Missouri Route 115
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| Route 115 |
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| Length: | 11 mi (18 km) | ||||||||
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| Decomd.: | Present | ||||||||
| East end: | St. Louis | ||||||||
| West end: | Berkeley | ||||||||
| Major cities: | St. Louis Pine Lawn Uplands Park Beverly Hills Northwoods Normandy Carsonville Bel-Nor Bellerive Bel-Ridge St. John Woodson Terrace Berkeley |
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Route 115 is a highway in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Its eastern terminus is at Interstate 70 (at Exit 248A) in St. Louis; its western terminus is also at I-70 (at Exit 237) in Berkeley near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The road is locally known as Natural Bridge Road, Natural Bridge Avenue, and Salisbury Street. It is one of two Missouri Highways that are odd designations, but run east-west.
[edit] Major Intersections
Beginning in St. Louis as Salisbury Street, a narrow neighborhood commercial street:
- I-70 / McKinley Bridge
- Blair Avenue
- North Twentieth Street
- North Florissant Avenue
Turns slightly northwest to become the six-lane-wide Natural Bridge Avenue:
- Palm Street/Parnell Street (at the Natural Bridge/Salisbury changeover)
- Glasgow Street
- North Garrison Avenue
- North Grand Boulevard
- Prairie Avenue
- North Vandeventer Avenue
- Fair Avenue
- North Newstead Avenue
- North Taylor Avenue
- Marcus Avenue
- Shreve Avenue
- North Euclid Avenue
- North Kingshighway Boulevard
- North Union Boulevard
- Schnucks City Plaza Supermarket
- Clara Avenue
- Goodfellow Boulevard
Enters St. Louis County at 6100 block, name changes to Natural Bridge Road:
- Kienlen Avenue/Jennings Station Road
- Avondale Drive
- Lucas Hunt Road (Missouri Secondary Route U)
- Roland Boulevard
- Florissant Road
- St. Anns Lane
- University of Missouri–St. Louis East Drive
- University of Missouri–St. Louis University Drive / Arlmont Drive
- University of Missouri–St. Louis West Drive / Clearview Drive
- North Hanley Road
- I-170/Springdale Avenue
Divided highway begins. From west of I-170 to west of Brown Road, a number of commercial buildings are located in the divider in the middle of the roadway.
- Koenig Circle
- McKibbon Road
- Brown Road/James S. McDonnell Boulevard
- I-70 (end)
West of I-70 exit 237, the name Natural Bridge Road continues westward as an I-70 south outer road for several miles. Prior to the construction of I-70 and several phases of expansion of Lambert Airport, Route 115 continued west into St. Charles, Missouri. This route included a road called Natural Bridge Road in Bridgeton, Missouri which has been significantly impacted by recent airport expansion. Part of St. Charles Rock Road west of I-270 was also part of Route 115, as was the bridge across the Missouri River into St. Charles.
After the Discovery Bridge on the eastern portion of Route 370 opened in 1992, the portions of Route 115 west of Lambert Airport were decommissioned. The Natural Bridge portion became Missouri Secondary Route B; the St. Charles Rock Road portion became Missouri Secondary Route A. In 1998, the former Route 115 bridge across the Missouri River was demolished.
