May 9, 2008
A train ties up traffic along Illinois Avenue, between U.S. Highway 59 (Lake Avenue) and Missouri Highway 759 (Stockyards Expressway). The Missouri Legislature approved a state construction budget that included more than half a million dollars to help the St. Joseph Regional Port Authority buy the land needed for a railroad bridge crossing between the two highways.
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