Interstate 64

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Interstate 64 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	960 mi (1545 km)
Formed:	1961 still being built
West end:	Current: US 40/US 61 near O'Fallon, MO Future: I-70/US 40 in Wentzville, MO
Major junctions:	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-81 in Lexington, VA I-95 in Richmond, VA
East end:	I-264/I-664 in Chesapeake, VA
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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 as part of the Avenue of the Saints ^[1] connecting St. Louis to St. Paul, Minnesota ; 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.^[2] In 2007, construction will start to rebuild 10.5 miles of Interstate 64 in St. Louis, Missouri from Spoede Rd. to Kingshighway. 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. Construction will result in the complete closure of portions of the highway in 2008 and 2009.^[3]

[edit] Route description

[edit] Missouri

In Missouri, the stretch is usually referred to as Highway 40, as the road is designated as both I-64 and US 40. 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.

[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

I-64 crosses the Wabash River and enters the state of Indiana. It passes Indiana 69, Indiana 165, and also passes under Indiana 68 (no direct interchange serves Indiana 68, though one can access said route from either Indiana 165 or 65) then passes three official Evansville Marked Exits (Indiana 65, US 41, and Interstate 164/Indiana 57/Future Interstate 69) then proceeds to service exits leading to Jasper, Santa Claus, Indiana 37, and intersects Interstate 265 in New Albany before crossing into Kentucky.

[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.^[4][5]

Moving eastward, I-64 passes through Shelbyville, Frankfort, Lexington, Winchester, and Morehead, before leaving the state at Catlettsburg.

[edit] West Virginia

Tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike

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 and a small portion of Virginia Beach to end in Chesapeake.

Downtown Louisville, as seen from I-64 heading east

[edit] Major intersections

I-81 and I-64 multiplex in Virginia. Straight leads toward Winchester and left leads toward Charleston.

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 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
	Current and Future (F)	Former
	Indiana
	Kentucky - Virginia
	Virginia
	Virginia
	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, over 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]}

I-44/55/64/70 on one highway sign in downtown St. Louis

• 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.^[6]

[edit] References

2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005" - newest feature - interstate mileage by state

[edit] External links

• The New I-64 Project in St. Louis City & County, Missouri
• Indiana Highway Ends: I-64
• Illinois Highway Ends: I-64

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