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Interstate 55 (I-55) is an Interstate Highway in the central United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Its odd number indicates that it is primarily a north-south highway. It goes from Laplace, Louisiana
Laplace, Louisiana

LaPlace is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States, along the east bank of the Mississippi River in the New Orleans metropolitan area....
 (25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
) at Interstate 10
Interstate 10

Interstate 10 is the southernmost east-west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway in the United States. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at California State Route 1 in Santa Monica, California, California to Interstate 95 in Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida....
 to Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
 at U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41

U.S. Route 41 is a north-south United States Numbered Highways that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami, Florida. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples, Florida to Miami, was U.S....
 (Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore Drive

Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, United States....
), at McCormick Place
McCormick Place

File:McCormick Place Chicago logo.svgMcCormick Place is a convention center made up of four interconnected buildings sited on or near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 4 km south of downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA....
.

The section of I-55 between Chicago and St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
 was built as a bypass for U.S. Highway 66.

I-55 is the only Interstate Highway that crosses the Mississippi River
Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
 twice — once at Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
, and then again at St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
.

In 2009, Green Bay, Wisconsin officials have begun a campaign to have US Rt 41 designated as I-55.






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Interstate 55 (I-55) is an Interstate Highway in the central United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Its odd number indicates that it is primarily a north-south highway. It goes from Laplace, Louisiana
Laplace, Louisiana

LaPlace is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States, along the east bank of the Mississippi River in the New Orleans metropolitan area....
 (25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
) at Interstate 10
Interstate 10

Interstate 10 is the southernmost east-west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway in the United States. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at California State Route 1 in Santa Monica, California, California to Interstate 95 in Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida....
 to Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
 at U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41

U.S. Route 41 is a north-south United States Numbered Highways that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami, Florida. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples, Florida to Miami, was U.S....
 (Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore Drive

Lake Shore Drive is a mostly freeway-standard expressway running parallel with and alongside the shoreline of Lake Michigan through Chicago, Illinois, United States....
), at McCormick Place
McCormick Place

File:McCormick Place Chicago logo.svgMcCormick Place is a convention center made up of four interconnected buildings sited on or near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 4 km south of downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA....
.

The section of I-55 between Chicago and St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
 was built as a bypass for U.S. Highway 66.

I-55 is the only Interstate Highway that crosses the Mississippi River
Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
 twice — once at Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
, and then again at St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
.

In 2009, Green Bay, Wisconsin officials have begun a campaign to have US Rt 41 designated as I-55. A section of US 41 in Wisconsin is in the process of being reclassified as an Interstate Highway. Some local officials in the Green Bay area feel that designating US 41 as I-55 would bring additional attention and revenue to the area. The alternative is designating the road as a spur of I-43. (Sourced from the Green Bay Press Gazette 02-08-09)

Route description

|- |LA |65.81 |105.91 |- |MS |290.41 |467.37 |- |TN |12.28 |19.76 |- |AR |72.22 |116.22 |- |MO |210.45 |338.69 |- |IL |313.08 |503.85 |- |Total |964.25 |1,551.81 |}
Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities
Control city

A control city is a city or locality posted on a traffic sign indicating forward destinations on a certain route. Signs indicating such cities are usually found at highway junctions to show where the intersecting road goes, or on mileage signs on longer routes....
 for signs*
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
     (via I-10
    Interstate 10 in Louisiana

    Interstate 10, a major transcontinental Interstate Highway in the Southern U.S., runs across the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It passes through New Orleans and Baton Rouge as well as through smaller cities such as Lake Charles and Lafayette ....
    )
  • Hammond, Louisiana
    Hammond, Louisiana

    Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States. The population was 17,639 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • McComb, Mississippi
    McComb, Mississippi

    McComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States, about 80 miles south of Jackson, Mississippi, just off the Interstate 55....
  • Jackson, Mississippi
    Jackson, Mississippi

    Jackson is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. Mississippi. It is one of two county seats in Hinds County, Mississippi; the town of Raymond, Mississippi is the other....
  • Memphis, Tennessee
    Memphis, Tennessee

    Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
  • Blytheville, Arkansas
    Blytheville, Arkansas

