Hwy 44 Rough Road At Cuba

[shortfish]

I wanted to bring this up on my last trip. The westbound stretch of Hwy 44 from right before Cuba and for about ten miles after seems really rough. The road looks good, but my truck just bounces light I have no shocks. I thought that was somewhat new.. say 5 or 6 years old. Modot needs to address this

[awhuber]

MODOT head for this district spoke at our Rotary meeting and said it is their fault due to a screw up when they replaced the pavement and are working on a fix to the problem. Tom Stehn is the district engineer 1-888 ASK MODOT (275-6636

[shortfish]

Thanks for the info. I thought it was my truck, but a buddy who went to table rock noticed the same thing.

[rainbow]

First time I drove through there I thought I had a flat tire and pulled off the road. That strectch is rough as a cob.

[awhuber]

Yep... I have been to 4 programs that T Stehn has done and that is always the first question he gets.

Modot told the contractor to cut out a step in preparing the new road bed.

[exiledguide]

I wanted to bring this up on my last trip. The westbound stretch of Hwy 44 from right before Cuba and for about ten miles after seems really rough. The road looks good, but my truck just bounces light I have no shocks. I thought that was somewhat new.. say 5 or 6 years old. Modot needs to address this

Thanks for the info, my wife is going to the Gateway tommorow and she will know what to expect coming home friday.

[eric1978]

44 west has been a disaster for...as long as I can remember.

If you think that's bad, there's a stretch of highway running somewhere through Texarkana (can't remember where, been awhile) and it did that same thing for at least 50 miles...and we were pulling a bass boat on top of it. I felt like throwing up by the end of it.

[catman70]

I took a geological engineering course sometime back and I think I recall a number of caves running under 44. Supposedly there's a particularly large one that's near the surface just south of Rolla that could become a sinkhole anytime. Could just be a rumor though...

[stlfisher]

First time I drove through there I thought I had a flat tire and pulled off the road. That strectch is rough as a cob.

yep me too as well as my buddy.

[10pointer]

That part of 44 is terrible, I have pulled over and every single time I ride through there with someone else I have to assure them they don't have an issue with their car and it is just the crappy pavement

I honestly wish MODOT could do just one thing right. We can be proud to live in a state with some of the worst roads in the country. Look it up if you dont believe me! Dont know which states could be worse!

Ill get off my soapbox