Interstate 55

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Interstate 55
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

963.5 mi (1560.9 km)

South end:

I-10 in Laplace, LA

Major
junctions:

I-20 in Jackson, MS

I-69 in Hernando, MS
I-40 in West Memphis, AR
I-70 in St. Louis, MO
I-80 in Shorewood, IL
I-90/I-94 in Chicago, IL

North end:

U.S. 41 in Chicago, IL

Interstate 55 (abbreviated I-55) is an interstate highway in the central United States. Like other interstates, it is commonly referred to as I-55. Its odd number indicates that it is primarily a north-south highway. It goes from Laplace, Louisiana (some 25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans) at Interstate 10 to Chicago at U.S. Route 41 (Lake Shore Drive), at McCormick Place.

The section of Interstate 55 between Chicago and St. Louis was built as a bypass for U.S. Highway 66. It is also one of the only Interstate highways that crosses the Mississippi River twice — once at Memphis, Tennessee and then again at St. Louis, Missouri.

1 States traversed
2 History
3 Intersections with other interstates
4 Spur Routes
5 Notes
6 External links
7 References

[edit] States traversed


Miles^[1]	km	state
65.81	105.91	Louisiana
290.41	467.37	Mississippi
12.28	19.76	Tennessee
72.22	116.22	Arkansas
210.45	338.69	Missouri
313.08	503.85	Illinois

964.25	1,551.81	Total

Northern terminus at Lake Shore Drive/U.S. Route 41.

Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs*
New Orleans, Louisiana (via Interstate 10) Hammond, Louisiana McComb, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi Grenada, Mississippi Hernando, Mississippi Memphis, Tennessee Blytheville, Arkansas Sikeston, Missouri Cape Girardeau, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri Springfield, Illinois Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Chicago, Illinois
*Missouri often uses smaller locations as intermediate control cities, especially between Cape Girardeau and the Arkansas state line.

[edit] Louisiana

Main article: Interstate 55 in Louisiana

[edit] Mississippi

Main article: Interstate 55 in Mississippi

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Arkansas

[edit] Missouri

Main article: Interstate 55 in Missouri

[edit] Illinois

Main article: Interstate 55 in Illinois

In the Chicago area the expressway is referred to as the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway in honor of one of Illinois' favorite sons. The general public uses both I-55 as well as "The Stevenson" to refer to this freeway in the metropolitan area. A section of the Interstate 55 in south St. Louis County, Missouri has been named the "Rosa Parks Highway" although the general public still refers to it as I-55.

[edit] History

[edit] Intersections with other interstates

Interstate 10 in Laplace, Louisiana
Interstate 12 in Hammond, Louisiana
Interstate 20 in Jackson, Mississippi (multiplexed for 2 miles (3 km))
Interstate 220 in northern Jackson, Mississippi
Interstate 69 in Hernando, Mississippi
Interstate 240 in southern Memphis, Tennessee
Interstate 40 in West Memphis, Arkansas (multiplexed for 3 miles (5 km))
Interstate 155 in Hayti, Missouri
Interstate 57 east of Sikeston, Missouri
Interstate 270 and Interstate 255 in Mehlville, Missouri, south of St. Louis, Missouri (both intersections at the same interchange)
Interstate 44 in St. Louis, Missouri
Interstate 64 in St. Louis, Missouri. They stay joined until East St. Louis, Illinois.
Interstate 70 in St. Louis, Missouri. They stay joined until an exit near Troy, Illinois.
Interstate 255 west of Collinsville, Illinois
Interstate 270 east of Glen Carbon, Illinois
Interstate 72 in Springfield, Illinois (multiplexed for 6 miles (10 km))
Interstate 155 west of Lincoln, Illinois
Interstate 74 in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois (multiplexed for 6 miles (10 km))
Interstate 39 in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois
Interstate 80 in Shorewood, Illinois
Interstate 355 in Bolingbrook, Illinois
Interstate 294 in Burr Ridge, Illinois
Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 (the Dan Ryan Expressway) in Chicago, Illinois

[edit] Spur Routes

Turrell to Jonesboro, Arkansas - I-555 (future)
Caruthersville, Missouri to Dyersburg, Tennessee - I-155
St. Louis, Missouri - I-255
Spur to Peoria, Illinois - I-155
Metropolitan Chicago, Illinois - I-355

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 55
	Current and Future (F)	Former
	Illinois - Missouri-Tennessee
	Illinois-Missouri
	Illinois
	Arkansas (F)

[edit] Notes

The Mississippi section of Interstate 55 is defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3.
I-255 was the former numbering of I-240 between I-55 and I-40 through Midtown Memphis, Tennessee.

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

I-55 is often called the Mississippi Delta Highway because of its proximity to the Mississippi River.^{[citation needed]}
When the highway was being planned during the 1960s, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner made an effort to have the road redirected near the larger city of Peoria instead of the more straightforward route through the Bloomington-Normal area. This ultimately failed plan was ridiculed in the press as the "Kerner Curve".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

Illinois Highway Ends: Interstate 55

[edit] References

^ Federal Highway Administration (2002-10-31). FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.

2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005"

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