INTERSTATE 57

'Interstate 57' (abbreviated 'I-57') is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. It goes from Miner, Missouri, at Interstate 55 to Chicago, Illinois, at Interstate 94. Interstate 57 serves as a de-facto bypass route for travelers from the south on Interstate 55 who are headed on their way to Chicago instead of going through St. Louis.
As of 2007, I-57 has no spur routes, nor are any planned in the near future.

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States traversed

Missouri

Illinois

Intersections with other interstates

References

External links

States traversed

|-
|MO
|21.96
|35.34
|-
|IL
|264.26
|586.06
|-
|Total
|286.12
|621.40^[1]
|}

Missouri

In the state of Missouri, Interstate 57 runs from Miner to the Cairo I-57 Bridge over the Mississippi River south of Cairo, Illinois.
After ending at Interstate 55, the highway continues as U.S. Highway 60, which meets U.S. Highway 67 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri and from here US 67 goes south to Little Rock, Arkansas. The state of Missouri has proposed extending the I-57 designation down this corridor. However, this plan conflicts with Arkansas' plans to extend the Interstate 30 designation north on US 67, a road of which a long section already meets Interstate highway standards.

Illinois

Major cities 'Bolded cities' are officially-designated control cities for signs
★ 'Memphis, Tennessee' (via I-55) ★ 'Sikeston, Missouri' ★ 'Charleston, Missouri' ★ 'Cairo, Illinois' ★ Marion, Illinois ★ Mount Vernon, Illinois ★ Effingham, Illinois ★ Mattoon, Illinois ★ Champaign, Illinois ★ Kankakee, Illinois ★ 'Chicago, Illinois'

Main articles: Interstate 57 in Illinois

In the state of Illinois, Interstate 57 runs from the bridge over the Mississippi River north to Chicago. I-57 is the longest Interstate highway in Illinois. It serves as a major artery for college students in the state, running near Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana-Champaign, Kankakee Community College in Kankakee, Governors State University in University Park, and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
I-57 is currently the only Chicago-area expressway that does not have a name assigned to it, although the state of Illinois has designated it the 'Thurgood Marshall Memorial Freeway.'

Intersections with other interstates

★ Interstate 55 at Miner, Missouri

★ Interstate 24 at Pulleys Mill, Illinois

★ Interstate 64 at Mount Vernon, Illinois

★ Interstate 70 at Effingham, Illinois

★ Interstate 72 at Champaign, Illinois

★ Interstate 74 at Champaign, Illinois

★ Interstate 80 at Oak Forest, Illinois

★ Interstate 94 at Chicago, Illinois

References

1. Route Log- Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1 United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration

External links

★ Illinois Highway Ends: Interstate 57