Project Location

Greenway projects often evolve as they progress, as field or community conditions change. This 0.92-mile segment of the Brickline Greenway between Cortex and Forest Park & Spring is being re-envisioned to ensure it works for everyone.

• The original plan was to follow the MetroLink corridor, thanks to the generosity of our partners at Bi-State Development, from Sarah Street heading east behind IKEA, over Vandeventer on the existing MetroLink bridge, and behind the businesses on Market St. and the Ameren substation to the Grand MetroLink station.
• Due to several factors that continue to present challenges (including property ownership complications and a major fire on a property on Market St. east of Vandeventer), Great Rivers Greenway will pursue other route options. The goal is to make the east-west connection for community member use without having significant (years-long) delays.

Here’s what this means:

• We have notified East-West Gateway that we will not use the $4 million Congestion, Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant for this project. There is no penalty; we can apply again in the future for this or any project. We may end up coming back to this route in the future!
• We will study alternatives to ensure a good connection, such as using part of the MetroLink corridor to Vandeventer, then to Forest Park Avenue (see map below).
• As Missouri Department of Transportation reconstructs the eastbound bridge of I-64/40 between Sarah Street and Vandeventer, (which would have closed the newly-built greenway for 1-2 years anyway), we can revisit this as a possible route in the future.
• The separate project on Spring St, featuring a bicycle and pedestrian bridge perpendicular to and in between the lower, eastbound lanes and upper, westbound deck of I-64/40 remains intact and on schedule; the critical connection to the Grand MetroLink station will be made.

The dotted line below shows a new route to be studied.