ST. LOUIS - Traffic flow on the region's roads continues to flow well in both morning and evening rush hour for the week of February 4-8.  The travel times and volumes have stabilized on both the interstates and arterials.  Travel times continue to be affected when incidents and crashes occur and during inclement weather.  Motorists are advised to give themselves extra time during inclement weather.

Rush Period: 

• Morning
• Time = 6-9 a.m.
• Volumes peaked from 6:30-8 a.m. on interstates and 7:00-8:00 a.m. on arterials
• Evening
• Time = 3:30 - 6:30 p.m.
• Volumes peaked from 5-6 p.m. on interstates and 4-6 p.m. on arterial roads

Summary of morning rush:

• Interstates travel times
• I-270 westbound at Chain of Rocks 10-12 minutes
• I-270 northbound from I-55 to I-44 6-26 minutes
• I-270 northbound from I-44 to I-64 7-10 minutes
• I-255 at Jefferson Barracks 4 minutes
• I-70 eastbound from I-270 to I-170 4 minutes
• I-70 eastbound from I-170 to downtown 11-17 minutes
• I-44 eastbound from I-270 to downtown 14-16 minutes
• Route 141 at I-44
• Volumes have increased 5 percent compared to before the closure
• 7-8 a.m. peak with heaviest area from Gravois to I-44, at 7:30 a.m.
• Page
• Volumes have increased 15 percent compared to before the closure
• 7:30-8:30 a.m. peak
• Olive
• Volumes have increased 5 percent at Fee Fee and 60 percent increase east of Ballas (new information) compared to before the closure
• 7:30-8:30 a.m. peak, exit ramps at I-270 are backing up to Ladue going northbound and to Page going southbound
• Manchester
• Volumes have increased 25 percent compared to before the closure
• 7:30-8:30 a.m. peak time from Route 141 to Hanley, heaviest area is Lindbergh and Manchester intersection and Brentwood and Manchester intersection
• Lindbergh
• At Manchester, Southbound volumes have increased 200 percent compared to before the closure increasing travel times by 6 minutes; northbound volumes have decreased 40 percent compared to before the closure.

Summary of evening rush:

• Interstates travel times
• I-270 eastbound at Chain of Rocks 12-28 minutes percent
• I-270 southbound from I-70 to I-44 15-57 minutes
• I-255 at Jefferson Barracks 4 minutes
• I-70 westbound from downtown to I-170 11-29 minutes
• I-70 westbound from I-170 to I-270 4-6 minutes
• I-44 westbound from I-270 to downtown 14-16 minutes percent

Route 141

• Volumes have increased 5 percent compared to before the closure
• 5:30-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area southbound from Big Bend to I-44
• Page
• Volumes have increased 15 percent compared to before the closure
• 5:30-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area from Lindbergh and I-270
• Olive
• Volumes have decreased 10 percent at Fee Fee, and increased 15 percent compared to before the closure at Ballas Road.
• 5-5:30p.m. peak with heaviest area from Lindbergh to I-270
• Manchester
• Volumes have increased 15 percent compared to before the closure
• 5:30-6 p.m. peak with various spots of heavier flow from Hanley to Route 141
• Lindbergh
• At Manchester, volumes have decreased 50 percent in both directions compared to before the closure.
• 4-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area southbound from Ladue to Clayton and in Kirkwood.

General St. Louis County road observations

• Clayton and Ladue Road continue to have consistent travel times.
• Most congested intersection continues to be Hanley and Eager.

Metro information:

• Ridership is stabilized on MetroLink and MetroBus.

For more information on the I-64 project, visit http://www.thenewi64.org/, and for real-time traffic information, visit http://www.gatewayguide.com/.