Montana Department of Transportation

It was a brutal morning for Montana law enforcement after a father and son killed a Broadwater County Sheriff's deputy and ended up in a firefight with Missoula County deputies and the Montana Highway Patrol.

Imagine... coming off I-90 at the Orange Street exit and encountering a giant five-spoke roundabout instead of the traffic pattern you've been used to for so many years.

So far, the Missoula area has experienced a dry fall, lots of snow over Christmas and into January, and with the advent of February, freezing valley rain and heavy mountain snow.

A safety reminder for all pedestrians and cyclists who use the Madison Street Bridge was issued on Monday by Frontier West, the contractor in charge of the bridge rehabilitation project to watch out for signage to use the lower level.

According to testimony by Montana Department of Transportation Director Mike Tooley before the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee, Senate Republican leaders said the MDT and Governor Bullock knew there was a serious budget shortfall ‘before it became a crisis.

Monday morning's commute had a little bit of everything, snow, freezing rain and several slide-offs and crashes, even a snow slide on I-90, according to the Montana Highway Patrol.

During an open house at the Doubletree Hotel on Tuesday, officials from the Montana Department of Transportation and Frontier West Construction answered questions about the construction project to begin Monday to repair the crumbling Madison Street Bridge.

Knife River, in conjunction with the Montana Department of Transportation, will be doing road repairs and construction in the Mullan Road area between Flynn and Frey Roads on May 26 and June 2.

On Tuesday, Montana Governor Steve Bullock, Montana Department of Transportation Director Mike Tooley and other officials gathered to expedite repairs on the Madison Street Bridge.

The Montana Department of Transportation has a bold initiative to reduce Montana traffic fatalities to zero in 2016.