    LOSER'Blytheville is a city in and one of the two county seats of Mississippi County, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States. The population was 18,272 at the 2000 United States Census, with an estimated population of 16,638 in 2005....
  • Sikeston, Missouri
    Sikeston, Missouri

    Sikeston is a third-class city located mostly in southern Scott County, Missouri but also extends into parts of northern New Madrid County, Missouri in Southeast Missouri in the United States....
  • Cape Girardeau, Missouri
    Cape Girardeau, Missouri

    Cape Girardeau is a city located in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri and Scott County, Missouri counties in Southeast Missouri in the United States....
  • St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
  • Springfield, Illinois
    Springfield, Illinois

    Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County, Illinois with a population of 116,482 . Over 200,000 residents live in the Springfield Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area, which includes Sangamon County and adjacent Menard County, Illinois....
  • Bloomington
    Bloomington, Illinois

    Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois United States metropolitan area which is often referred to simply as "Bloomington-Normal, Illinois." A 2006 specia...
    /Normal, Illinois
    Normal, Illinois

    Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 45,386 as of the United States Census 2000....
  • Chicago, Illinois
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....


Louisiana

In Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
, I-55 runs nearly from south to north, from Interstate 10
Interstate 10

Interstate 10 is the southernmost east-west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway in the United States. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at California State Route 1 in Santa Monica, California, California to Interstate 95 in Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida....
 near Laplace
Laplace, Louisiana

LaPlace is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States, along the east bank of the Mississippi River in the New Orleans metropolitan area....
 - roughly west of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
 - to the Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
 state line near Kentwood
Kentwood, Louisiana

Kentwood is a rural town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana near the Mississippi border. The population was 2,205 at the 2000 United States Census....
.

Mississippi

In Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
, I-55 runs from the Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
 border near Osyka
Osyka, Mississippi

Osyka is a town in Pike County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The population was 481 at the 2000 census. It is part of the McComb, Mississippi McComb micropolitan area....
 to Southaven
Southaven, Mississippi

Southaven, a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, Mississippi. Southaven is a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 28,977....
 on the Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
 border, just south of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
. Major cities I-55 passes through are McComb
McComb, Mississippi

McComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States, about 80 miles south of Jackson, Mississippi, just off the Interstate 55....
, Jackson
Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. Mississippi. It is one of two county seats in Hinds County, Mississippi; the town of Raymond, Mississippi is the other....
, and Southaven
Southaven, Mississippi

Southaven, a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, Mississippi. Southaven is a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 28,977....
. The highway parallels U.S. 51
U.S. Route 51

U.S. Route 51 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles from northern Wisconsin to the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana....
 during its trek roughly through the center of the Magnolia State.

The Mississippi section of I-55 is defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3.

Toisign1
I-55 is often called the Mississippi Delta Highway because of its proximity to the Mississippi River. The 8 miles (13 km) from Hernando to the Tennessee state line are co-signed with the newer I-69
Interstate 69

Interstate 69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It exists in two parts: a completed highway from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and a mostly-proposed extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas....
.

Tennessee

I-55 lies entirely within the city of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
, passing through the southern and western parts of the city and providing a bypass of downtown for motorists who do not want to take Interstates I-240
Interstate 240 (Tennessee)

Interstate 240 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Running or 31.0 km, it loops southward from Interstate 40 in east Memphis, Tennessee, then turning west at TN 385 ....
 and I-40
Interstate 40

Interstate 40 is a major west-east Interstate Highway in the United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 15 in California in Barstow, California; its eastern terminus is at a concurrency of U.S....
 through downtown to cross the Mississippi River
Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
. However, the western portion of the freeway, which passes through a heavily industrialized section, contains numerous low bridges, and an extremely tight 270-degree cloverleaf turn northbound at Crump Boulevard. The Tennessee Department of Transportation currently has an for this portion. Truck traffic heading to and from Arkansas is thus directed to detour via I-240 and I-40.

I-255 was the former numbering of I-240
Interstate 240 (Tennessee)

Interstate 240 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Running or 31.0 km, it loops southward from Interstate 40 in east Memphis, Tennessee, then turning west at TN 385 ....
 between I-55 and I-40 through Midtown Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
.

