St. Louis is a major city in Missouri along the Mississippi River. Its iconic, 630-ft. Gateway Arch, built in the 1960s, honors the early 19th-century explorations of Lewis and Clark and America's westward expansion in general. Replica paddlewheelers ply the river, offering views of the arch. The Soulard district is home to barbeque restaurants and clubs playing blues music.
The city has an estimated 2015 population of 315,685, and is the cultural and economic center of the Greater St. Louis area, which is home to 2,916,447 people, and is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the 19th-largest in the United States.
The economy of metro St. Louis relies on service, manufacturing, trade, transportation of goods, and tourism. Its metro area is home to major corporations, including Anheuser-Busch, Express Scripts, Boeing Defense, Emerson, Energizer, Panera, Enterprise, Peabody Energy, Ameren, Ralcorp, and Monsanto. This city has also become known for its growing medical, pharmaceutical and research presence. St. Louis has 2 professional sports teams: the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball and the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.
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Four interstate highways connect the city to a larger regional highway system. Interstate 70, an east-west highway, runs roughly from the northwest corner of the city to downtown St. Louis. The north-south Interstate 55 enters the city at the south near the Carondelet neighborhood and runs toward the center of the city, and both Interstate 64 and Interstate 44 enter the city on the west, running parallel to the east. Two of the four interstates (Interstates 55 and 64) merge south of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and leave the city on the Poplar Street Bridge into Illinois, while Interstate 44 terminates at Interstate 70 at its new interchange near N Broadway and Cass Ave.
The 563-mile Avenue of the Saints links St. Louis with St. Paul, Minnesota.
Major roadways include the north-south Memorial Drive, located on the western edge of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and parallel to Interstate 70, the north-south streets of Grand Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue, both of which run the length of the city, and Gravois Road, which runs from the southeastern portion of the city to downtown and used to be signed as U.S. Route 66. An east-west roadway that connects the city with surrounding communities is Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, which carries traffic from the western edge of the city to downtown.
Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. When an accident or injury is serious, people need legal assistance.
When someone is seriously injured or killed in an accident, it is important to get help from an experienced personal injury attorney. A good accident lawyer works with injured folks to get financial compensation for accidents and injuries. Learn more about:
After a serious crash, it is crucial to get help from a St. Louis personal injury attorney who understands the local regulations and legal standards, who knows how insurance policies work, and who can handle all aspects of an insurance claim so the injured person can focus on recovery. If someone is killed in a collision, a St. Louis wrongful death lawyer will launch a claim that will begin the process of financial recovery for the family members left behind. Learn more here about what a St. Louis accident attorney can do to help.
The insurance company did not want to pay full value for the claim. Most people don’t realize, but insurance companies never fairly deal with people that are injured and filing claims. They hire lawyers to blame the injured person or say everything was pre-existing.
The mediator was able to assist in negotiating a settlement between the parties. The settlement will cover our client’s lost wages, permanent injuries, pain and suffering and pay back his workers compensation carrier for the money they spent on medical treatment.
We ended up taking the case to trial in order for a jury of 12 people to determine what is a fair amount of money for the injuries our client suffered and what he went through after the crash. After a 3 day jury trial, the jury came back with a verdict of $100,000 for our client.
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A Franklin County man is dead after being ejected from a vehicle during a crash late Friday night.
Drivers heading towards downtown St. Louis hit a wall of traffic after a two-vehicle wreck involving a Fed-Ex truck in St. Charles County Friday morning.
The accident happened on Interstate 70 near Zumbehl Rd. around 5 a.m.
An officer was injured in a vehicle accident in a north St. Louis neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
According to police, the marked police vehicle was struck by a suspect vehicle at Oriole and McLaran shortly before 4 p.m.
Police have identified a man who died in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 55 in south St. Louis County Monday afternoon.
Police say a 23-year-old man found trapped inside a car after it crashed in St. Louis has died. But authorities say the wreck may have had nothing to do with his death.
Both directions of Highway 364 were shut down after several accidents were reported over a 15-minute period along the Page corridor in Maryland Heights on Friday.
One person was killed in a wreck involving a semi truck on Interstate 44 in south St. Louis Monday.
The incident happened on the interstate near the Jefferson exit around 11 a.m.
A series of wrecks caused a traffic nightmare for those heading into St. Charles County Friday morning.
The wrecks happened on westbound Interstate 70 at Interstate 270 around 6:15 a.m.
All eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 were closed in west St. Louis County due to a jackknifed tractor-trailer Thursday morning.
The incident happened on the interstate near Six Flags in Eureka around 6:20 a.m.
Police were called to scene of a rollover accident in Jefferson County Wednesday morning.
The accident happened on northbound Interstate 55 at the 174 mile marker in Festus just before 6:00 a.m.
