US Route 40 ( US 40 ) в штате Миссури — шоссе США , которое проходит от Канзас-Сити до Сент-Луиса . За пределами Большого Сент-Луиса большая часть маршрута либо параллельна, либо проходит вдоль I-70 . К востоку от Венцвилля в Большом Сент-Луисе маршрут проходит по I-64 .
US 40, наряду с I-70, US 24 и US 169, въезжает в Канзас-Сити через междугородний виадук . US 169 выезжает с автострады на север к мосту Бак О'Нил , а I-35 соединяется с остальными тремя маршрутами. На развязке с I-29 и US 71 I-70, US 24 и US 40 поворачивают на юг, а I-35 поворачивает на север. На I-670, I-70, US 24 и US 40 поворачивайте на восток, а US 71 продолжает движение на юг в сторону I-49 . В Ист-Сайде шоссе US 40 покидает I-70 перед встречей с I-435/US 24. Вскоре после I-435 шоссе US 40 проходит вдоль линии Канзас-Сити – Индепенденс или параллельно ей. Между I-470 и Блу-Спрингс две дороги разделяются. В Грейн-Вэлли шоссе US 40 выезжает на I-70. [1] [2]
На протяжении 77 миль (124 км) шоссе US 40 проходит по I-70 через сельскую местность, встречаясь с шоссе US 65 на Маршалл-Джанкшен, а также с несколькими автомагистралями штата в разных местах. US 40 в конечном итоге покидает автостраду и обслуживает центр Бунвилля, курсируя одновременно с автобусом I-70. и Маршрут 5 в процессе. Когда дорога приближается к центру города, автобус I-70. поворачивает на юго-восток, в то время как US 40 и Route 5 поворачивают на север, оба проходят вдоль Route 87. После выезда из центра города и пересечения реки Миссури , Route 87, а затем Route 5 уходит на север от US 40. US 40 идет параллельно реке Миссури, прежде чем достичь Рошпорта; тогда маршрут проходит параллельно I-70. США 40 снова выходит на автостраду сразу после Мидуэя . [1] [2]
I-70/US 40 проходит к северу от центра Колумбии . Автострада обслуживает шоссе US 63 через соединительную дорогу, расположенную к востоку от автострады US 63. [1] [2]
US 40 continues to run along I-70 through rural areas between Columbia and Wentzville; the freeway, at one point, meets US 54 in Kingdom City. In Wentzville, at the Greater St. Louis area, US 40 leaves I-70 to enter I-64/US 61. US 40, along with I-64 and US 61, then crosses the Missouri River again, this time via the Daniel Boone Bridge. After crossing the river, the freeway serves the Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield. At the Frontenac–Ladue line, US 61 leaves the freeway to enter south along US 67 (Lindbergh Boulevard). Next to the I-170 interchange in Richmond Heights, drivers can get on the Brentwood I-64 station on the Blue Line. Just after entering St. Louis proper, I-64/US 40 pares through the southern part of Forest Park. The freeway then becomes a double-decker twice: from Vandeventer Avenue to Compton Avenue and from 14th Street (near the Gateway Transportation Center) to an interchange with I-44/I-55. I-55 merges with I-64/US 40 near Gateway Arch. The freeway then crosses above the Mississippi River via the Poplar Street Bridge to enter Illinois.[1][2]
US 40 was formed in 1926.[3] In Missouri, it ran from Kansas City to St. Louis roughly along its current alignment except in the St. Louis area.[4][5] US 40 originally ran through St. Charles, but was rerouted southward closer to its current alignment in 1941.[6][7]
The first section of present-day I-64/US 40 between Skinker Boulevard and Vandeventer Avenue opened in 1937.[8][9] Originally called the Express Highway, it was then renamed to Red Feather Highway in 1948.[10]
The Daniel Boone Expressway was established in 1938 from the Daniel Boone Bridge above the Missouri River to Lindbergh Boulevard. The expressway later extended eastward to Brentwood Boulevard in the 1940s. In 1959, the expressway was extended east from Brentwood to the Red Feather Highway, of which the latter highway became part of the Daniel Boone Expressway.[11][12] In 1965, the expressway was extended to a pair of now-demolished connector ramps (part of a now-canceled expressway) east of Jefferson Avenue.[13][14] The Poplar Street Bridge and the double-decker expressway east of 8th Street opened in 1967, which led to the realignment of US 40 from the Veterans Bridge to the newly-opened freeway bridge.[15][16] The remaining double-decker section in downtown was finished by 1970.[17][18]
In 1987, I-64 was extended west from the I-55/I-70/US 40 interchange in East St. Louis, Illinois, to I-270 in Town and Country via US 40 with a possibility of extending further west to I-70 in Wentzville via US 40/US 61.[19][20][21] In the early 2000s, I-64 was extended west to Route 94.[22][23] In the early 2010s, I-64 was extended to I-70 in Wentzville.[24][25]
The Daniel Boone Bridge originally had only one bridge carrying two lanes of traffic (one in each direction). In 1989, a second bridge was built to carry four lanes of eastbound traffic to accommodate an increasing amount of traffic attributed to population growth. The old bridge was reconfigured to serve three lanes of westbound traffic.[26] However, due to the deterioration and the substandard lane configuration of the old bridge, a new bridge was built from 2013-2015 to the west of the 1989 bridge. The new bridge opened in 2015 for eastbound traffic, whereas the 1989 bridge reversed direction to serve westbound traffic. The 1937 bridge was demolished in 2016.[27][28]
From 2007 to 2010, MoDOT reconstructed a portion of I-64/US 40 (dubbed "The New I-64" project) from Spoede Road to Kingshighway Boulevard.[29][30]