Low-Hanging Wires Shut Down I-44 For 7 Hours In St. Louis City

St. Louis MO

18 April, 2021

3:19 PM

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CBS St. Louis 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.