ST. LOUIS - Incidents and poor weather during the week of February 18-22 increased travel times during morning and evening rush.  It was not a typical week with a holiday and two snow days.  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.

"With the ice storm on Thursday, the traffic was spread out throughout the day as employees worked flexible hours for a snow day," said Tom Blair, MoDOT Assistant District Engineer.  "We thank the employers of St. Louis who allowed a flexible snow day schedule which really helped reduce traffic delays."

Rush Period: 

• Morning
• Time = 6-9 a.m.
• Volumes peaked from 6:30-7:30 a.m. on interstates and 7:30-8:30 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 9-15 minutes
• I-270 northbound from I-55 to I-44 6-18 minutes
• I-270 northbound from I-44 to I-64 7-10 minutes
• I-255 to 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 minutes
• I-70 eastbound from I-170 to downtown 11-40 minutes
• I-44 eastbound from I-270 to downtown 14-15 minutes
• Route 141 at I-44
• Volumes were at the levels that they were prior to the closure - Volumes decreased by about 5% 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
• Olive
• Volumes show a 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 20 percent compared to before the closure - Volumes were down about 10 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 12-21 minutes percent
• I-270 southbound from I-70 to I-64 8-27 minutes
• I-270 southbound from I-64 to I-44 7-22 minutes
• I-255 to 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 7-8 minutes
• I-70 westbound from downtown to I-170 11-14 minutes
• I-70 westbound from I-170 to I-270 4 minutes
• I-44 westbound from I-270 to downtown 14 minutes percent
• Route 141
• Volumes are down about 5 percent since before the closure. Volumes have decreased about 5 percent from previous week
• 5:30-6 p.m. peak with heaviest area southbound from Big Bend to I-44
• Page
• Volumes have increased 20 percent compared to before the closure. Volumes are up about 5 percent from previous week
• 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. This is an decrease of about 5 percent 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

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