Interstate 264 (Virginia)

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Interstate 264

Length:

25.07 mi^[1]^[2] (40.35 km)

Formed:

1960

West end:

I-64/I-664 in Chesapeake

Major
junctions:

US 17 in Portsmouth

I-464 in Norfolk

I-64 in Norfolk

East end:

Parks Ave. in Virginia Beach

Virginia Routes
< SR 263		SR 267 >
Primary - Secondary - History

Interstate 264 (abbreviated I-264) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from a junction with Interstate 64 and Interstate 664 (Hampton Roads Beltway) near Bowers Hill in Chesapeake east into Portsmouth and through the Downtown Tunnel under the South Branch of the Elizabeth River into Norfolk. At the Interstate 464 interchange in the Berkley section of Norfolk, I-264 turns north, crossing the East Branch into downtown Norfolk on the Berkley Bridge, one of a small number of drawbridges on the Interstate Highway System. I-264 then heads east through Norfolk, crossing Interstate 64 at the east side of the Hampton Roads Beltway, and into Virginia Beach, where it ends at Parks Avenue near the waterfront. 21st and 22nd Streets continue as a one-way pair with no route designation to U.S. Route 60 (Pacific Avenue).

The original section of I-264, designated in the late 1950s, lies between the two I-64 junctions. The piece east to the Virginia Beach waterfront was built as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk Expressway (a toll road until 1995), and carried State Route 44 until I-264 was extended over it in 1999.

When I-64 was augmented in the 1990s with reversible HOV lanes, I-264 towards Virginia Beach (then SR 44) was designated as the eastern terminus of the reversible lanes and one of the few direct exits from/entrances to the HOV lanes.

1 Exit list
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Exit list

Exit	Old	Destinations	Notes
Mainline feeds directly into northbound .
		Interstate 64 West	Left exit westbound. Better described by its control city of Norfolk, since I-64 actually goes southeast here.
2A-B		Greenwood Dr	Cloverleaf.
3		State Route 239 Victory Blvd
4		State Route 337 Portsmouth Blvd	Same-direction interchanges only.
5		U.S. Route 17 - Frederick Blvd
6		Des Moines Ave	Eastbound exit only. Westbound entrance only.
7A-B		State Route 141 Effingham St.	Eastbound exits only. 7B also a ramp to Crawford St.
7		Downtown Portsmouth Naval Hospital Naval Shipyard	Westbound exit only, immediately after the tunnel. Splits into routes leading to Effingham St. and Crawford St.
Elizabeth River Downtown Tunnel.
8		Interstate 464 South
Berkley Bridge.
9		Waterside Dr	Left Exit, two lanes. Weaving problem--Eastbound two lanes emerging from tunnel become exit lanes. Mainline continues on two lanes coming from I-464.
10		Tidewater Dr	Eastbound exit only--Left exit.
10		City Hall Ave	Westbound exit only.
11A-B		U.S. Route 460/State Route 166/State Route 168 - Brambleton Ave/Campostella Rd	Single exit Eastbound.
12		Ballantine Blvd
Exits 13-15 use single collector/distributor road.
13A-B		U.S. Route 13 - Military Hwy	Cloverleaf.
14A-B		Interstate 64	This interchange is complicated.
14		Interstate 64	Left exit--outside the C/D. Opposing-direction interchanges only.
Section eastward formerly part of Virginia Beach Expressway.
HOV		Interstate 64 West HOV	Westbound exit only--Left exit. Direct ramp from westbound HOV lane to I-64 reversible HOV lanes.
15A-B	1A-B	State Route 403 Newtown Road	Single exit Westbound.
16	2	State Route 190 Witchduck Road
17A-B	3A-B	State Route 225 Independence Blvd	Cloverleaf.
Toll barrier was here. Now an eastbound inspection station.
18	4	Rosemont Rd	Westbound exit can access Bonney Rd by going straight.
19A-B	5A-B	Lynnhaven Pkwy
20	6	U.S. Route 58 East Virginia Beach Blvd/Laskin Rd	Eastbound exit only. Westbound entrance only.
21A-B	7A-B	First Colonial Rd	Single exit Westbound.
22	8	Birdneck Rd	Eastbound exit only. Westbound entrance only.
		Parks Ave	At-grade signalled intersection.
End . Roadway continues beyond Parks Ave as one-way 21st and 22nd Streets to Atlantic Ave.