Missouri High Priority Bike/Ped/ADA Projects

Restripe to create outside shoulders, Route 141/Meramec River, Valley Park (06STL1010)

Status:

City: Valley Park.    Route: Route 141    Location: From I-44 to Vance Rd.

Type: Shoulder

Description:
On Route 141, from the interchange with I-44 to the intersection with Vance Rd., there are no outside shoulders. Traffic on this segment is exceptionally high (60,788 AADT 2008), and despite these conditions the bridge is used regularly by local cyclists because of the scarcity of Meramec River crossings in the area.

Importance:
There's already space on the actual bridge over the Meramec river that could be restriped to provide outside shoulders, instead of the current inside shoulders.

Obstacles:
Unlike the bridge over the river, the bridges (north and southbound) over the BNSF railroad do not appear to have any extra space. One possible solution to this is to make an at-grade bicycle/pedestrian crossing over the railroad linking North Outer Rd. (also called Meramec St. on Google Maps) to Elam Ave. and then having the route rejoin 141 at the Elam Ave. stoplight.

Scores
Need Potential Significance Cost Readiness Total
80 75 79 80 95 81.80

 

 

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Facility Type(s):
·Shoulder

School:
·Bicycle