{"id":6224,"date":"2026-10-21T20:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/modot-plans-yearlong-i-64-closure-in-st-louis\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:14:20","slug":"modot-plans-yearlong-i-64-closure-in-st-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/modot-plans-yearlong-i-64-closure-in-st-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"MoDOT Plans Yearlong I-64 Closure in St. Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 21, 2026 (STL.News) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is preparing for a major construction project that will shut down a section of eastbound Interstate 64 in St. Louis for approximately one year, creating significant changes for commuters, businesses, residents, and visitors traveling through the city\u2019s Midtown corridor. The planned closure, expected to begin in fall 2027 and continue until fall 2028, will affect eastbound I-64, also known as Highway 40, between Vandeventer Avenue and Compton Avenue. <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FrRgsZRlc83U%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MoDOT plans to close stretch of I-64 downtown for a year\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRgsZRlc83U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> The project involves replacing an aging elevated interstate bridge, redesigning portions of the interchange at Grand<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/modot-plans-yearlong-i-64-closure-in-st-louis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 October 21, 2026 (STL.News) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is preparing for a major construction project that will shut down a section of eastbound Interstate 64 in St. Louis for approximately one year, creating significant&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6226,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6224\/revisions\/6226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}