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| Transport |
| Like most American cities, the main method of transportation
is the automobile. Use of the automobile is supported by the
existence of many limited-access interstate highways (I-70,
I-55, I-44, I-64, I-255, I-170, and I-270), as well as numerous
state and county highways. Also, located as an enclave in northern
Saint Louis County, near the Missouri River, is the Lambert-Saint
Louis International Airport, which is administered by the city
of Saint Louis. |
| Mass transit is provided in two forms, both of which are controlled
by one agency: the city bus system and Metrolink, a light-rail
train system that mainly connects the airport to downtown and,
recently, parts of the Metro East (extending as far east as
Scott Air Force Base near Shiloh, Illinois). Metrolink is currently
being expanded southward to Clayton, the county seat for Saint
Louis County, and to south Saint Louis County. Passenger train
service is also available through a "temporary" (since
1980) train station set up near downtown by Amtrak; smaller,
yet permanent, train stations exist in the suburb of Kirkwood
and nearby Alton, Illinois. |
| St. Louis once had a moderately extensive streetcar system,
but service began to erode in the 1950s and ended for good in
1966. The Metrolink expansion mirrors the original pathways.
A movement is afoot to reinstate limited trolley service.[1]
(http://www.heritagetrolley.org/planStLous1.htm) |
| Saint Louis was also the largest city between Chicago and
Los Angeles on famous U.S. Highway 66. |
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