Interstate 564

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I-564 begins within the reservation of Naval Station Norfolk where Admiral Taussig Boulevard becomes a four-lane freeway; this point is also the eastern terminus of SR 337. The boulevard continues west as a four-lane divided highway to its intersection with Hampton Boulevard at naval station gates 1 and 2, where SR 337 turns south onto Hampton Boulevard toward Downtown Norfolk. I-564 curves southeast through a trumpet interchange with the access road to gates 3 and 3A. The ramps to and from the interchange join the Interstate to form a six-lane freeway. I-564 descends into a tunnel to pass under the east–west runway of Chambers Field, a naval air station that has been consolidated with the larger naval base.{{Cite web |year=2009 |title=Virginia Department of Transportation Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Including Vehicle Classification Estimates {{!}} Jurisdiction Report 64 {{!}} City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, and City of Chesapeake |url=https://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2009/AADT_064_Norfolk_2009.pdf |access-date=2011-09-11 |website=Virginia Department of Transportation}}{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Admiral+Taussig+Blvd&daddr=I-564+E&hl=en&sll=36.943892,-76.309367&sspn=0.001476,0.002411&geocode=Fau5MwIdpJ1z-w%3BFYpPMwIdwT10-w&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=h&z=14 |title = Interstate 564 |access-date = September 11, 2011 }}

East of the tunnel, I-564 heads southeast parallel to a rail line between the naval air station to the north and Camp Allen, a US Marine Corps base, to the south. The Interstate has a partial interchange with SR 406 (International Terminal Boulevard) that allows access to the highway to Norfolk International Terminals to and from the east. Within the interchange, eastbound I-564 has an exit for westbound I-64 (Hampton Roads Beltway) and US 460 (Granby Street). As I-564 crosses over US 460, the eastbound freeway has a left exit to and the westbound Interstate has a left entrance from I-64's reversible HOV lanes. Eastbound I-564 has an exit for SR 165 (Little Creek Road), which leads to SR 170, before the four-lane freeway merges into I-64 in the direction of Virginia Beach.

I-564 replaced former SR 170, which linked Norfolk to northeastern North Carolina via North Carolina Highway 170. West of I-564, original SR 170 crossed a ferry to Hampton Roads, where it headed west along current I-64 to SR 30 northwest of Williamsburg.{{Cite news|url=https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-564_va.html|title=Interstate-Guide: Interstate 564 Virginia|access-date=March 24, 2017|language=en}}{{self-published source|date=May 2017}}

Long-range plans may extend I-564 westward to Hampton/Newport News via a new bridge–tunnel. Traffic demands are increasing on I-64 and I-664. These are the only two connections between the eastern Tidewater cities with those to the northwest. The metropolitan area sees over 1.5 million people.{{what?|date=September 2018}} Therefore, extending I-564 would provide needed relief if the present bridges and tunnels are not expanded from their current capacity.

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All exits were unnumbered until 2018 when the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) added exit numbers as part of the VDOT's I-564 Intermodal Connector project that started back in 2015.

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|notes=Western terminus; eastern terminus of SR 337

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|mile=0.39

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|road=Naval Station Gates 3A & 3

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|road=NIT North Gate / Hampton Blvd / Truck Inspection / NAVSTA Norfolk Gates 5 & 6

|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance

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|type=incomplete

|mile=2.23

|exit=2

|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|406|name1=Terminal Boulevard|road|to Hampton Boulevard (SR 337)}}

|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance. Eastern terminus of SR 406

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|type=incomplete

|mile=2.23

|exit=3A

|road={{jct|state=VA|I|64|dir1=west|US|460|name2=Granby Street|city1=Hampton}}

|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-64 exit 276

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{{VAint|exit

|type=incomplete

|mile=2.90

|exit=3B

|road={{jct|state=VA|SR|165|name1=Little Creek Road|to2=to|SR|170}}

|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance

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|type=incomplete

|mile=3.03

|exit=–

|road={{jct|state=VA|I|64|dir1=east|city1=Virginia Beach|extra=airport|location2=Norfolk International Airport}}

|notes=Eastern terminus; I-64 exit 276B; eastbound exit and westbound entrance

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• [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/i064.htm#i564 Virginia Highways Project: I-564]
• [http://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=i0564va AARoads: I-564]

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