Interstate 44 East - Sunset Hills to St. Louis

Passing through the cloverstack interchange with Interstate 270 on the c/d roadway to Route 366 (Watson Road). Loop ramps from I-44 to I-270 were replaced with flyovers during a five-year construction project through December 1993.

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Route 366 follows Watson Road east from I-44/U.S. 50 through Sunset Hills, Crestwood and Shrewsbury to Chippewa Street at Lindenwood Park, St. Louis. The 12.00 mile long route ends at Broadway in the Marine Villa neighborhood.
Historically, U.S. 50/66 followed Watson Road and Chippewa Street to Gravois Avenue (Route 30) at Tower Grove South in St. Louis.

04/13/13

Reassurance markers for the Interstate 44 overlap with U.S. 50 in Missouri were altered by 2013 to no longer show I-44.

04/13/13

U.S. 50 concludes a 30.5 mile overlap with Interstate 44 to join U.S. 61/67 (Lindbergh Boulevard) at a forthcoming diamond interchange (Exit 277B). I-44 continues solo from there into the city of Crestwood to Big Bend Road (Exit 278).

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Lindbergh Boulevard carries U.S. 50-61-67 south through Sunset Hills to Concord and Mehlville along a mostly commercialized arterial. Northward, U.S. 61/67 travel through Kirkwood to Huntleigh and Frontenac, where U.S. 61 turns west onto I-64.

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Interstate 44 veers northward by Meacham Park to meet Big Bend Road at a diamond interchange (Exit 278) in one half mile. The city of Webster Groves follows at the subsequent two exits.

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Big Bend Road meanders east from Ballwin through Manchester and Kirkwood to Interstate 44 by the small city of Oakland. The road parallels I-44 northeast to Maplewood, crossing above the freeway again ahead of Exit 280.

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Nipping the southeastern corner of Kirkwood, two miles west of the diamond interchange (Exit 280) with Elm Avenue.

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Ulysses S. Grant Trail spans Interstate 44 at Kirkwood. The eight mile long rail trail originates just north of I-44 at Holmes Avenue to form a hook-shaped route southeast to Hoffmeister Avenue near St. George.

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Eight lanes of Interstate 44 travel across south Oakland and Webster Groves as the freeway parallels a St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad line. Exit 280 departs in one mile for Elm Avenue north Webster Groves City Hall and Brentwood Boulevard.

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Jamieson Avenue, the first St. Louis exit, lies 3.5 miles ahead at Lindenwood Park.

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Exit 280 leaves Interstate 44 east for Elm Avenue south to Memorial Park and MO 366 (Watson Road) at Rock Hill Road on the Crestwood city line.

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Interstate 44 passes by Webster University on the one mile approach to Exit 282 with Laclede Station Road. Hampton Avenue (Exit 286) appears on this sign at four miles out where I-44 enters The Hill neighborhood of St. Louis.

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Exit 282 consists of a loop ramp onto Laclede Station Road at Murdoch Avenue with a return ramp to westbound. Murdoch Avenue stems east from adjacent Big Bend Road as a residential through street to Landsdowne Avenue to St. Louis.

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Laclede Station Road runs south from Exit 282 along the Webster Groves and Shrewsbury city line to Marlborough. Northward Laclede Station Road becomes Hanley Road to Sunnen Business Park in the city of Maplewood.

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An on-ramp joins Interstate 44 east from Shrewsbury Avenue (Exit 283 from westbound) ahead of the St. Louis city line.

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Interstate 44 winds across the Des Peres River alongside a large railroad yard. A split diamond interchange joins I-44 east with Jamieson Avenue (Exit 284A) and west with Arsenal Street (Exit 284B).

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Jamieson Avenue heads south from Arsenal Street and Exit 284 through Lindenwood Park and St. Louis Hills to Hampton Avenue at Willmore Park.

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Curving eastward by the Ellendale industrial area, Interstate 44 approaches the diamond interchange (Exit 286) with Hampton Road.

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Hampton Avenue travels a viaduct north across the Des Peres River, two railroad lines and MO 100 (Manchester Avenue) to Cheltenham, Clayton-Tamm and I-64/U.S. 40 at Forest Park.

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Interstate 44 turns more easterly through The Hill neighborhood while paralleling Shaw Avenue.

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Kingshighway Boulevard, the former route of U.S. 67 between Gravois Avenue (MO 30) and Bircher Boulevard at Penrose Park and Mark Twain, sees a half diamond interchange (Exit 287A) with I-44 east in a half mile.

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Exit 287A leaves Interstate 44 east for Kingshighway Boulevard north to Forest Park South East, Forest Park and Central West End. Southward the boulevard continues to Tower Grove Park, Southwest Garden and Tower Grove South among other south St. Louis neighborhoods.

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The Gateway Arch comes into view as Interstate 44 enters the diamond interchange (Exit 287B) with Vandeventer Avenue. Vandeventer Avenue angles northeast from Kingshighway Boulevard to Botanical Heights and Midtown.

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Eight lanes of Interstate 44 spans Vandeventer Avenue and an adjacent railroad line by this reassurance marker.

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Interstate 44 runs alongside the residential street grids of Botanical Heights and Shaw.

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Grand Boulevard (Exit 288) and Jefferson Avenue (Exit 289) round out the Interstate 44 exits preceding the merge with Interstate 55 north.

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Exit 288 parts ways with I-44 east onto parallel Detonty Street east ahead of Grand Boulevard. Grand Boulevard ventures north to Tiffany, St. Louis University and Midtown and south to Compton Heights and Tower Grove East.

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The left exit for Lafayette Avenue departs simultaneously with the southbound on-ramp (Exit 290A) to Interstate 55 in 1.25 miles. Exit 290A is a remnant from the North-South Distributor, an unbuilt freeway encircling Downtown St. Louis from I-44 & 55 north to I-70.

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Jefferson Avenue provides the most direct to both St. Louis Union Station and the Scottrade Center, a concert and hockey arena for the St. Louis Blues NHL franchise. Both points of interest lie within Downtown West.

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South from Exit 289, Jefferson Avenue connects I-44 with the Fox Park and McKinley Heights neighborhoods to Broadway (former U.S. 67 Alternate) at Marine Villa.
Two lane drops follow at the directional interchange (Exits 290A/B) with Interstate 55, Lafayette Avenue and Truman Parkway.

05/07/18

Interstate 55 generally mirrors the course of the Mississippi River southward from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and Memphis, Tennessee. Through south St. Louis, I-55 travels through Mount Pleasant and Carondelet to exit the city at the Patch neighborhood.

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The left ramp at Exit 290B utilizes a portion of the roadway built for Missouri 755 (North South Distributor) southbound to join Lafayette Avenue east ahead of Truman Parkway north to Lafayette Square.

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