Today I wrote a story about the road construction on U.S. 63 and Route H near Columbia Regional Airport. I was eager to take the story, but I was not familiar with all the road/highway terminology. I spoke to the district and construction materials engineer from MoDOT about the project and she said that it will be finished in early November.
She spoke about J-turns an interchange and other routes that will be affected by the construction. I, first of all, was not accustomed to the terminology and other routes in the area. I decided to do some research and found out that an interchange is similar to an overpass and I learned that U.S. 63 meets with U.S. 163 and Route AB. I also looked at a map to familiarize with the area of the construction, considering I’ve only passed it in my car a few times. The J-turns I learned were an easier way to navigate across two highways of traffic in a safer way by seeing a graphic in the Missourian archives.
I learned from this story that writing it was easier than I thought. The internet and the Missourian archives were informational and the MoDOT engineer was very helpful as well.
I figured out that even if I felt overwhelmed the first step was to get more information and not be afraid to ask questions.
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