Interstate 64

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Interstate 64 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	960 mi (1547 km)
Formed:	1961 (still being built)
West end:	US 40/US 61 near O'Fallon, MO
Major junctions:	I-44/I-55/I-70 in St. Louis, MO I-65/I-71 in Louisville, KY I-75 in Lexington, KY I-77 in Charleston, WV I-79 in Charleston, WV -1 mile I-81 in Lexington, VA I-95 in Richmond, VA
East end:	I-264/I-664 in Chesapeake, VA

Interstate 64 (abbreviated I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. Its western terminus is just west of an interchange with SSR K in O'Fallon, Missouri--because it is multiplexed with U.S. Route 40 and U.S. Route 61 at the terminus, the road itself continues as an arterial road; its eastern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 264 and Interstate 664 at Bowers Hill in Chesapeake, Virginia.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is currently extending Interstate 64 to Interstate 70 in Wentzville, Missouri. An interchange at Route N in St. Charles County, Missouri opened on December 13th 2004. This interchange will also accommodate the future tie in of the Route 364 freeway to I-64. In 2007, construction will start to rebuild 10.5 miles of Interstate 64 from Spoede Rd. to Kingshighway[1]. This project will include repaving the entire road, rebuilding the overpasses and interchanges, adding a fourth lane between Spoede Rd. and Interstate 170, and connecting Interstate 64 to Interstate 170 in all directions. MoDOT is using the Design-Build method in order to complete the project in as little as three years.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Missouri 1.2 Illinois 1.3 Indiana 1.4 Kentucky 1.5 West Virginia 1.6 Virginia 2 Length 3 Cities 4 Major intersections 5 Spur routes 6 Notes 6.1 Missouri 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Route description

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Illinois

Interstate 64 enters Illinois from St. Louis, Missouri, via the Poplar Street Bridge, where it is multiplexed with Interstates 55 and 70 as it crosses the Mississippi River. After crossing the city of East St. Louis and the rest of suburban St. Clair County, the interstate quickly enters rural Southern Illinois. Shortly after passing Mid-America Airport at Exit 23, Interstate 64 enters Clinton County, then Washington County. After providing access to towns such as Carlyle, Nashville, and Centralia, the highway multiplexes with Interstate 57 through the Mt. Vernon area for approximately five miles. East of Mt. Vernon in Illinois, services along I-64 are few. The interstate crosses Jefferson, Wayne, and White counties as it progresses east toward Indiana and the Evansville area.

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Kentucky

Interstate 64 enters into Kentucky at Louisville, paralleling the Ohio River along the Riverfront Expressway. It junctions with several downtown interchanges before coming to the Kennedy Interchange, where it intersects Interstate 65 and Interstate 71 in a tangle of ramps often referred to as the "Spaghetti Junction." To the east of the downtown is the Cherokee Park Tunnel, which two twin-tubes carry Interstate 64 underneath Cherokee Park. This tunnel underwent recent renovations in 2001, which included the reconstruction of the pavement, new tiles, and improved lighting ("Interviews"). Efforts were made to paint the interior tiles of the tunnel with a mural but was dropped because opponents stated that people would get distracted while driving and looking at the art work at the same time^{[1] [2]}.

[edit] West Virginia

Main article: Interstate 64 in West Virginia

Interstate 64 travels for 184 miles within the state of West Virginia, passing by the major towns and cities of Huntington, Charleston, Beckley, and Lewisburg. It has only two major junctions within the state: Interstate 77 in Charleston and in Beckley.

[edit] Virginia

Main article: Interstate 64 in Virginia

Interstate 64 in Virginia runs east west through the middle of the state from West Virginia] via Covington, Lexington, Staunton, and Charlottesville to Richmond. From Richmond, Interstate 64 continues southeasterly through Newport News and Hampton to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, and then through Norfolk to end in Chesapeake.

