The streets of St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and the surrounding area of Greater St. Louis are under the jurisdiction of the City of St. Louis Street Department . According to the Streets Division, there are 1,000-mile (1,600km) of streets and 600-mile (970km) of alleys within the city.
The incident occurred last Wednesday morning on ClayStreet near Bates Street, resulting in the death of 36-year-old John Simms Jr. and an injury to an 11-year-old boy who was shot in the foot ... “I just feel lost ... And it’s heartbreaking ... .
Even cities of a modest size, like Lewiston, Maine, where I grew up, had a train station downtown, in Lewiston on Bates Street, just two blocks off Main... We lived in a house about two blocks from Bates ...