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| URS to operate Missouri DOT’s Gateway Guide TMC URS, one of the top five U.S. engineering and construction companies, has been awarded a contract by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to provide operations and support services for the Gateway Guide Transportation Management Center (TMC) located in St. Louis, Missouri. The Gateway Guide TMC operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, monitoring 225+ miles of interstate utilizing nearly 500 sensors and 250 traffic cameras in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. During non-business hours, Interstates 44 and 55 statewide are also monitored by the TMC. Congestion and incidents along the interstate are managed through messages on 100 dynamic message signs throughout the metropolitan area. The Gateway Guide TMC also coordinates closely with the Illinois DOT District 8 TMC located in Collinsville to manage traffic on the Mississippi River Bridges. Under its contract, URS will provide management, staffing and other support services for the day-to-day operation of the TMC. In addition to coordinating and reacting to emergencies on the interstate, URS staff at the TMC will perform customer service duties, dispatch MoDOT's maintenance and traffic personnel and monitor the Lindbergh Boulevard Tunnel, the only roadway tunnel in Missouri. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Construction News :: home page |