Missouri DLC ideas

[1948LJMack]

Glad to see some fellow Missourians! I'm excited and nervous to see our state represented in the game, mostly because I am worried that most others perceive it as a "fly-over" state like KS or NE but I think in reality MO has a lot to offer in terms of diversity, even comparing the differences from the likes of driving in N. MO vs SW MO / US-65 S into AR.

As a SGF native, I am hoping to see at a minimum the facilities in Springfield & Carthage (I've not been in the Springfield Underground myself unfortunately but have loaded/delivered at Americold in Carthage many, many times). I would also like to see the Kraft plant in Springfield on Meadowmere/off of Glentstone St., would be nice to represent both parts of the Kraft supply chain there for pickup & also to be able to run shuttles between the plant and the underground like Wilson Logistics does currently I believe. Only time will tell but I'm excited to see how it turns out for sure.

Hey. I have seen some grand work of you pointing out areas in Missouri. I was hoping to find some images of what the St. Louis area map would look like. Here is one of the Kirkwood, Webster, Des Peres area:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.5780716 ... ?entry=ttu Right were it says Keys Summit is the area where the Tree Court Industrial area is.

Here is a wider view of the St. Louis area.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6542327 ... ?entry=ttu

Zoom in on where I am talking about Kirkwood, you can see that Fillmore may be the street that sees some heavy truck traffic. That is because that is where the truck entrance is for the Kirkwood recycling facility is, the entrance for the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, and there is a coffee corporation off of that same street. I told SCS that St. Louis has quite a few industrial parks. Westport seems to be a great big industrial center. Same with near Earth City. Right where MO State route 141 terminates at MO State route 370 is a Loves truck stop. I would love to see the map of how Kirkwood would look if it does make it into the game and what other St. Louis suburbs would make it in.

[1948LJMack]

Now here is how I hope that some areas might look:

{img}https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipO ... vtWKC2{img}
That one is St. Louis area.

Here is the Kirkwood/Webster/Des Peres area
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipM ... 6cMY3w_lBu

Here is Branson:
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipN ... ngfQwnJaEa

Here is Cape Girardeau:
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipN ... Fp4QC3GX9b

I googled Kraft and I think Kraft might have a loading area in one of the caves in Springfield. For those who watch JBG Travels, there was a video where he drove to one of the docks but I am not sure what place he was going to, but it was in Springfield, MO. And I am sure they are going to put MO State route 744 in the game due to that it is a truck route.

Green dots would signify a rest area, and the gold dots would indicate an Industrial area.

[Cunwad]

I didn't look to see if anyone had written anything about the topic, but I looked into it a little more after I heard about it: Underground Warehouses.
There are only a few of these in the USA. I think these are so special that they (or some of them) should be recreated in ATS. I'm posting everything I've found out about the topic, which means you can also find places outside of Missouri here.

https://www.google.com/maps/search/usa+ ... ?entry=ttu

Kansas City (Mo), SubTropolis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubTropolis
https://transportgeography.org/contents ... nsas-city/

Springfield Underground (Missouri)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmCVrhXxNmU (Let's Go Truckin: Trucker Life - Springfield, Missouri Underground)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hjQScC-mic (MircoAufAchse: Anlieferung im Untergrund - mit dem LKW im Keller - MircoaufAchse #18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXtTD1d0evM (MircoAufAchse: in den Keller zum Spielen - MISSOURI UNDERGROUND - MircoaufAchse - Truck TV Amerika #87)


Louisville (KY), Mega Cavern
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Cavern

Possibly more:
- Subtera (Missouri)
- Marengo Ware house & Distribution Center (Indiana)
- Wampum Underground (Pennsylvaniy)
- Interstate Underground Warehouse & Distribution (Kansas City, Mo)
- Meritex (Lenaxa, KS)

[1948LJMack]

I think there at least used to be an underground area which I think may have been a quarry and it was located south of I-255 in Oakville. I am not sure if it's still open or not.

[1948LJMack]

Kirkwood does have two industrial areas. One is near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks and the other is what is called Tree Court. There is a box factorie called Shillington. Kirkwood also has another box factory called Arrow Box. Arrow Box may be tricky to get to though.

[Xefjord]

I would love to actually take the time to collect all this data and make a comprehensive map, I am also a SGF, Missouri Native and would love to help out in seeing the state developed well. I don't know much about trucking or all the trucking related industries. But I love researching stuff. I did study some manufacturing since I was originally an engineering major. My family is from the Jeff city area and I am from Springfield so those are the areas I know best. I don't know how to make the fancy maps everyone else is so if anyone would like to assist I would be happy to work together

[1948LJMack]

What I learned with the scale of the game, if you take out 270 and cut 44 off at Geyer, then you stand a good chance of getting MO State route 61 in. Tree Court Industrial Park was opened in 1966. And it can be reached by either Marshall Road or Big Bend.

[oldmanclippy]

Most of US-61 in Missouri north of St. Louis is designated as the "Avenue of the Saints", often with an accompanying sign, like in these examples:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.746432, ... ?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9908935 ... ?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3651882 ... ?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5798487 ... ?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7143086 ... ?entry=ttu

Basically a high priority corridor designation for the Twin Cities to St. Louis route. Not signed at all in Minnesota but often signed in Iowa and Missouri. That's the main way from Minneapolis to St. Louis given that there aren't any direct interstate connections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_of_the_Saints

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[Axel Slingerland]

It seems I already posted what I just wrote. Old people... What can you do?

It seems like a lifetime ago that I worked at Fort Lost In The Woods, but one thing I learned there that I'll never forget, is why they call Missouri "The Show Me State"...

[1948LJMack]

I agree. US route 61 is a very popular road. MO State route 19 I think hooks up to 61 just south of Hannibal. I can't even see St. Louis without it. But the sad thing is when you use the scale, chances are pretty good it may get cut off at either 70 where I-64 or US 40 comes in. 61 really follows 40 from I-70 on through St. Charles County, and then it leaves 40 in the St. Louis suburb of Frontenac. Talk about how bad St. Louis is on highways, you all should have seen what 40 and Lindbergh used to look like. When climbing the cloverleaf off of northbound Lindbergh, the turns were so tight, that the rear wheels of a 53' trailer could almost be in the grass. And not much room to blend in with the speed of the traffic on 40. MODOT then transferred their stupidity to MO State route 100. If you were in a car and wanted to head west on Manchester coming off of some of the service roads coming out from one of the restaurants, it was a guessing game on to see if you are going to get a break in the traffic.