Interstate 664

Interstate 664
Hampton Roads Beltway
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length:	20.79 mi[1] (33.46 km)
Existed:	1971 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-64 / I-264 in Chesapeake
	US 13 / US 58 / US 460 in Chesapeake SR 337 in Chesapeake SR 164 / US 17 in Suffolk US 60 in Newport News
North end:	I-64 in Hampton
Location
Counties:	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Newport News, City of Hampton
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Virginia Routes Interstate U.S. Primary Secondary History Turnpikes ← SR 598 SR 785 →

Interstate 664 (I-664) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The Interstate runs 20.79 miles (33.46 km) from I-64 and I-264 in Chesapeake north to I-64 in Hampton. I-664 forms the west side of the Hampton Roads Beltway, a circumferential highway serving the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. The Interstate crosses Hampton Roads via the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel between Suffolk and Newport News. I-664 is connected to the other major cities of the metropolitan area—Portsmouth, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach—by I-264. The Interstate also has a connection to Portsmouth through Virginia State Route 164 (SR 164) and to Suffolk via U.S. Route 13, US 58, and US 460.

Route description

I-664 begins at a full Y interchange with I-64 and I-264 that serves as the terminus of all three Interstates in the Bowers Hill section of the city of Chesapeake. I-64 heads southeast as a continuation of the Hampton Roads Beltway through Chesapeake while I-264 heads east toward Portsmouth and Norfolk. I-664 heads west as an eight-lane freeway that has a southbound-only exit ramp to US 13 and US 460 (Military Highway) and crosses over Military Highway and a Norfolk Southern Railway rail line. The Interstate has a cloverleaf interchange with Military Highway, which here carries US 58 in addition to US 13 and US 460. The interchange also provides access to US 460 Alternate, which follows US 58 east into Portsmouth. I-664 curves north as a four-lane freeway that crosses Goose Creek and has a diamond interchange with SR 663 (Dock Landing Road) and a cloverleaf interchange with SR 337 (Portsmouth Boulevard).^[1][2]

Just south of its partial cloverleaf interchange with SR 659 (Pughsville Road), I-664 crosses a rail line; a spur from that rail line heads north in the median of the freeway as the highway enters the city of Suffolk. The rail spur leaves the median and heads northeast toward Portsmouth just south of its interchange with SR 164 (Western Freeway) and US 17 (Bridge Road). SR 164 heads east toward downtown Portsmouth while US 17 heads northwest to the James River Bridge. There is no access from southbound I-664 to southbound US 17; that movement is made via the next interchange, a cloverleaf interchange with SR 135 (College Drive) that serves satellite campuses of Tidewater Community College and Old Dominion University and the community of Churchland.^[1][2]

North of SR 135, northbound I-664 has a vehicle inspection station and crossovers before the highway enters the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel. The bridge-tunnel passes to the west of Craney Island, an artificial island in the city of Portsmouth that lies to the west of the mouth of the Elizabeth River. West of the highway is the confluence of the James River and Nansemond River to form Hampton Roads, as well as the James River Bridge a short distance to the north on the namesake river. I-664 heads north-northeast along a causeway for 3 miles (4.8 km) to a point west of the Newport News Middle Ground Light, where the pair of bridges curve to the north-northwest onto an artificial island where the highway descends into a pair of tunnels under the estuary's main shipping channel. The Interstate resurfaces on another artificial island at Newport News Point east of the coal piers in the city of Newport News.^[1][2]

I-664 has a southbound vehicle inspection station adjacent to its first interchange in Newport News, with Terminal Avenue. The Interstate parallels the southern end of CSX's Peninsula Subdivision as it passes through interchanges with several streets to the east of downtown Newport News. The southern interchange has ramps to and from 25th, 26th, and 27th streets; the first two streets carry eastbound and westbound US 60, which is unmarked from I-664. The northern interchange has ramps to and from 35th Street and Jefferson Avenue; Jefferson Avenue is SR 143, which is also unmarked from the Interstate. I-664 curves east as a six-lane freeway away from the railroad and has an oblique crossing of SR 351 (39th Street) prior to half-diamond interchanges with Roanoke Avenue and Chestnut Avenue. The Interstate enters the city of Hampton and has diamond interchanges with Aberdeen Road and Powhatan Parkway before reaching its northern terminus at I-64. I-664 meets its parent highway at a directional T interchange above Newmarket Creek just south of Hampton Coliseum. The Hampton Roads Beltway continues east along I-64 through Hampton before crossing Hampton Roads on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel into the city of Norfolk.^[1][2]

History

Exit list

The entire route is in the independent cities of Chesapeake, Suffolk, Newport News, and Hampton.

Location	Mile[1]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Chesapeake	0.00	0.00	15	I-64 west (Hampton Roads Beltway) / I-264 east – Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia Beach	Southern terminus of I-664; split into exits 15A (I-264) and 15B (I-64); eastern terminus of I-64 (exit 299); western terminus of I-264 (exit 1)
			14	US 13 (Military Highway) / US 460	Southbound exit only
	1.21	1.95	13	US 13 / US 460 (Military Highway) / US 58 / US 460 Alt. – Suffolk, Bowers Hill	Split into exits 13A (Suffolk) and 13B (Military Highway)
	2.69	4.33	12	SR 663 (Dock Landing Road)
	3.72	5.99	11	SR 337 (Portsmouth Boulevard)	Split into exits 11A (west) and 11B (east)
	5.82	9.37	10	SR 659 (Pughsville Road)
Suffolk	7.41	11.93	9	SR 164 east (Western Freeway) / US 17 (Bridge Road) – Portsmouth, James River Bridge	Split into exits 9A (James River Bridge) and 9B (Portsmouth) northbound; no access to southbound US 17 from southbound I-664
	8.45	13.60	8	SR 135 (College Drive) to US 17 south – Churchland	Split into exits 8A (north) and 8B (south)
Hampton Roads			Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel
Newport News	14.84	23.88	7	Terminal Avenue
			6	25th Street / 26th Street	Unsigned US 60; northbound exit, southbound entrance
			6	26th Street / 27th Street	26th Street is westbound unsigned US 60; southbound exit, northbound entrance
	16.25	26.15	5	35th Street / Jefferson Avenue
	17.03	27.41	4	Roanoke Avenue	Northbound exit, southbound entrance
	17.41	28.02	4	Chestnut Avenue	Southbound exit, northbound entrance
Hampton	17.86	28.74	3	Aberdeen Road
	19.13	30.79	2	Powhatan Parkway / Power Plant Parkway
	20.79	33.46	1	I-64 west / I-64 east (Hampton Roads Beltway) – Williamsburg, Richmond, Norfolk, Virginia Beach	Northern terminus of I-664; split into exits 1A (west) and 1B (east)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

References

External links

• Virginia Highways Project: I-664
• AARoads: I-664
• Roads to the Future: Interstate 664 in Virginia
• kurumi.com: I-664 Virginia

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