Re: Missouri: I-64 at Route N was Re: Work on I-64/US 40 in St. Louis
- From: "Brian Gideon" <briangideon@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 7 Nov 2005 18:45:42 -0800
Brian Dowd wrote:
> I went out to check out the interchange this weekend. The location of the
> Route N interchange with U.S. 40/61 (Future I-64) is where the Route 364
> freeway will eventually tie into U.S. 40/61. The old Route N intersection
> is now closed to traffic, however the lane locations where the intersection
> was haven't been finished, so traffic has to cross over to the old lane
> locations for the time being. Plans call for the old Route N stubs to be
> reconnected with a Route N bridge once Dardienne Prarie has the money to
> fund the bridge over U.S. 40, which would then make Route N a straight shot
> instead of jogging over to where the future Route 364 bridge is. Currently
> traffic has to jog over 1/8 mile northwest to get to the new bridge location
> to access U.S. 40/61.
>
> For those keeping track, exit numbers for these exits are now posted...
> Route DD/Winghaven Blvd: Exit 6
> Route N (Future Route 364): Exit 4
> Lake St. Louis Blvd: Exit 2 (I have NO Clue how they came up with exit 2,
> since the centerline of U.S. 40 crosses the centerline of Lake St Louis Blvd
> within Mile 3).
>
> Best guess as to when Route 364 will get extended out to that area is 2011
> at the earliest. Next year MoDOT plans to extend the freeway about a mile
> from its current terminus at Harvester Rd to past Junggermann Rd in St
> Peters. This should relieve the bottleneck that happens when the freeway
> and outer road are squeezed from 6 total lanes to 2 as the freeway
> transitions to Rotue 94.
I might be wrong, but doesn't that project only extend the freeway to
just past Harvester Rd? Anyway, I thought St. Charles county officials
tried to get the Jungermann Rd interchange bundled into the funding,
but were unsuccessful.
> And there are 2 more projects left until I-64 can be extended to I-70. The
> section between Route K and Route DD/Winghaven Blvd needs to be upgraded to
> Interstate standards with ample shoulders and the removal of a handful of at
> grade crossings. MoDOT will buld a new set of Eastbound lanes north of the
> current set of Eastbound lanes, transition Eastbound traffic to those lanes,
> then upgrade the current Eastbound lanes to standards and those will become
> the Westbound lanes, and the current westbound lanes will become an outer
> road to access the local streets that had grade crossings with U.S. 40.
> Second, the stoplights at Prospect Rd and Callahan Rd in Wentzville will be
> removed with an interchange bulit at Prospect Rd. Due to the fact that
> there will be a 5 point intersection on one side of the freeway and a 4
> point intersectoin on the other, the terminals of the diamond interchange
> will be a roundbout on both sides.
>
> There are also plans to add a new span over the Missouri River, with a new 4
> lane Eastbound span built, the current Eastbound span converted to the
> Westbound span and the current Westbound span (the old rickety U.S. 40
> bridge) will serve as the bridge for traffic entering Westboudn I-64 from
> Chesterfield Airport Rd. That traffic will not merge into the mainline
> until west of the Missouri River.
>
>
.
- References:
- Work on I-64/US 40 in St. Louis
- From: Jeff Morrison
- Missouri: I-64 at Route N was Re: Work on I-64/US 40 in St. Louis
- From: Brian Dowd
- Work on I-64/US 40 in St. Louis
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