ST. LOUIS • A long-closed stretch of Forest Park Parkway west of Kingshighway will reopen Friday afternoon after a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of a related construction project. The ceremony will be at 12:30 p.m.

The parkway, which formerly ran underneath Kingshighway near BJC's Barnes-Jewish Hospital, has been raised to be at grade with Kingshighway, creating a traditional intersection.

Since December, eastbound lanes of the parkway were closed between Des Peres Avenue and Kingshighway and westbound lanes were shut down from Kingshighway to DeBaliviere Avenue.

Mayor Lyda Krewson and officials of BJC, which paid for much of the project, will be among those taking part in the ceremony, said Rich Bradley, who heads the city Board of Public Service.

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