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Look Back: 1937 Express Highway

Date: 7/17/2009 Album ID: 798106

Photos by Post-Dispatch files

The Expressway Highway opened on July 19, 1937, at a cost of $3 million. The highway, which eventually would become part of Highway 40, ran from Kingshighway to Vandeventer, connecting it to the year-old section that already ran through Forest Park to Skinker Boulevard at Hi-Pointe.

July 19, 1937, St. Louis---Looking West down the express highway which was opened from Kingshighway to Vandeventer. Post-Dispatch staff photo

July 12, 1936, St. Louis--Airplane photograph of the southeastern corner of Forest Park, looking east with Oakland Avenue on right and Kingshighway across upper center. Photo by H. Aylette Meade

Oct. 5, 1935, St. Louis--Route of the new express highway across the southeastern corner of Forest Park and from Kingshighway to Vanderventer Avenue. The broad pavement has been laid through the park from Skinner Boulevard to the foreground. Airphoto

Sept. 8, 1935, St. Louis--The western half of a viaduct to carry Kingshighway over the new express highway was open to traffic Thursday. Post-Dispatch staff photo

Ten motorcycle policeman start to patrol the three-mile stretch of the express highway. They will enforce the 45-mile speed limit. Post-Dispatch staff photo

Dec. 27, 1937--The new Vandeventer Avenue viaduct is open for traffic. It links Express Highway and Chouteau avenue and was completed at a cost of $650,000. Post-Dispatch staff

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