stevie from saint louis on 2/23/2009 2:00:05 PM:
The “Route 5” suggestion is dated to 2004. Grants Trail has since been extended to the North to the Holmes Ave /Hwy 44 area in south Kirkwood.
The Route 5 suggestion should (or could) be modified to stay on Grants Trail to Holmes and follow it to the North to East Adams.
I have not attempted this myself, but it would seem okay to try to this early (ie. 6 a.m) on a weekend morning, other times you are going to have to deal with some significant traffic.