Construction on Final Phase of Page Extension to Start this Summer

Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awards contract for Phase 3 of Route 364 project. Ultimately the highway will connect Maryland Heights at Interstate 270 to Interstate 64 in Lake Saint Louis.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission on Wednesday awarded a contract to complete construction on the Highway 364 Page Avenue Extension project.  The $118.2 million project was awarded to Page Constructors LLC, a team comprising Fred Weber Inc., Millstone Bangert Inc., and Kolb Grading. It's expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2014. Phase 3 of the Page Extension will add nine miles of highway between Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters and the Route N and Interstate 64 interchange in Lake Saint Louis.  The road will be a four-lane freeway with an open, grassy median, similar to Route 141 or Highway 70 past Warrenton, said Project Director for Route 364 Phase 3 Mike Castro. The current Page Extension is 6 to 8 lanes wide.  "…

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O'Fallon Chips in to Complete Page Avenue Extension

O'Fallon will cough up more than $2 million to help fund the final phase of the Route 364 extension project, which will ultimately connect Maryland Heights to Highway 40 in O'Fallon.

Second Phase of Route 364 Opening Thursday

The six-mile stretch from Harvester Road to Mid Rivers Mall Drive is slated to open sometime this afternoon.

For many commuters in and around St. Peters, Thursday is a day they have been waiting for for quite some time. The Missouri Department of Transportation announced in July that the second phase of the Route 364 project will be ready for by late afternoon today—Thursday, Aug. 30. The opening date for the six-mile stretch from Harvester Road to Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters is two months ahead of schedule.  Before traffic will hit the roads, a ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on the westbound side near the Central School Road overpass. St. Peters officials will be at the ceremony. During the Aug. 23 Board of Aldermen meeting, St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano said he would be at the event, but he got the location wrong. Ward…

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