[edit] Length

Miles	km	state
31	50	Missouri
131	211	Illinois
124	200	Indiana
191	308	Kentucky
184	296	West Virginia
299	482	Virginia
960	1,547	Total

[edit] Cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

• Wentzville, Missouri (via US-40/US-61)
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Louisville, Kentucky
• Frankfort, Kentucky
• Lexington, Kentucky
• Ashland, Kentucky
• Huntington, West Virginia
• Charleston, West Virginia
• Beckley, West Virginia
• Lewisburg, West Virginia
• Lexington, Virginia
• Staunton, Virginia
• Charlottesville, Virginia
• Richmond, Virginia
• Williamsburg, Virginia
• Newport News, Virginia
• Hampton, Virginia
• Norfolk, Virginia
• Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Chesapeake, Virginia

[edit] Major intersections

Of note is that many of these Interstate junctions are actually shared alignments.

• Interstate 270 to west of St. Louis, Missouri.
• Interstate 55 in St. Louis, Missouri. They stay connected until East Saint Louis, Illinois.
• Interstate 70 in St. Louis, Missouri. They stay connected until East Saint Louis, Illinois.
• Interstate 255 near Washington Park, Illinois.
• Interstate 57 for 5 miles (8 km) around Mount Vernon, Illinois.
• Interstate 164 north of Evansville, Indiana (near Elberfeld).
• Interstate 265 in New Albany, Indiana.
• Interstate 265 in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Interstate 264 in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Interstates 65 and 71 in Louisville, Kentucky (This is the Kennedy Interchange, known locally as "Spaghetti Junction".)
• Interstate 75 for 6 miles (10 km) in Lexington, Kentucky
• Interstate 77 in Charleston, West Virginia. They stay connected until Beckley, West Virginia.
• Interstate 79 stops at Interstate 77 one mile north of Interstate 64 at Charleston, West Virginia.
• Interstate 81 in Lexington, Virginia. They stay connected until Staunton, Virginia.
• Interstate 295 west of Richmond, Virginia near Short Pump, Virginia
• Interstate 195 in Richmond, Virginia
• Interstate 95 in Richmond, Virginia (multiplexed for 4 miles (6.5 km)). (Map)
• Interstate 295 east of Richmond, Virginia near Sandston, Virginia
• Interstate 664 in Hampton, Virginia
• Interstate 564 north of Norfolk, Virginia at Naval Station Norfolk
• Interstate 264 on the east side of Norfolk, Virginia
• Interstate 464 on the east side of Norfolk in Chesapeake
• Interstate 264 west of Portsmouth, Virginia in Chesapeake
• Interstate 664 at Bower's Hill in Chesapeake
• (terminus)

[edit] Spur routes

• Spur to Evansville, Indiana - I-164
• Louisville, Kentucky - I-264; also called the Watterson Expressway (this is the inner beltway at Louisville; the outer beltway is I-265, also called the Gene Snyder Freeway)
• Hampton Roads area, Virginia - I-264, I-464, I-564, I-664

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 64
I-164	Indiana
I-264	Kentucky - Virginia
I-464	Virginia
I-564	Virginia
I-664	Virginia

[edit] Notes

• Interstate 64 multiplexes with every interstate that it crosses except I-65 and I-71, for widely varying lengths (distances are approximate): I-95 (3 miles), I-81 (30 miles), I-77 (49 miles), I-75 (6 miles), I-57 (5 miles), and I-55 and I-70 (3 miles) over the Mississippi River.
• Interstate 64 features the one of the highest bridges over any river crossing in America.^{[citation needed]} This bridge is located east of Beckley, West Virginia, overtop Glade Creek. At 640 feet from mean river flow level to the travel lanes of I-64 crossing Glade Creek, this bridge is by far the tallest ever of any crossing on the Interstate system.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Missouri

• When completed, the western terminus of I-64 will begin at I-70 Exit 210. Presently, I-64 begins at Exit 9/State Route K. Signs for the 9 miles between I-70 and State Route K are signed as "TO I-64".
• The entire section of I-64 in Missouri is referred as Highway 40 by the locals (including the media).
• I-64 signs started going up in August 1987 on the US 40 freeway in St. Louis. This change was made due in part of truck drivers deliberately using US 40 to avoid mandatory fines for overweight trucks. ^[3]

[edit] References

1. 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005" - newest feature- interstate mileage by state
2. MoDOT: The New I-64 [2].
3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 16 August 1987.

[edit] External links

• The New I-64 Project in St. Louis City & County, Missouri
• Indiana Highway Ends: I-64
• Illinois Highway Ends: I-64
• 8664: Alternative Plan For Re-Routing Interstate 64 Around The City

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