Interstate 170

Interstate 170
Inner Belt Expressway
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length:	11.17 mi[1] (17.98 km)
Existed:	1956 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-64 / US 40 in Richmond Heights
	I-70 in Berkeley
North end:	I-270 in Hazelwood
Location
Counties:	St. Louis
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental ← US 169 Route 171 →

Interstate 170 (I-170) is the designation for an interstate route in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. I-170, also known as the Inner Belt Expressway, is an 11.17-mile (17.98 km) highway traveling north-south through the St. Louis suburbs.

I-170 connects to Interstate 270 at its northern terminus and Interstate 64 at its southern terminus; at exits 7A and 7B, I-170 crosses its parent, I-70. Interstate 170 also provides access to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

History

I-170 was originally intended to provide an inner beltway within I-270 through St. Louis County extending to I-55 in the South County area;^[2] however, the portion of the route south of I-64/US 40 was canceled due to local opposition. The portion of MetroLink's Cross County Extension south of I-64 runs roughly along the proposed alignment.^[3]

The southern portion of I-170 was built using St. Louis County funds in the 1960s through a shallow valley. It was signed as Route 725.

Recent construction

The southern two interchanges on I-170 (at I-64/US 40 and Galleria Parkway) were reconstructed as part of the first phase of the New I-64 project. Most notably, the new interchange includes direct access to I-170 from eastbound I-64; however, access to Galleria Parkway from northbound I-170 was eliminated. Eager Road access to and from I-170 was also revised in the New I-64 project.^[4]

Exit list

The entire route is in St. Louis County.

Location	mi[5]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Richmond Heights	0.00	0.00	1	I-64 / US 40 / Lewis and Clark Trail – Wentzville, St. Louis	Signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west)
	0.438	0.705	1C	Brentwood Boulevard north / Eager Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Clayton	0.809	1.302	1D	Brentwood Boulevard south	Southbound exit and northbound entrance (via Galleria Parkway)
	1.170	1.883	1E	Forest Park Parkway east	Western terminus of the Forest Park Parkway
Ladue	1.611	2.593	1F	Ladue Road
University City	2.374	3.821	2	Delmar Boulevard
Olivette	3.336	5.369	3	Route 340 (Olive Boulevard)
Overland	4.325	6.960	4	Route D (Page Avenue)
St. John	5.865	9.439	5	Route 180 (St. Charles Rock Road)
Bel-Ridge	7.027	11.309	6	Route 115 (Natural Bridge Road) – Cargo City
Berkeley	7.654	12.318	7	I-70 – St. Louis, Kansas City	Signed as exit 7A (east) and 7B (west); exit 235
	7.771	12.506	7C	Lambert–St. Louis International Airport	Southbound exit is via exit 7B
	8.577	13.803	8	Scudder Road / North Hanley Road	No northbound entrance
	9.167	14.753	9A	Airport Road – Cargo City
	9.236	14.864	9B	Boeing	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	9.780	15.739	9C	North Hanley Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
Hazelwood	10.894– 11.255	17.532– 18.113	10	I-270 – Kansas City, Chicago	Signed as exits 10A (west) and 10B (east)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

References

1. "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System - table 2". Federal Highway Administration. 2002-10-31. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
2. Sutin, Phil; Hopgood, Mei-Ling (1997-01-09). "Hundreds of Homes Face Razing for New Highway". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
3. Sutin, Phil (1997-03-14). "Westfall Sours On Extension of Interstate 170". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
4. "Project Overview". The New I-64. Missouri Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
5. Missouri Department of Transportation (March 18, 2015). Flex Map Viewer (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Kurumi.com: Interstate 170