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Streets of St. Louis, Missouri


The streets of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and the surrounding area of Greater St. Louis are under the jurisdiction of the City of St. Louis Street Department [1]. According to the Streets Division, there are 1,000-mile (1,600 km) of streets and 600-mile (970 km) of alleys within the city.

Streets of interest include:

Arsenal Street runs east-west in South St. Louis from Broadway near the neighborhoods of Marine Villa and Kosciusko bordering the Mississippi River to the River Des Peres in the Lindenwood Park neighborhood. The street got its name from the St. Louis Arsenal a military equipment storage depot on the east end of the street that is now used primarily for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

Bates Street runs in a northwest-southeast direction from Gravois Avenue in the Bevo Mill and Holly Hills neighborhoods to South Broadway in the neighborhood of Carondelet. It is named after Frederick Bates the second governor of Missouri.

Biddle Street runs east-west from the neighborhood of Near North Riverfront (near the Mississippi River) to 20th Street in the neighborhood of Carr Square in the west. Biddle Street was named after area landowners, Major Thomas Biddle and Mrs. Anne Biddle, the sister of Bryan Mullanphy the tenth mayor of St. Louis. It was previously called Willow Street.


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