Forest Park Parkway (St. Louis)

Forest Park Parkway
Forest Park Avenue
	Forest Park Parkway as seen from the University City-Washington University in St. Louis Overpass looking towards the east.
Namesake	Forest Park
Location	Clayton–St. Louis, Missouri
Postal code	63105, 63130, 63112, 63108, 63110, 63103
East end	I-64 in St. Louis
Major; junctions	, , , , , , , , / , , S. Grand Blvd, Market Street
West end	I-170 in Clayton

Forest Park Parkway is a parkway in St. Louis, Missouri that runs from I-170 in Clayton, Missouri, becomes Forest Park Avenue at , and ends at Market and I-64. It is considered an arterial snow route.^[2]^[3] The corridor began life in the 19th century as a heavy rail line used by the Wabash and Rock Island rail systems.^[4] The heavy rail line was replaced with streetcars, and later, the Parkway. Before 1959, Forest Park Avenue ran west from the city^[where?] and terminated at the eastern edge of Forest Park, at Kingshighway Boulevard.^[4] Construction on the route west of Kingshighway to the suburban community of Clayton began in 1959.^[4]

Major Intersections[]

County	Location	mi	km	Destination / Intersection	Notes
City of St. Louis		0.00	0.00	Market Street / I-64 East	Beginning of Forest Park Ave
		0.6	0.96	Vandeventer Ave
		2.0	3.21	Kingshighway Blvd	Western Terminus of Avenue Beginning of Parkway
		2.6	4.18	Lindell / Union Blvd	Eastbound / Westbound Exit Eastbound only entrance
		3.2	5.14	DeBaliviere Ave
		4.1	6.59	Skinker Blvd
St. Louis County	University City	4.8	7.72	Big Bend Blvd
		5.2	8.36	Pershing Ave	No access for eastbound Parkway Traffic
		6.2	9.97	Bemiston Ave	Eastbound Entrance / Westbound Exit Signed as "Clayton Business District"
	Clayton	6.3	10.13	Central Ave (Government Center)	Westbound Exit Only
		6.4	10.29	Brentwood Blvd	Eastbound Exit / Westbound Entrance
		6.8	10.94	I-170 - St. Louis Lambert International Airport, I-64	Western Terminus

References[]

^ "St. Louis city - Missouri Zip Code Boundary Map (MO)". www.zipmap.net. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ "Snow Route Map". stlouis-mo.gov (Arcgis Map). City of St. Louis, Street Department. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ "Map of City of St. Louis snow routes" (PDF). stlouis-mo.gov. City of St. Louis, Street Department. 2014-02-05. https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/street/documents/Snow-Route-Map.cfm. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ihnen, Alex (2015-12-03). "Kingshighway and Forest Park Parkway Set to Become At-Grade Intersection - NextSTL". NextSTL (A blogpost describing a construction project on Forest Park Parkway that also includes a brief history of the parkway.). Retrieved 2018-09-20.

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[1] "St. Louis city - Missouri Zip Code Boundary Map (MO)". www.zipmap.net. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[STL_Snowroute_Interactive-2] "Snow Route Map". stlouis-mo.gov (Arcgis Map). City of St. Louis, Street Department. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[STL_Snowroute_PDF-3] "Map of City of St. Louis snow routes" (PDF). stlouis-mo.gov. City of St. Louis, Street Department. 2014-02-05. https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/street/documents/Snow-Route-Map.cfm. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[NextSTL_History1-4] Ihnen, Alex (2015-12-03). "Kingshighway and Forest Park Parkway Set to Become At-Grade Intersection - NextSTL". NextSTL (A blogpost describing a construction project on Forest Park Parkway that also includes a brief history of the parkway.). Retrieved 2018-09-20.

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