STREET PLAN AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAY EXPERIENCE IN ST. LOUIS

This article discusses highway and street planning in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1915, preparation was underway for a major street plan. The article discusses the design and financing of the early major street plan, which ended up including about 25% of the city streets. As of 1950, the traffic volume on city streets still continues to increase. At that point, a capital improvement plan was approved in St. Louis, to be used for widening the streets and adding more traffic lanes. The article also describes the interstate highway construction, variables regarding highway location, the expressways to be built, secondary streets, and lessons learned from the St. Louis experience.

• Record URL:
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000060089137?urlappend=%3Bseq=34
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410713
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Bartholomew, H
• Publication Date: 1950-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 24-30
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Construction; Expressways; Financing; Highway design; Highway planning; Location; Secondary roads; Streets; Traffic lanes; Traffic volume; Width
• Geographic Terms: Saint Louis (Missouri)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00813415
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 27 2001 12:00AM