Arkansas

I-55 enters Arkansas from Tennessee as it crosses the Mississippi river. It overlaps I-40 for approximately 2.8 miles (4.5 km) in West Memphis. After separating from I-40, I-55 turns northward and runs to the Missouri border, via the intersection with the stretch of U.S. 63
U.S. Route 63

U.S. Route 63 is a 1,286 mile long north-south United States highway primarily in the Midwestern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at Interstate 20 in Ruston, Louisiana....
 that holds the future alignment of Interstate 555
Interstate 555

Interstate 555 is a future Interstate Highway that is slated to connect Turrell, Arkansas at Interstate 55 to Jonesboro, Arkansas at Arkansas Highway 91....
.

Missouri

In Missouri, I-55 runs from the southeastern part of the state, at the Arkansas border, to St. Louis. Where Interstate 44
Interstate 44

Interstate 44 is an Interstate Highway in the central United States. Its western terminus is in Wichita Falls, Texas at concurrency with US 277, US 281 and US 287; its eastern terminus is in St....
 merges in and it joins Interstate 64
Interstate 64

Interstate 64 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. Its western terminus is currently in Lake St. Louis, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 264 and I-664 at Bowers Hill, Virginia in Chesapeake, Virginia....
 and Interstate 70
Interstate 70

Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 in Utah near Cove Fort, Utah, to a Park and Ride in Baltimore, Maryland....
 on the Poplar Street Bridge, which crosses the Mississippi River into Illinois.

A section of the I-55 in southern St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County, Missouri

St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the 2000 census, the population was 1,016,315, making the county the most populous in the state of Missouri....
 has been named the "Rosa Parks Freeway" although the general public still refers to it as I-55.

On July 26, 2007, a small section of I-55 at the St. Louis city/county line was named "Thomas G. Smith Jr. Memorial Freeway".

Illinois

Interstate 55 largely follows the former U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66

U.S. Route 66 was a highway in the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66, US Highway 66, was established on November 11, 1926....
 alignment through the state. Crossing over into Illinois, I-55, near the I-270/I-70 split, is referred to as the Paul Simon Freeway. This is in reference to the local politician Paul Simon
Paul Simon (politician)

Paul Martin Simon was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and United States Senate from 1985 to 1997....
. Further north, between the St. Louis area and Springfield, IL, I-55 is named The Vince Demuzio Expressway in reference to Illinois state politician Vince Demuzio
Vince Demuzio

Vince Demuzio , 2004 was an Illinois State Senate who died while in office. At the time, he was the most senior member of the Illinois Senate. He had once been chair of the Illinois Democratic Party....
. I-55 parallels the historical U.S. Route 66
U.S. Route 66

U.S. Route 66 was a highway in the U.S. Highway System. One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66, US Highway 66, was established on November 11, 1926....
 from East St. Louis
East St. Louis, Illinois

East St. Louis is a city located in St. Clair County, Illinois, USA, directly across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 31,542, less than half its peak in 1959....
 to Chicago, to Joliet
Joliet, Illinois

Joliet is a city in Will County, Illinois and Kendall County, Illinois in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County....
, passing near Springfield
Springfield, Illinois

Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County, Illinois with a population of 116,482 . Over 200,000 residents live in the Springfield Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area, which includes Sangamon County and adjacent Menard County, Illinois....
 and Bloomington
Bloomington, Illinois

Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois United States metropolitan area which is often referred to simply as "Bloomington-Normal, Illinois." A 2006 specia...
/Normal
Normal, Illinois

Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 45,386 as of the United States Census 2000....
.

When the freeway was being planned during the 1960s, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner
Otto Kerner, Jr.

Otto Kerner, Jr. was United States Democratic Party governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. He is best known for chairing the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and for accepting bribes....
 made an effort to have the road redirected near the larger city of Peoria instead of the more straightforward route through the Bloomington-Normal area. This ultimately failed plan was ridiculed in the press as the "Kerner Curve". The function of an Interstate Highway connection between Springfield and Peoria was later filled by Interstate 155
Interstate 155 (Illinois)

Interstate 155 is a north-south spur of Interstate 55 that provides an interstate connection for the Illinois cities of Peoria, Illinois and Lincoln, Illinois....
, which connects nearby Lincoln and Morton and forms a triangle between the three population centers in Central Illinois.

