Route 115 is a highway in the
St. Louis, Missouri
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area. Its western terminus is at exit 237 of
Interstate 70
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(I-70) in
Berkeley
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near
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
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. Route 115's eastern terminus is also at I-70, at exit 248A, in
St. Louis
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, near the
McKinley Bridge
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. The road is locally known as Natural Bridge Road, Natural Bridge Avenue, and Salisbury Street. It is one of two Missouri Highways that has an odd-numbered designation, yet runs in an east–west direction.
History
West of I-70 exit 237, the name Natural Bridge Road continues westward for two sections of road: as the southern service road of I-70, and as Route B (connected by way of Lambert International Boulevard). Prior to the construction of I-70 and several phases of expansion of
Lambert Airport, Route 115 continued west as far as
St. Charles, which included a portion of Natural Bridge Road in
Bridgeton which has been significantly impacted by recent airport expansion. Portions of the same right-of-way exist as a section of
St. Charles Rock Road (which is now
Route 180) west of
I-270 I-270 may refer to:
* Interstate 270 (disambiguation), one of several highways
* Mikoyan-Gurevich I-270, a cancelled Soviet interceptor aircraft
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. This route was once part of Route 115.
After the
Discovery Bridge on the eastern portion of
Route 370 opened in 1992, the portions of Route 115 west of the airport were removed from the state highway system. In 1998, the former Route 115 bridge across the
Missouri River
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was demolished.
Major intersections
See also
*
Old St. Charles Bridge
The Old St. Charles Bridge once connected St. Louis County to the city of St. Charles.
History
Construction on the bridge began in August, 1902 with the sinking of the piers. Workers who worked inside the piers were called sandhogs. They work ...
*
McKinley Bridge
The McKinley Bridge is a steel truss bridge across the Mississippi River. It connects northern portions of St. Louis, Missouri with Venice, Illinois. It opened in 1910, was taken out of service in 2001 due to disrepair, and reopened in 2007 aft ...
References
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115 115 may refer to:
*115 (number), the number
*AD 115, a year in the 2nd century AD
*115 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*115 (Hampshire Fortress) Corps Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, a unit in the UK Territorial Army
*115 (Leicestershire) Field ...
Transportation in St. Louis County, Missouri
Roads in Greater St. Louis