Community Corner
Low-Hanging Wires Shut Down I-44 For 7 Hours In St. Louis City
All lanes of the highway reopened around 7:30 a.m. and power has been restored to about 200 people.
April 18, 2021
Both directions of Interstate 44 near Jefferson Ave were reopened after wires hung low over the roadway Sunday morning. Around 1:30 a.m., MoDOT crews were working on the roadway when their equipment snagged an overhead power line which broke a utility pole. Nearly 530 customers lost power, Ameren Missouri reported. Crews closed the roadway down around 2:30 a.m. and pushed traffic off to the nearest exit. Around 6:30 a.m., News 4 crews spotted an Ameren vehicle on scene making repairs. All lanes of the highway reopened around 7:30 a.m. and power has been restored to about 200 people by noon.