In the Chicago area, the expressway is referred to as the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway in honor of Adlai E. Stevenson II.

Major intersections

  • Interstate 10
    Interstate 10

    Interstate 10 is the southernmost east-west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway in the United States. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at California State Route 1 in Santa Monica, California, California to Interstate 95 in Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, Florida....
     in Laplace, Louisiana
    Laplace, Louisiana

    LaPlace is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States, along the east bank of the Mississippi River in the New Orleans metropolitan area....
  • Interstate 12
    Interstate 12

    Interstate 12 is an List of intrastate Interstate Highways Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana. I-12 starts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at Interstate 10, and travels along the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain before ending at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Interstate 59 near Slidell, Louisiana....
     in Hammond, Louisiana
    Hammond, Louisiana

    Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States. The population was 17,639 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • Interstate 20
    Interstate 20

    Interstate 20 is a major east-west Interstate Highway in the southeastern United States. I-20 runs 1,535 miles from near Kent, Texas, at Interstate 10 to Florence, South Carolina, at Interstate 95 in South Carolina....
     in Jackson, Mississippi
    Jackson, Mississippi

    Jackson is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. Mississippi. It is one of two county seats in Hinds County, Mississippi; the town of Raymond, Mississippi is the other....
     (concurrent for 2 miles (3 km))
  • Interstate 220
    Interstate 220 (Mississippi)

    Interstate 220 in Mississippi is a loop around Jackson, Mississippi that provides an interstate connection for Interstate 55 and Interstate 20....
     in Ridgeland, Mississippi
    Ridgeland, Mississippi

    Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. The population was 20,173 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Jackson, Mississippi Jackson metropolitan area....
  • Interstate 69
    Interstate 69

    Interstate 69 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It exists in two parts: a completed highway from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and a mostly-proposed extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas....
     in Hernando, Mississippi
    Hernando, Mississippi

    Hernando is a city in central DeSoto County, Mississippi. The population was 6,812 at the 2000 census. The 2006 census estimate reflects a population of 10,580....
  • Interstate 240
    Interstate 240 (Tennessee)

    Interstate 240 is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Running or 31.0 km, it loops southward from Interstate 40 in east Memphis, Tennessee, then turning west at TN 385 ....
     in southern Memphis, Tennessee
    Memphis, Tennessee

    Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River ....
  • Interstate 40
    Interstate 40

    Interstate 40 is a major west-east Interstate Highway in the United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 15 in California in Barstow, California; its eastern terminus is at a concurrency of U.S....
     in West Memphis, Arkansas
    West Memphis, Arkansas

    West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States. The population was 27,666 at the 2000 United States Census, with an estimated population of 28,181 in 2005, ranking it as the state's 15th largest city, behind Benton, Arkansas....
     (concurrent for 3 miles (5 km))
  • Interstate 155
    Interstate 155 (Missouri-Tennessee)

    Interstate 155 is an east-west spur beginning in far southeast Missouri. The western terminus is south of Hayti, Missouri at Interstate 55, exit 17....
     in Hayti, Missouri
    Hayti, Missouri

    Hayti is a city in Pemiscot County, Missouri, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,207 at the 2000 census.In 1955, a small earthquake broke windows in the village....
  • Interstate 57
    Interstate 57

    Interstate 57 is an Interstate Highway in the midwestern United States. It goes from Miner, Missouri, at Interstate 55 to Chicago, at Interstate 94....
     east of Sikeston, Missouri
    Sikeston, Missouri

    Sikeston is a third-class city located mostly in southern Scott County, Missouri but also extends into parts of northern New Madrid County, Missouri in Southeast Missouri in the United States....
  • US Highway 67 Inside Crystal City, Missouri
    Crystal City, Missouri

    Crystal City is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,247 at the 2000 census.Crystal City and its neighbor Festus, Missouri are often collectively known as the "Twin Cities"; however, they are incorporated separately....
    -Olympian Village, Missouri
    Olympian Village, Missouri

    Olympian Village is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri, Missouri, United States. The population was 669 at the 2000 census. Named in honor of Greek myth and culture....
    -Park Hills, Missouri
    Park Hills, Missouri

