Lindbergh Boulevard named after the aviator,
Charles LindberghCharles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer.On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh, then a 25-year old U.S...
, is a section of U.S. Route 61 and U.S. Route 67 that extends through
MissouriMissouri is a state in the Midwest region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Missouri is the 18th most populous state with a 2008 estimated population of 5,911,605. It comprises 114 counties and one independent city....
. Lindbergh Boulevard is home to Missouri's only traffic tunnel underneath a taxiway at Lambert International Airport.
Lindbergh Boulevard was initially a
bypassBypass may refer to:*Bypass , in computing, circumventing security features in hacking, or taking a different approach to an issue in troubleshooting...
of St. Louis, designated in about 1930 as
Route 77 from Mehlville to the
Chain of Rocks BridgeThe Chain of Rocks Bridge spans the Mississippi River on the north edge of St. Louis, Missouri. The eastern end of the bridge is on Chouteau Island, , while the western end is on the Missouri shoreline....
. The part north of Dunn Road, where Route 77 turned off to access the bridge, was initially
Route M and later
Route 140.
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Lindbergh Boulevard named after the aviator,
Charles LindberghCharles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor and explorer.On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh, then a 25-year old U.S...
, is a section of U.S. Route 61 and U.S. Route 67 that extends through
MissouriMissouri is a state in the Midwest region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Missouri is the 18th most populous state with a 2008 estimated population of 5,911,605. It comprises 114 counties and one independent city....
. Lindbergh Boulevard is home to Missouri's only traffic tunnel underneath a taxiway at Lambert International Airport.
Lindbergh Boulevard was initially a
bypassBypass may refer to:*Bypass , in computing, circumventing security features in hacking, or taking a different approach to an issue in troubleshooting...
of St. Louis, designated in about 1930 as
Route 77 from Mehlville to the
Chain of Rocks BridgeThe Chain of Rocks Bridge spans the Mississippi River on the north edge of St. Louis, Missouri. The eastern end of the bridge is on Chouteau Island, , while the western end is on the Missouri shoreline....
. The part north of Dunn Road, where Route 77 turned off to access the bridge, was initially
Route M and later
Route 140. Route 77 was later extended at the south end to the
Jefferson Barracks BridgeThe Jefferson Barracks Bridge, often called the J.B. Bridge, is a pair of bridges that span the Mississippi River on the south side of St. Louis, Missouri. Both bridges are long steel arch bridges. The first bridge was built in 1983, the south bridge opened in 1992...
, and US 61 and US 66 were realigned onto the bypass, leaving only this extension as Route 77. That portion became part of US 50 when it was moved onto the bridge, and US 67 eventually replaced Route 140.
Lindbergh Blvd is signed as US 67 for most of its length and additionally as US 61 south of I-64 and US 40. However, between Lemay Ferry Rd and its southern terminus at I-255, it carries only US 50. Traveling north, at Lemay Ferry Rd, it picks up US 61 and US 67 at Lemay Ferry Rd while the latter continues as Route 267. It loses US 50 to I-44, at which point US 61 and US 67 continue north as Kirkwood Rd after the suburb they pass through. The name Lindbergh Blvd is resumed north of Route 100. Shortly thereafter comes the interchange with I-64 and US 40 where US 61 is lost to them traveling westbound. The remainder of Lindbergh Blvd, signed only as US 67, travels north through various communities before turning eastward north of I-270 and running to its northern terminus, which is also the northern terminus of Route 367.