Interstate 55 in Illinois
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| Interstate 55 |
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| Chicagoland: Stevenson Expressway | |||||||||
| Maintained by Illinois Department of Transportation | |||||||||
| Length: | 313.08 mi[1] (503.85 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: | With   I-64/70 at the Poplar Street Bridge in East St. Louis |
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| North end: |  U.S. Route 41 in Chicago |
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| Major cities: | Springfield, Bloomington-Normal | ||||||||
| System: | Interstate Highway System | ||||||||
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Interstate 55 is a major north-south Interstate highway that connects the Chicagoland and St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan areas in the U.S. state of Illinois. In Illinois, it runs from the Poplar Street Bridge in East St. Louis north-northeast to U.S. Route 41 (Lake Shore Drive) near downtown Chicago. This is a distance of 313.08 miles (503.85 km).[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Federal Highway Administration (2002-10-31). FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
