State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Vorhof-Duenke Co.

STORCKMAN, Judge.

This is a suit for the condemnation of land adjacent to the existing U. S. High way 66 in northern St. Louis County for the construction of a limited-access highway, Interstate Route 270. The proposed new highway begins at the Missouri-Illinois state line and runs westwardly to its junction in St. Louis County with Interstate Route 70. The construction involves increasing the present right-of-way from 100 feet to 367 feet. Practically all of the new right-of-way will be taken from land on the south side of U. S. 66. The defendants own land on both sides of the existing…