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Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois that connects St. Louis, Missouri, to the Chicago metropolitan area.It enters the state from Missouri near East St. Louis, Illinois, and runs to U.S. Route 41 (US 41, Lake Shore Drive) near Downtown Chicago, where the highway ends, a distance of 294.38 miles (473.76 km). [2]
I-55 was originally constructed in the 1960s, to extend a section of US 66 between I-294 and Gardner which had been converted into a freeway and had Interstate signage installed in 1960. During the rest of the 1960s, I-55 was built in portions throughout Illinois, eventually connecting St. Louis to Chicago, where it became the fourth direct ...
Interstate 55 in Louisiana. Interstate 55 (I-55) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that spans 964.25 miles (1,551.81 km) from LaPlace, Louisiana, to Chicago, Illinois. [2] Within the state of Louisiana, the highway travels 66 miles (106 km) from the national southern terminus at I-10 in LaPlace to the Mississippi state line north of ...
At least six people were killed and more than 30 were hospitalized when dust reduced visibility on Interstate 55, resulting in a crash involving 40 to 60 cars and roughly 30 semi-trailers.
Mike Koziatek. May 2, 2023 at 9:50 AM. The death toll from a series of crashes on Interstate 55 during a dust storm Monday has been increased from six to seven, Illinois State Police said Tuesday ...
I-55, a major traffic artery through the state, reopened around 6 a.m. Tuesday, local time, nearly 20 hours after the chain-reaction crashes were first reported, Illinois State Police said.
Interstate 55 (I-55) is part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from LaPlace, Louisiana, to Chicago, Illinois.In the state of Tennessee, the Interstate is located entirely within the state's second-largest city of Memphis, running 12.28 miles (19.76 km) from the Mississippi state line in the Whitehaven neighborhood to the Arkansas border across the Mississippi River.
In 2021, the I-55 bridge saw increased traffic due to the shuttering of the I-40 bridge after a crack was discovered in a steel beam. Traffic congestion was heavy during the repairs due to the ...