Interstate 64 in Illinois

{{Short description|Section of Interstate Highway in Illinois}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2022}}

{{highway detail hatnote|Interstate 64}}

{{Infobox road

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|type=I

|route=64

|map={{maplink-road|from=Interstate 64 in Illinois.map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=I-64 highlighted in red

|length_mi=130.4

|length_ref=

|established=1956

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=MO|I|55|I|64|US|40}} at Missouri state line

|junction=

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=IN|I|64}} at Indiana state line

|counties=St. Clair, Clinton, Washington, Jefferson, Wayne, White

|previous_type=IL

|previous_route=63

|next_type=IL

|next_route=64

}}

Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Illinois is a major east–west Interstate Highway that runs through southern Illinois from the St. Louis metropolitan area east to the Indiana state line near Grayville, Illinois. It travels a distance of {{convert|130.4|mi|km}}.

Route description

File:Poplar Street Bridge KM.jpg

I-64 enters Illinois running concurrently with I–55 and U.S. Route 40 (US 40) over the Mississippi River on the Poplar Street Bridge. After splitting from these highways in East St. Louis, I-64 turns southeasterly and proceeds through St. Clair County towards the Belleville area traveling through the eastern/southeastern St. Louis suburbs of Caseyville, Fairview Heights, O'Fallon, and Shiloh. In Shiloh, the Interstate skirts the northern edge of Scott Air Force Base and MidAmerica St. Louis Airport and provides access to Mascoutah and Lebanon via Illinois Route 4 (IL 4). A new interchange at Rieder Road was completed in September 2017 to create better access to Scott Air Force Base.{{cite news |first = Kelsey |last = Landis |date = September 8, 2017 |url = https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article171738807.html |title = After Nearly Three Years of Construction, New Exit off Interstate 64 Will Open Soon |work = Belleville News-Democrat |access-date = November 25, 2018 }} As part of the new interchange, a third lane in each direction, a wide left shoulder to accommodate a future fourth lane in each direction, and a center Jersey barrier was added from {{Convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} west of Air Mobility Drive/IL 158 to Rieder Road.

At the St. Clair–Clinton county line, the Interstate passes the exurb of New Baden, after which it crosses the southern boundary of Clinton County and leaves the St. Louis metropolitan area. It then traverses a rural part of Illinois through Washington and Jefferson counties, which has no adjacent cities or major intersections passing; it reaches the city of Mount Vernon in Jefferson County, where it has a short concurrency with I-57. Mount Vernon is the only major city and intersection served by I-64 in Illinois outside of the St. Louis metropolitan area.{{cite map |author = Illinois Department of Transportation |date = November 2008 |url = http://www.dot.il.gov/maps/ExitNo.pdf |title = Interstate Exit Numbers of Illinois |scale = Scale not given |location = Springfield |publisher = Illinois Department of Transportation |access-date = August 2, 2014 |archive-date = May 29, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100529054932/http://www.dot.il.gov/maps/ExitNo.pdf |url-status = dead }}{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/dir/38.6179689,-90.1825963/38.2284972,-87.9848868/@38.7041652,-89.4303714,9z/data=!4m3!4m2!1m0!1m0 |title = Overview Map of Interstate 64 in Illinois |access-date = August 2, 2014 }} Past Mount Vernon, the Interstate enters another rural stretch through parts of Jefferson, Wayne, and White counties before crossing the Wabash River into Indiana.

History

Starting in 1970, a small portion of I-64 opened just west of the Indiana state line.{{Illinois road map |year = 1970 |access-date = November 16, 2020 }} In 1973, another small portion opened just south of Mount Vernon.{{Illinois road map |year = 1973 |access-date = November 16, 2020 }} By 1975, two portions of I-64 (from IL 4 to I-57 and IL 111 to IL 159) opened.{{Illinois road map |year = 1975 |access-date = November 16, 2020 }} By 1977, the rest of the route opened. As a result of the completion, US 460 was completely removed from Illinois.{{Illinois road map |year = 1977 |access-date = November 16, 2020 }}

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Exit list

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{{jctint|exit

|river=Mississippi River

|lspan=2

|mile=0.0

|mspan=2

|road={{jct|state=MO|I|55|I|64|US|40|dir1=south|dir2=west|dir3=west|city1=St. Louis}}

|notes=Continuation into Missouri

}}

{{Jctbridge|exit

|mile=none

|bridge=Poplar Street Bridge
Illinois–Missouri line

}}

{{ILint|exit

|county=St. Clair

|cspan=18

|location=East St. Louis

|lspan=8

|mile=0.6

|exit=1

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|3|GRR||dir1=south|city1=Cahokia}}

|type=concur

|notes=Western end of IL 3/GRR concurrency; exit includes direct exit ramp onto 13th Street / Tudor Avenue

}}

{{ILint|exit

|type=incomplete

|mile=0.9

|exit=2A

|road=Third Street – Eads Bridge, Casino Queen

|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance

}}

{{ILint|exit

|type=incomplete

|exit={{nowrap|2B-C}}

|mile=1.3

|road=Martin Luther King BridgeDowntown St. Louis

|notes=Signed as exits 2B (left exit) and 2C (right exit); no eastbound exits

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=2.5

|exit=3A

|road={{jct|state=IL|I|55|GRR||dir2=north|US|40|dir3=east|to4=to|I|70|dir4=east|city1=Chicago|location2=Indianapolis}}

|type=concur

|notes=Eastern end of I-55/US 40/GRR concurrency; exit unnumbered eastbound; I-55 north exit 3, south exit 3A