    Park Hills is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri, Missouri, United States. The population was 7,861 at the 2000 census.The city was formed in an unusual four-way merger that took place in January 1994, in which the cities of Flat River, Elvins, Esther, and the village of Rivermines joined to form the new city of...
  • Interstate 270
    Interstate 270 (Illinois-Missouri)

    Interstate 270 makes up a large portion of the outer belt freeway in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. The counterclockwise terminus of I-270 is at the junction with Interstate 55 in Mehlville, Missouri; the clockwise terminus of the freeway is at the junction with I-55 and I-70 north of Troy, Illinois....
     and Interstate 255
    Interstate 255

    Interstate 255 is a bypass route of Interstate 55 near St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri and with Interstate 270 , it forms a loop route around the city....
     in Mehlville, Missouri
    Mehlville, Missouri

    Mehlville is a census-designated place in St. Louis County, Missouri, Missouri, United States, and an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, Missouri....
    , south of St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
     (both intersections at the same interchange)
  • Interstate 44
    Interstate 44

    Interstate 44 is an Interstate Highway in the central United States. Its western terminus is in Wichita Falls, Texas at concurrency with US 277, US 281 and US 287; its eastern terminus is in St....
     in St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
  • Interstate 64
    Interstate 64

    Interstate 64 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. Its western terminus is currently in Lake St. Louis, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 264 and I-664 at Bowers Hill, Virginia in Chesapeake, Virginia....
     in St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
    . They stay joined across Poplar St. bridge (Mississippi River) until East St. Louis, Illinois.
  • Interstate 70
    Interstate 70

    Interstate 70 is an Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from Interstate 15 in Utah near Cove Fort, Utah, to a Park and Ride in Baltimore, Maryland....
     in St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
    . They stay joined until an exit near Troy, Illinois
    Troy, Illinois

    Troy is a city in Madison County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,524 at the 2000 census....
    .
  • Interstate 255
    Interstate 255

    Interstate 255 is a bypass route of Interstate 55 near St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri and with Interstate 270 , it forms a loop route around the city....
     west of Collinsville, Illinois
    Collinsville, Illinois

    Collinsville is a city located mainly in Madison County, Illinois, and partially in St. Clair County, Illinois, both in Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 24,707....
  • Interstate 270
    Interstate 270 (Illinois-Missouri)

    Interstate 270 makes up a large portion of the outer belt freeway in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. The counterclockwise terminus of I-270 is at the junction with Interstate 55 in Mehlville, Missouri; the clockwise terminus of the freeway is at the junction with I-55 and I-70 north of Troy, Illinois....
     east of Glen Carbon, Illinois
    Glen Carbon, Illinois

    Glen Carbon is a village in Madison County, Illinois, Illinois, United States, 23 km north of St. Louis. The population was 10,425 at the 2000 census....
  • Interstate 72
    Interstate 72

    Interstate 72 is an Interstate Highway in the midwestern United States. Its western terminus is in Hannibal, Missouri, at an intersection with U.S....
     in Springfield, Illinois
    Springfield, Illinois

    Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County, Illinois with a population of 116,482 . Over 200,000 residents live in the Springfield Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area, which includes Sangamon County and adjacent Menard County, Illinois....
     (concurrent for 6 miles (10 km))
  • Interstate 155
    Interstate 155 (Illinois)

    Interstate 155 is a north-south spur of Interstate 55 that provides an interstate connection for the Illinois cities of Peoria, Illinois and Lincoln, Illinois....
     west of Lincoln, Illinois
    Lincoln, Illinois

    Lincoln is a small city in Logan County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It is the only town in the United States named for Abraham Lincoln before he became President of the United States; he practiced law there from 1847 to 1859....
  • Interstate 74
    Interstate 74

    Interstate 74 is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Its western end is at an intersection with Interstate 80 in Davenport, Iowa; the eastern end of its Midwest segment is at an intersection with Interstate 75 in Cincinnati, Ohio....
     in Bloomington
    Bloomington, Illinois

    Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois United States metropolitan area which is often referred to simply as "Bloomington-Normal, Illinois." A 2006 specia...
    /Normal, Illinois
    Normal, Illinois

    Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 45,386 as of the United States Census 2000....
     (concurrent for 6 miles (10 km))
  • Interstate 39
    Interstate 39

    Interstate 39 is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. I-39 runs from Normal, Illinois, Illinois at Interstate 55 to Highway 29 in Rothschild, Wisconsin, approximately six miles south of Wausau, Wisconsin....
     in Bloomington
    Bloomington, Illinois

    Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois United States metropolitan area which is often referred to simply as "Bloomington-Normal, Illinois." A 2006 specia...
    /Normal, Illinois
    Normal, Illinois

    Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 45,386 as of the United States Census 2000....
  • Interstate 80
    Interstate 80

    Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States . It connects downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City....
     in Joliet, Illinois
    Joliet, Illinois

    Joliet is a city in Will County, Illinois and Kendall County, Illinois in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County....
  • Interstate 355 in Bolingbrook, Illinois
    Bolingbrook, Illinois

    Bolingbrook is a large village in Will County, Illinois and DuPage County, Illinois Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2008 special census, the population is 70,834....
  • Interstate 294
    Interstate 294

    Interstate 294 is a tolled Interstate Highway in northeastern Illinois, U.S.A.. It forms the southern portion of the Tri-State Tollway in Illinois....
     in Burr Ridge, Illinois
    Burr Ridge, Illinois

    Burr Ridge is an affluent suburb of Chicago, in Cook County, Illinois and DuPage County, Illinois, Illinois. The population was 10,408 at the 2000 census....
  • Interstate 90
    Interstate 90

    Interstate 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It is the northernmost coast-to-coast interstate. Its western terminus is in Seattle, Washington, at 4th Avenue S....
     and Interstate 94
    Interstate 94

    Interstate 94 is the northernmost east-west Interstate Highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. Its western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S....
     (the Dan Ryan Expressway
    Dan Ryan Expressway

    The Dan Ryan Expressway runs from the Circle Interchange with I-290 near downtown Chicago through the south side of the city. It is designated as both Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 north of 66th Street, a distance of , and only Interstate 94 south of its connection with the Chicago Skyway near 66th Street, a distance of ....
    ) in Chicago, Illinois
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....


Auxiliary routes

  • Turrell to Jonesboro, Arkansas
    Jonesboro, Arkansas

    Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 59,358....
     - I-555
    Interstate 555

    Interstate 555 is a future Interstate Highway that is slated to connect Turrell, Arkansas at Interstate 55 to Jonesboro, Arkansas at Arkansas Highway 91....
     (future)
  • Caruthersville, Missouri
    Caruthersville, Missouri

    Caruthersville is the most populous city and county seat of Pemiscot County, Missouri, located along the Mississippi River in the bootheel of southeastern Missouri in the United States....
     to Dyersburg, Tennessee
    Dyersburg, Tennessee

    Dyersburg is a city in and the county seat of Dyer County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States, 77 miles north-northeast of Memphis, Tennessee on the Forked Deer River....
     - I-155
    Interstate 155 (Missouri-Tennessee)

    Interstate 155 is an east-west spur beginning in far southeast Missouri. The western terminus is south of Hayti, Missouri at Interstate 55, exit 17....
  • St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
     - I-255
    Interstate 255

    Interstate 255 is a bypass route of Interstate 55 near St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri and with Interstate 270 , it forms a loop route around the city....
     I-270
    Interstate 270

    Interstate 270 is the designation for several Interstate Highways in the United States, all of which are related to Interstate 70:*Interstate 270 , a connection in Denver...
  • Spur to Peoria, Illinois
    Peoria, Illinois

    Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, Illinois, in the United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city was the sixth largest in Illinois and had a total population of 112,936....
     - I-155
    Interstate 155 (Illinois)

    Interstate 155 is a north-south spur of Interstate 55 that provides an interstate connection for the Illinois cities of Peoria, Illinois and Lincoln, Illinois....
  • Western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
     - I-355
    Interstate 355

    Interstate 355 , also known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, is an Interstate Highway and toll road in the western and southwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, United States Like other tollways in the northeastern portion of the state, I-355 is maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority ....


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