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Parking Lot from Bridge • Quick and Easy Getaway for Thieves • Site Is Very Isolated from City Police Patrols CHAIN of ROCKS BRIDGE SITE (+- 21 Ac.) • • • – – – – • • – – • • ¢ • • • • • CHAIN OF ROCKS BRIDGE SITE SIGNIFICANCE • Historic Route 66 bridge structure CHAIN OF ROCKS BRIDGE SITE SIGNIFICANCE • Historic Route 66 bridge structure • Trailhead & ped/bike river crossing • Visitor experience over the Mighty Mississippi • Event venue • Community Image at SE corner of major interchange • Potential Significance – Direct river access – Natural resource experiences STAKEHOLDER GROUP OBJECTIVES Assist in developing a Chain of Rocks Vision that addresses: • Public Safety & Security • Potential activities/events necessary to support facilities • Improved community image and entry approach experience VISITOR EXPERIENCE • Consider the visitor experience and needs by visitor type: – Bridge visitors – Trail users – Event attendees – Community - Interchange and Riverview Drivers River’s Edge Trail Confluence Trail COMMUNITY CONTEXT Columbia Bottom Visitor Center Future Missouri Greenway Louis and Clark State Park Columbia Bottom Conservation Area Zoo North Campus Future Mississippi Greenway Spanish Lake Park MCT Confluence Trail Larimore Park Twillman House Missouri Division of Tourism St. Louis Wilson Larimore House St. Louis County Public Works Bellefontaine Habilitation Center I-270 Improvements Future Development I-270 Improvements Bellefontaine Conservation Area Chain of Rocks Mississippi Greenway Chain of Rocks Bridge Missouri Veterans Home General Daniel Bissell House Chain of Rocks Water Treatment Plant Brad L. Schultz Jr. Memorial Park Chain of Rocks Park Tanglewood (Gibson House) Chouteau Island Wilderness Park North Riverfront Park Bellefontaine Recreation Center Dundee Park Maline Greenway Cementland Mosenthein Island Gabaret Island Mississippi Greenway St. Louis City Limit Eagle Points Trail COMMUNITY IMAGE FROM INTERCHANGE - NW • Missouri Welcome Center • Motomart Station COMMUNITY IMAGE FROM INTERCHANGE - NE • Development Site COMMUNITY IMAGE FROM INTERCHANGE - SE • Overgrown • Concrete barriers at entry • No visibility of CoR Bridge Structure FRONT DOOR COMMUNITY IMAGE • Unwelcoming • Gated and Inaccessible • Unsightly and unkempt • No semblance of road to the historic bridge SAFETY & SECURITY SAFETY & SECURITY • Car break-ins and theft • Many visitors are tourist with valuables in their car • Limited activities directly on- site • Limited visibility of parking lot from bridge • Quick and easy getaway for thieves • Site is very isolated from City Police patrols CHAIN OF ROCKS BRIDGE SITE (+- 21 Ac.) BASE FLOOD ELEVATION REGULATORY FLOODWAY West Ramps +- 5,000 ADT 12’ ASPHALT TRAIL (Built in 2004) SITE ANALYSIS Trail Intersection Water SOUTH WOODS Water Treatment Plant PARKING East Ramps Water MEADOW/ +- 2,500 ADT EVENT SPACE NORTH WOODS PICNIC AREA Water INTERSTATE 270 New Chain of Rocks Bridge >51,000 ADT EMBANKMENT 20%-40% Slopes RIVER WOODS CHAIN OF ROCKS BRIDGE PARKING AREA • Access limited with barriers and gates • 2-Acres of unmarked parking • Pavement: Gravel, asphalt, concrete • One central light fixture • Limited flooding PICNIC AREA (0.8 Ac.) MEADOW/EVENT AREA (2.4 Ac.) NORTH WOODS (8.5 Ac.) SOUTH WOODS (3.0 Ac.) RIVER WOODS (5.3 Ac.) EMBANKMENT SLOPE – SUBSURFACE CONDITION • Demolition landfill site EXISTING SITE FACILITIES • Parking • Trail • Shelter w/Porta Potty • Picnic tables • Fence, concrete barriers and gate • Electric service w/2 security lights • No water or sewer service GREENWAY TRAIL GREENWAY TRAIL CHAIN OF ROCKS SITE PAST STUDIES • Trailnet Plan • Festival Park Plan 2001 2013 2018 • • • • • – – .
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