each time we turn on a new

show.”

The $245 million kcICON project re-

constructed 4.7 miles of Interstate 29/35

from just north of Route 210/Armour Road in North Kansas City into the

northeast corner of the downtown Kan-

sas City, Mo. freeway loop. MoDOT

and its contractor, Paseo Corridor Con-

structors, opened all ramps and lanes of

Interstate 29/35 in December 2010, six

months ahead of schedule and on bud-

get. Additional information is available

on the project’s website at www.kcicon.

com or on Facebook “kcICON Project.”

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