Westbound bridge exit options It’s not just the bridge ACTUAL SIZE Coming from Illinois, drivers will either Even though the new bridge is the crowning STAN MUSIAL Market 70 continue west on I-70 or exit into downtown on jewel, the project of the rerouting of I-70 is Tucker. There is no exit heading south onto the about three miles long from the I-64 The cables new stretch of I-44. Likewise, there is no exit interchange to the Missouri side, where it hooks Gateway Speedway This is a piece of to the bridge from the new stretch of I-44. up with the existing route of I-70 westbound. cable used to VETERANS 70 support the bridge. 203 These cables are

N. Florissant 10th inside the large 70 white conduits Archaeological significance stretching from the MEMORIAL The bridge project in Illinois produced the 1,500 FEET Third-longest bridge of its kind 3 towers to the Brooklyn BETWEEN With a main span of 1,500 feet, the largest archaeological dig in the U.S. from roadway of the TOWERS Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge 2009 to 2012. Over 6,000 features were bridge. Each conduit will be the third-longest cable-stayed investigated during this eort. The Illinois contains bundles of Department of Transportation received the BRIDGE Broadway bridge in the U.S. Only the John J. 31 (for the shortest Audubon Bridge in Louisiana and the Exchange Environmental Excellence Award in 2011 from conduits) to 73 (for 14th Arthur Ravenel Bridge in South the Federal Highway Administration. the longest ones) of Cass M Carolina are longer. these cables. There I In February 2008, Missouri and KEY S are 136 conduits, Illinois agreed on a plan to fund S containing about New bridges I 600 miles of cable. S 55 construction of a new bridge and New roads Tucker Collinsville S 70 1st Approximate 10th 9th I 70 the rerouting of Interstate 70. St. Clair area of P archaeological dig 2nd This weekend, six years later, the P Navigation systems Access to and from Tucker I project is being unveiled to Your GPS system should recognize the new bridge 3rd Although there is a ramp to Tucker from R and changes to the roads very soon. MoDOT pedestrians and then vehicles. eastbound I-70, there is no ramp from Tucker to I westbound I-70. From Tucker, take Cass to V engineers say TomTom representatives already

Biddle E Eventually, the bridge is expected Broadway north to Brooklyn. Signs direct you to have mapped out the new bridge and interchanges. 44 R to carry 40,000 cars and trucks 10th, where you can access westbound I-70. If you pull up a Garmin map, the new I-70 bridge is already reflected. The timing of when the changes every day, relieving tra c on Cole are reflected on GPS may vary. Miles of new roads in Illinois other downtown bridges. Here Renamed I-44 Edward The Illinois side of the project The interstate highway south of the Stan Musial Jones are some of the facts and figures Dome involved the vast majority of new Veterans Memorial Bridge that was previously I-70 Martin Luther road construction for the rerouting of the massive construction leading to the Poplar Street Bridge and I-55 to the King Bridge of Interstate 70. In all, 32 dierent project, and some information I-44 junction will now simply be I-44. The switch projects were completed in Illinois. will occur when the new bridge opens. The new Washington Laclede’s By comparison, Missouri completed about how to get around on the stretch of I-44 will dead end at the new bridge. Landing 5 projects. Baugh new roads. Through tra c will continue on westbound I-70. Eads Bridge 6th St. Clair ILLINOIS 7th 8th

Olive 9th Peabody MISSOURI Collinsville Pennsylvania Opera House 10th City Pine Martin Luther King Hall Summit Scottrade Tucker Chestnut Center Trac relief on bridges 10th Market St. Louis College 9th The opening of the new bridge 64 8th 15 7th Memorial should mean less tra c on the 15th Broadway Arch existing downtown bridges. 55 Old Missouri 4th grounds Spruce Leonor K. Sullivan Transportation o cials expect 64 Clark the new bridge to siphon o State 44 roughly 20 percent of Poplar Gateway Broadway Busch Street Bridge tra c, which is now Geyser 64 Stadium Tallest structures in St. Louis compared with the new bridge towers 40 about 120,000 vehicles a day. It should divert about half of the 630 ft. 600 ft. tra c now using the Martin 580 ft. 567 ft. Access to the Poplar Street Bridge Luther King Bridge. Eventually, To go from Lambert Airport to Sauget, you should still use the Poplar Street Bridge. Take the new bridge is expected to carry about 40,000 cars a day. eastbound I-70 to newly designated I-44 just south of the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Poplar Street Bridge 400 ft. Bridge. Take I-44 to the Poplar Street Bridge to get to Route 3 and Sauget. Sometime next year, the Missouri Department of Transportation will remove the ramp from I-44 to the Poplar Street Bridge. At that point, you should take the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge to Illinois, exit at Illinois Route 3, then follow Route 3 to the south. That will change 55 when a new connection is built from the Martin Luther King Bridge to Route 3. But that is 64 still more than a year away. 44 55 GATEWAY METROPOLITAN SOUTHWESTERN FEDERAL STAN MUSIAL ARCH SQUARE BELL COURTHOUSE VETERANS MEMORIAL 1/2 MILE Graphic by Tom Borgman and Ken Leiser | Post-Dispatch (One Bell Center) BRIDGE TOWERS