ST. LOUIS - Incidents and poor weather during the week of February 11-15 increased travel times during morning and evening rush. Motorists are advised to give themselves extra time during inclement weather.  Crashes with lane blockages are also creating traffic delays and motorists should move their vehicle out of the driving lane when involved in a crash.

The other major change is that motorists have shifted their commute times back to patterns similar to before the closure.  This is increasing travel time by 10-15 minutes from 7:30-8 a.m. and from 5-5:30 p.m.  Motorists need to continue to spread out their commute times to continue the successful movement of traffic with the closure.

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 9-12 minutes
• I-270 northbound from I-55 to I-44 6-7 minutes
• I-270 northbound from I-44 to I-64 7-10 minutes
• I-255 at Jefferson Barracks 4 minutes
• I-170 (either direction) from I-70 to I-64 7-8 minutes
• I-70 eastbound from I-270 to I-170 4-7 minutes
• I-70 eastbound from I-170 to downtown 11-20 minutes
• I-44 eastbound from I-270 to downtown 14-15 minutes
• Route 141 at I-44
• Volumes have increased 5 percent compared to before the closure - Volumes remain unchanged from previous week
• 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. Volumes remained the same from the previous week.
• 7:30-8:30 a.m. peak
• Exit ramps from I-170 to Page are backing up onto the interstate between 7:30-9 a.m.
• Olive
• Volumes show a 5% increase at Fee Fee and 55 percent increase east of Ballas compared to before the closure - volumes are down about 5 percent from the previous week
• 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 30 percent compared to before the closure. Volumes up about 5 percent from previous week.
• 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
• Southbound volumes have increased 200 percent compared to before the closure; northbound volumes have decreased 40 percent compared to before the closure (these volumes were taken at Manchester). Volumes have decreased slightly from the previous week
• 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. peak for north and southbound, problem spot northbound Lindbergh through Kirkwood due to trains and heavy volumes at Lindbergh and Manchester.

Summary of evening rush:

• Interstates travel times
• I-270 eastbound at Chain of Rocks 9-34 minutes percent
• I-270 southbound from I-70 to I-44 15-68 minutes
• I-255 at Jefferson Barracks 4 minutes
• I-170 southbound from I-70 to I-64 7-8 minutes
• I-170 northbound from I-64 to I-70 7-16 minutes
• I-70 westbound from downtown to I-170 11-22 minutes
• I-70 westbound from I-170 to I-270 4-8 minutes
• I-44 westbound from I-270 to downtown 14-20 minutes percent
• Route 141
• Volumes have remained the same since before the closure. Volumes have increased 5% from previous week
• 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. Volumes unchanged from the previous week
• 5:30-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area from Lindbergh and I-270
• Exit ramps from I-170 to Page are backing up onto the interstate between 5-6 p.m.
• Olive
• Volumes have increased 20 percent compared to before the closure at Ballas Road and an increase of 5% from previous week.
• 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
• Southbound volumes have decreased 50 percent in both directions compared to before the closure (these volumes were taken at Manchester).
• 4-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area southbound from Ladue to Clayton and in Kirkwood to
  I-44

General St. Louis County road observations

• Clayton and Ladue Road continue to have consistent travel times.
• Conway Road experienced significant backups during evening rush.
• 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/.