Interstate 57

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Interstate 57
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 386.12 mi[1] (621.40 km)
South end: I-55/US 60 in Miner, MO
Major
junctions:		 I-24 near Goreville, IL
I-64 in Mount Vernon, IL
I-70 in Effingham, IL
I-72 in Champaign, IL
I-74 in Champaign, IL
I-80 in Country Club Hills, IL
North end: I-94 in Chicago, IL
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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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[edit] Route description

Lengths
mi[1] km
MO 21.96 35.34
IL 364.16 586.06
Total 386.12 621.40

[edit] 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. Route 60, which meets U.S. Route 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.[citation needed]

[edit] Illinois

Interstate 57 in Country Club Hills, Illinois, heading north.
Interstate 57 in Country Club Hills, Illinois, heading north.
Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs

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. The route is an easy way to reach Shawnee National Forest in the southern tip of the state. It also serves as a major artery for college students in the state, running near Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Parkland College in Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana-Champaign, Kankakee Community College in Kankakee, Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, and Governors State University in University Park. Interstate 57 currently does not have an intersection with Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway) in northeastern Illinois. It is one of only a few examples where Interstates cross but do not have interchanges with each other. Vehicles are directed to use Interstate 80 to access Interstate 294 instead, though U.S. Route 6 is another option.

Although the Illinois General Assembly named all of Interstate 57 in Illinois as the Thurgood Marshall Memorial Freeway, this name has not entered popular usage, and I-57 remains the only Chicago expressway that does not have a commonly-used name. Its original name was the Dan Ryan Expressway-West Leg.[2]

[edit] History

In September 2007 the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) announced it would contribute $46.5 million to the construction of the interchange. In addition, IDOT said that $50 million from former governor George Ryan's Illinois FIRST public works program would be returned to the project. The commitments allow the state to apply for federal funding in the next federal transportation bill in 2009. Construction on the interchange would not start until 2011 at the earliest. The interchange, which has been in planning for over twenty years, is now expected to cost $480 million.[3] State transportation officials also intended to seek a local contribution from the towns of Posen, Dixmoor, Harvey and Midlothian to complete the interchange.[4]

[edit] Exit list

County Location # Destinations Notes
I-57 southern terminus. Road continues westbound as US 60.
Scott Sikeston US 60 west – Dexter, Poplar Bluff Continuation beyond I-55
1 I-55 - Memphis, St. Louis Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north)
Mississippi 4 Route B – Bertrand
Charleston 10 I-57 Bus. north / Route 105 – Charleston, East Prairie
12 I-57 Bus. south / US 60 east / US 62 / Route 77 – Charleston, Wyatt North end of US 60 overlap
I-57 Bridge over the Mississippi River (state line)
Alexander 1 US 51 south / IL 3 – Cairo South end of US 51 overlap
Pulaski
8 Mounds Road
18 Ullin Road
Union 24 Dongola Road
25 US 51 north – Carbondale Northbound exit and southbound entrance
30 IL 146 – Anna, Vienna
36 Lick Creek Road
Johnson 40 Goreville Road
Williamson 44 I-24 east - Nashville
45 IL 148
Marion 53 Main Street - Marion Former IL 13
54 IL 13 – Harrisburg, Marion, Carbondale Signed as exits 54A (east) and 54B (west)
Johnston City 59 Johnston City, Herrin
Franklin West Frankfort 65 IL 149 – West Frankfort, Zeigler
Benton 71 IL 14 – Christopher, Benton
77 IL 154 – Sesser
Jefferson 83 Ina
I-64 east - Louisville South end of I-64 overlap
Mount Vernon 95 IL 15 – Ashley, Mount Vernon
I-64 west - St. Louis North end of I-64 overlap
103 Dix
Marion 109 IL 161 – Centralia
Salem 116 US 50 – Salem, Sandoval
127 Kinmundy, Patoka
Fayette 135 IL 185 – Vandalia, Farina
Effingham 145 Edgewood
151 Mason, Watson
157 I-70 west - St. Louis South end of I-70 overlap
Effingham 159 Fayette Avenue - Effingham
160 IL 32 / IL 33
162 US 45 – Sigel, Effingham
163 I-70 east - Indianapolis
Cumberland 177 US 45 – Neoga
Coles Mattoon 184 US 45 / IL 121 – Toledo, Mattoon
190 IL 16 – Charleston, Mattoon Signed as exits 190A (east) and 190B (west)
Douglas Arcola 203 IL 133 – Arcola, Paris
212 US 36 – Newman, Tuscola
Champaign 220 US 45 – Tolono, Pesotum, Tuscola
229 Monticello, Savoy, Tolono
Champaign 232 Curtis Road
235A University Avenue
235B I-72 west – Springfield, Decatur
237 I-74 - Indianapolis, Peoria Signed as exits 237A (east) and 237B (west)
238 Olympian Drive
240 Market Street
250 US 136 – Fisher, Rantoul
Ford Paxton 261 IL 9 – Paxton, Gibson City
Iroquois 272 Buckley, Roberts
280 IL 54 – Onarga, Roberts
283 US 24 – Gilman, Chatsworth
293 IL 116 – Ashkum, Pontiac
297 Clifton
302 Chebanse
Kankakee 308 US 45 / US 52 – Kankakee
Kankakee 312 IL 17 – Kankakee, Momence
315 IL 50 – Bradley, Bourbonnais
Manteno 322 Manteno
Will Peotone 327 Wilmington, Peotone
335 Manhattan, Monee
Cook Richton Park 339 Sauk Trail
Matteson 340 US 30 (Lincoln Highway) Signed as exits 340A (east) and 340B (west) southbound
342 Vollmer Road Signed as exits 342A (east) and 342B (west) southbound
Country Club Hills 345 I-80 to I-294 - Indiana, Iowa Signed as exits 345A (east) and 345B (west)
346 167th Street
Markham 348 US 6 (159th Street)
Posen 350 IL 83 (147th Street, Sibley Boulevard)
Calumet Park 353 127th Street, Burr Oak Avenue
354 119th Street
Chicago
355 111th Street, Monterey Avenue
357 IL 1 (Halsted Street)
358 Wentworth Avenue Southbound exit only (corresponding entrance to I-94 west from Michigan Avenue)
I-94 east (Bishop Ford Freeway) - Indiana Northbound exit and southbound entrance
I-94 west (Dan Ryan Expressway) – Chicago Loop Northbound exit and southbound entrance
I-57 northern terminus

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration (2002-10-31). Route Log- Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1. Retrieved on 2006-07-13.
  2. ^ State of Illinois (2000-04-15). 91st General Assembly. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
  3. ^ Tridgell, Guy. "Interchange: Good news, bad news", SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL), 2008-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-02-16. 
  4. ^ Tridgell, Guy. "Interchange plans alive again", SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL), 2008-01-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-16. 

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