JmJ third street highwaY was rerouted to cross the MiSSiSSippi RiveR on The VeTeran's (now Depressed Section of IntersTaTe 70, so-called becaUse the highway Martin Luther King) Bridge and onto The Third STReeT Expressway to was conSTRUcTed below STReet level. InteRSTaTe I-55 now follows The Gravois Avenue. roUte of The Third STReeT Expressway from GRavoiS To the Depressed A few months afteR The new highway opened,SR. LoUis TRaffic Section and 1-70. Some of Third STReet RemainS as northbound Me- commissioner Charles GenteR said it wasn't carRying as manY vehicles morial Drive. RoUte 66 was moved To The Poplar STreeT Bridge When as expected. "We expecTed To be swamped ... but it didn'T happen. iT was finiShed in 1967. MayoRJoseph DaRST and SenaToR AnThonY Motorists jUST aren't Using The highway in laRge numbeRS." AT The Web be both died in 1953. The citY named hoUSing projecTS for time, most motoriSTS weRe Still Using The 4-lane Twelfth STReeT (CiTY them, near The highway ThaT They had foUght oveR. 66) due to The ShoRR diSTance of the expressway and the foUR-way The ThiRd StreeT Highway seemS like a Small projecTToday, but traffic Signal ThaT caUsed backupS at the southern TerminuS. The it had a majoR impacT on The city. The freeways acTUallY acceleRaTed downtown section of the expressway was moRe of a SiX lane boule- the flight To The SuburbS and devasTaTed neighborhoodS like North vard Than a fReeway, with STop lightS aT seveRal inteRsectionS. But the SR. Louis, cutting the Residential section off fRom the induStrial base InteRRegional Shaved 10 minutes off the commute time with a Speed along the river. InteRSTaTe 70 iSolaTed the JeffeRSon National Expan- limiT of 40 miles peR hoUR. Sion Memorial, making pedestrian acceSS difficulr. PlanS aRe cURRenRlY The ThiRd STReeTEXpressWay didn'T appeaR on mapS for VeRY long. in motion to put a "lid" oveR the depressed laneS and Re-esTabliSh the In 1963, much of it Was dug up as work began on the noW notorioUS riverfront's connection to downtown. 18 Show Me Route 66 • Historic Route 66 stretches across the U.S. from Chicago to Los Angeles. Along the way, in Lebanon, Missouri is a growing popular landmark stop for any history enthusiast, tourist, or local Ozark resident. Shepherd Hills Factory Outlets started in the outlet business in 1972 as an outlet for locally made Walnut Bowls. Ida and Rea Reid, founders, began their entrepreneurship operating a motel in the 1960's called the Capri Motel which was located right along Route 66, known today as Interstate 44. They sold the Capri Motel in 1966 and along with their sons, Rod and Randy, started a new business in 1972 called the Shepherd Hills Gift Shop which was leased as a part of the Shepherd Hills Motel and happened to be located in virtually the same spot as the Capri Motel. Later, as they began expanding, they bought a portion of the motel as well as the gift shop and began construction of their current building in 1999. In the meantime, Shepherd Hills added additional locations including those in Osage Beach, MO, Branson, MO, and Eddyville, KY , and brought in other quality products to the lineup including Chicago Cutlery, Denby Pottery, and of course Case XX pocketknives--making the latter also available through catalog mail order and eventually on the web at www.CaseXX.com. Leach Service Serving the motoring public since 1949 9720 Manchester Road Rock Hill, MO 63119 • (314J 962·5550 www.Leachservice.com Open 6AM-Midnight We now have fountain soda and lottery! 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