MoDOT and its contractor, Gateway Constructors, will open the new Tamm Avenue bridge over Interstate 64 on Saturday, October 20. The public is invited to attend the 1 p.m. ceremony. Activities will include an official ribbon cutting, a MUNY kids performance, the unveiling of the new snakehead, an appearance of the dwarf zebu from the St. Louis Zoo and other children's activities from the Zoo, the Missouri Historical Society and MoDOT.
Activities will last from 1-2 p.m. and the bridge will be open for pedestrians and cyclists only. The bridge will open to vehicular traffic later Saturday afternoon.
The Tamm Bridge was imploded on April 20, 2007. It was the first bridge removed and rebuilt as part of the $535 million I-64 reconstruction project.
"We are thrilled at the quick progress of Gateway Constructors," said MoDOT District Engineer Ed Hassinger. "The Tamm bridge opening marks the first of many more milestones to come on the I-64 project. We are right on schedule and on budget for completion by July 2010."
The I-64 project stretches from west of Spoede Road in St. Louis County to east of Kingshighway in St. Louis City. The project will rebuild or reconstruct nearly 10 miles of interstate, twelve interchanges, six overpasses, complete a new interstate-to-interstate interchange at I-170 and add one lane in each direction from I-270 to I-170. The contract was awarded to Gateway Constructors in November 2006 and is scheduled for completion by July 31, 2010. For more information on the project, visit the project website at http://www.thenewi64.org/.
