Metro-East
Metro - East is a region in the west of the U.S. state of Illinois, which includes the eastern part of the metropolitan area of Greater St. Louis the city of St. Louis in Missouri. The region comprises five counties and parts of three other completely.
The largest city in the region is Belleville. Metro East is after the Chicago metropolitan area is the second largest metropolitan area in Illinois.
- 4.1 Road traffic
- 4.2 Rail transport
Geography
The Metro East is the region east of the Mississippi located in Illinois part of the metropolitan region of Greater St. Louis. It includes the following counties:
- Clinton County
- Jersey County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- St. Clair County
- Bond County ( part)
- Calhoun County ( part)
- Macoupin County ( part)
Demographic data
In the census of 2000, the five counties that lie entirely within the Metro East region, a total of 599 845 inhabitants. These distributed over 229 888 households in 160 260 families.
The most widely spoken language is English. In the southwest of Madison County, Clinton County, to the south and east of the St. Clair County and especially in Monroe County, there are German -speaking residents. Mostly Spanish is spoken in Fairmont City, St. Clair County and parts of Clinton County. Predominantly inhabited by African Americans are the west of Granite City, Madison and Venice in Madison County and East St. Louis and Washington Park in St. Clair County.
Cities and Towns
( County Seats are highlighted)
Clinton County
- Albers
- Aviston
- Bartelso
- Beckemeyer
- Breese
- Carlyle
- Centralia (partly )
- Damiansville
- German Town
- Hoffman
- Huey
- New Baden
- Trenton
- WAMAC (partly )
Jersey County
- Brighton ( partial)
- Grafton
- Jerseyville
- Elsah
- Fidelity
- Fieldon
- Otterville
Madison County
- Alhambra
- Alton
- Bethalto
- Collinsville
- East Alton
- Edwardsville
- Fairmont City
- Glen Carbon
- Granite City
- Godfrey
- Grantfork
- Hamel
- Hartford
- Highland
- Livingston
- Madison
- Marine
- Marysville
- New Douglas
- Pontoon Beach
- Roxana
- South Roxana
- St. Jacob
- Troy
- Venice
- Wood River
- Williamson
- Worden
Monroe County
- Columbia
- Fults
- Hecker
- Maeystown
- Valmeyer
- Waterloo
St. Clair County
- Alorton
- Belleville
- Brooklyn
- Cahokia
- Caseyville
- Centreville
- Collinsville
- Dupo
- East Carondelet
- East St. Louis
- Fairview Heights
- Fayetteville
- Freeburg
- Lebanon
- Lenzburg
- Marissa
- Mascoutah
- Millstadt
- New Athens
- O'Fallon
- Sauget
- Shiloh
- Smithton
- St. Libory
- Summerfield
- Swansea
- Washington Park
Traffic
Road
The Region Metro - East is located at the intersection of many State Routes, U.S. Highways and Interstate Highways:
- Illinois State Route 3
- Illinois State Route 4
- Illinois State Route 13
- Illinois State Route 15
- Illinois State Route 16
- Illinois State Route 100
- Illinois State Route 109
- Illinois State Route 111
- Illinois State Route 127
- Illinois State Route 140
- Illinois State Route 143
- Illinois State Route 153
- Illinois State Route 156
- Illinois State Route 157
- Illinois State Route 158
- Illinois State Route 159
- Illinois State Route 160
- Illinois State Route 161
- Illinois State Route 162
- Illinois State Route 163
- Illinois State Route 177
- Illinois State Route 203
- Illinois State Route 255
- Illinois State Route 267
- U.S. Highway 40
- U.S. Highway 50
- U.S. Highway 51
- U.S. Highway 66 ( Historic Route )
- U.S. Highway 67
- Interstate 55
- Interstate 64
- Interstate 70
- Interstate 255
- Interstate 270
Rail transport
The St. Louis region, particularly the city of East St. Louis, in the past was one of the largest railway junctions in the country. Even today still meet together a number of railway lines for cargo (eg, CSX, BNSF ) and people (eg, Amtrak ) in the region.
Public transport in the St. Louis region is taken over a large part of the Metrolink said high-speed rail.