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=2.6

|exit=3B

|road={{jct|state=IL|I|70|dir1=west|to2=to|IL|3|dir2=north|name1=Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway|location1=Kansas City}}

|type=incomplete

|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-70 exit 3

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=2.7

|exit=3

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|3|dir1=north|name1=St. Clair Avenue}}

|type=concur

|notes=Eastern end of IL 3 concurrency; no westbound exit

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=3.3

|exit=4A

|type=incomplete

|road=Baugh Avenue / 18th Street

|notes=Westbound exit and entrance

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=4.2

|exit=4B

|road=25th Street

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=Washington Park

|mile=5.8

|exit=6

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|111|name1=Kingshighway}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=Caseyville

|lspan=2

|mile=7.1

|exit=7

|road={{jct|state=IL|I|255|US|50|dir2=west|location1=Memphis|city2=Chicago}}

|type=concur

|notes=Western end of US 50 concurrency; I-255 exit 20

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=8.4

|exit=9

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|157|city1=Caseyville|city2=Centreville|name1=Bluff Road}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=Fairview Heights

|mile=12.0

|exit=12

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|159|city1=Belleville|city2=Collinsville|name1=Illinois Street}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=O'Fallon

|lspan=4

|mile=14.2

|exit=14

|road=Old US Highway 50 – O'Fallon

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=15.7

|exit=16

|road=Green Mount Road – O'Fallon, Shiloh

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=18.6

|exit=19

|road={{jct|state=IL|US|50|IL|158|dir1=east|dir2=west|city1=Carlyle|location2=Scott Air Force Base|name2=Air Mobility Drive}}

|type=concur

|notes=Eastern end of US 50 concurrency; northern terminus of IL 158; signed as exits 19A (west) and 19B (east)

}}

{{ILint|exit

|exit=21

|mile=

|road=Rieder Road

|notes=Completed in 2017

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=Mascoutah

|mile=22.6

|exit=23

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|4|city1=Mascoutah|city2=Lebanon|extra=airport}}

|notes=Serves MidAmerica St. Louis Airport

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=New Baden

|mile=27.1

|exit=27

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|161|city1=New Baden}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|county=Clinton

|township=Looking Glass

|ctdab=Clinton

|mile=34.2

|exit=34

|road=Albers

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|county=Washington

|cspan=3

|township=Okawville

|ctdab=Washington

|mile=40.4

|exit=41

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|177|city1=Okawville}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=Nashville

|mile=49.8

|exit=50

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|127|city1=Carlyle|city2=Nashville}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|township=Richview

|ctdab=Washington

|mile=60.7

|exit=61

|road={{jct|state=IL|US|51|city1=Centralia|city2=Ashley}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|county=Jefferson

|cspan=7

|township1=Casner

|ctdab=Jefferson

|township2=Shiloh

|mile=68.6

|exit=69

|road=Woodlawn

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=Mount Vernon

|lspan=3

|mile=73.3

|exit=73

|road={{jct|state=IL|I|57|dir1=north|city1=Chicago}}

|type=concur

|notes=Western end of I-57 concurrency, exit 96 on I-57

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=74.8

|exit=95

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|15|city1=Mount Vernon|city2=Ashley|extra=airport}}

|notes=Exit numbers follow I-57; serves Mount Vernon Outland Airport

}}

{{ILint|exit

|mile=75.8

|exit=94

|road=Veterans Memorial Drive

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|township=McClellan

|ctdab=Jefferson

|mile=78.0

|exit=78

|road={{jct|state=IL|I|57|dir1=south|to2=to|I|24|location1=Memphis|location2=Nashville}}

|type=concur

|notes=Eastern end of I-57 concurrency; exit 92 on I-57. Access to Rend Lake

}}

{{ILint|exit

|township=Dodds

|ctdab=Jefferson

|mile=79.7

|exit=80

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|37|city1=Mount Vernon}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|township=Pendleton

|ctdab=Jefferson

|mile=88.5

|exit=89

|road=Belle Rive, Bluford

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|county=Wayne

|cspan=2

|township=Orel

|ctdab=Wayne

|mile=99.3

|exit=100

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|242|city1=Wayne City}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|township=Barnhill

|ctdab=Wayne

|mile=110.1

|exit=110

|road={{jct|state=IL|US|45|city1=Mill Shoals}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|county=White

|cspan=2

|township=Burnt Prairie

|ctdab=White

|mile=116.7

|exit=117

|road={{jct|state=IL|CR|county1=White|20|city1=Burnt Prairie}}

|notes=

}}

{{ILint|exit

|location=Grayville

|mile=129.4

|exit=130

|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|1|city1=Grayville|city2=Carmi}}

|notes=

}}

{{Jctint|exit

|river=Wabash River

|mile=130.4

|road={{Jct|state=IN|I|64|dir1=east|city1=Evansville|location2=Louisville}}

|notes=Continuation into Indiana

}}

{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete}}

References

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