Highway Superintendent – Clay Copeland
Highway Administrator – John Gross
County Road Maintenance can by contacted by calling the Road and Bridge department, Phone (573) 454-2441 or by coming to our Road Dept located at 1640 East Woodlawn, Farmington, Missouri.
Saint Francois County has 410 miles of roadway. There are 73 Box Culverts located in district 1 and 145 Box Culverts located in district 2 for a total of 218 Box Culverts that span 19 feet or less. The State of Missouri inspects 74 bridges in our county.
Contact Information
Address:
1640 East Woodlawn
Farmington, MO 63640
Phone:
1-573-454-2441
E-mail:
roadandbridge@sfcgov.org
Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Notice to Vacate – Section of Indian Creek Road
Notice This is a public notice to allow for a section of Indian Creek to be vacated by St. Francois County. The section of road is from approximately 6 tenths of a mile north [...]
GERMANIA BRIDGE NOW OPEN
As of 2 p.m. Thursday, June 6, 2019, the Germania Bridge that had been closed for repairs, is again open and passable.
GERMANIA BRIDGE CLOSED BEGINNING JUNE 3, 2019
The Road and Bridge Department will be working on the second Germania bridge, closest to Terre Du Lac. It will close Monday morning and remain closed until repairs have been made. It is expected to [...]
Busiek Road Closure
Part of Busiek Road will be closed beginning at 12:oo pm Wednesday, May 15th, 2019. It is scheduled to re-open 4:00 pm Friday, May 17th, 2019.
Yearly Right of Way Mowing
St Francois County Road and Bridge has started its yearly mowing operations. We will make several passes throughout the County over the next few months. St. Francois County mows about 900 lane miles of roads, [...]
Clay Copeland
Clay is a lifelong resident of St. Francois County. He was born and raised in Elvins (Park Hills), the son of Les and Shirley Copeland. A father of 3 sons, 2 daughters-in-law, and 4 grandchildren, Clay now resides in Desloge with his wife, Sandy and youngest son Les. Regardless of his place of residence, he will always consider himself an Elvins boy.
Clay is a local graduate of Park Hills Central R-3 High School (1982), Mineral Area College (AS), and Southeast Missouri State University (BS). He is currently enrolled in and participating in the Engineering Program at Mineral Area College.
Clay has been an employee of St. Francois County Road and Bridge for over 24 years. He started out on the bottom, performing the menial labor tasks required of all new employees. Through the years he has served the Road and Bridge Department by working at nearly every position and accomplishing nearly every task required of the department. Because of this, he feels proud to have earned the privilege to now be the Superintendent.
Clay feels humbled that the County Commission places their confidence in him to entrust him to oversee the Road and Bridge infrastructure, as well as the Road and Bridge employees. He takes his job very seriously and strives to provide the county with a frugal, practical, and transparent organization.
He is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and welcomes contact from the public or public safety systems anytime.
John Gross
John is a resident of Farmington, MO and was born and raised here. He is a 2000 graduate of
Farmington Senior High School and is currently in the Engineering Program at Mineral Area College. He
is married with one son. John has been employed with St. Francois County Road and Bridge for 6 years.
Before coming to work for St. Francois County he was employed for the City of Farmington as a water
and sewer specialist. His past work experiences, he feels, will help the County be a more efficient and
productive municipality. As the Highway Administrator, he looks forward to being a good steward the
taxpayers money to provide them with the necessary upgrades throughout the county.
| Road | District | Quantity |
| Babiak | 2 | 1 |
| Bright Stone | 1 | 1 |
| Brune | 1 | 1 |
| Burton Subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Castor River | 1 | 1 |
| Cedar Run | 2 | 1 |
| Cold Water | 1 | 2 |
| College | 1 | 1 |
| Colony Church | 1 | 1 |
| Crossman | 2 | 2 |
| Germania | 2 | 1 |
| Halter | 2 | 1 |
| Hampton | 1 | 1 |
| Hillsboro | 2 | 2 |
| Hilltop | 2 | 2 |
| Jarvis | 2 | 1 |
| Koester Springs | 2 | 1 |
| Korber | 1 | 1 |
| Lake Avalon | 2 | 1 |
| Laws | 1 | 1 |
| Lewis | 1 | 3 |
| Madison | 1 | 1 |
| Marvin Chapel | 2 | 1 |
| Miller | 1 | 1 |
| Mostiller | 2 | 1 |
| Old Fredericktown | 1 | 1 |
| Old Jackson | 1 | 3 |
| Old St. Louis | 2 | 4 |
| Possum Hallow | 1 | 2 |
| Primerose | 2 | 2 |
| Raby | 1 | 1 |
| Radford | 2 | 1 |
| Randolph | 1 | 2 |
| Rouggly | 2 | 1 |
| Saffell | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas | 1 | 1 |
| Tillman | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey Creek | 2 | 2 |
| Valley Forge | 1 | 1 |
| Var Vare | 1 | 1 |
| West | 1 | 1 |
| West Over | 2 | 2 |
The oldest standing bridge of Saint Francois County was built in 1924.
| Road | Crossing | Location | Limit |
| Old Cadet | Three Hill | County | 12 tons |
| Aulsberry Chapel | Bouyer Creek | County | 16 tons |
| Hillsboro | Terre Blue | County | 15 tons |
| Davis Crossing | Flat River | County | 15 tons |
| Pimville | Harris Branch | Park Hills | 12 tons |
| Colony Church | Taylor Branch | County | 10 tons |
| Commerce Drive | Koen Creek | Park Hills | 4 tons |
| Old Jackson | Branch of St. Francis | County | 6 tons |
| Old Jackson | Branch of St. Francis | County | 15 tons |
| Gallatin Drive | Indian Creek | Iron Mt. Lake | 3 tons |
| Pendelton | Branch of St. Francis | County | 12 tons |
| East Street | Trib. Of Big River | Leadwood | 12 tons |
| Vo-Tech | Big River | County | 5 tons |
| Old Hwy 8 | Hayden Creek | County | 18 tons |
| Kings | Branch of Flat River | County | 8 tons |