Montana Department of Transportation

The Montana Department of Transportation’s work on the bridges in Missoula continues.

The preferred option for a bridge over the Bitterroot River is a new structure planned at the end of South Avenue to replace the aging Maclay Bridge currently in place that connects River Pines Road to North Avenue.

The Montana Department of Transportation plans meetings this week about the Higgins Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation Project after the bid from the contractor, Frontier West, came in over twice the original estimate.

The Russell Street Bridge project is coming to completion just in time for the reconstruction of the Higgins Avenue Bridge to begin in February of 2020.

Reconstruction of the Bonner bridges on Interstate 90 over the Blackfoot River begins the week of April 15.

The $30 million Russell Street Bridge project is entering a new phase now that spring has arrived and the snow is melting away.

To better facilitate access in and out of Seeley Lake due to fire activity, the Montana Department of Transportation has suspended the chip seal project until the fire danger has passed.

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.