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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]
Through Illinois, I-55 largely follows the 1940 alignment of the former US 66, now Historic US 66 (Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway). It runs from the Poplar Street Bridge in East St. Louis to US 41 in Chicago, passing around the state capital of Springfield and the metro area of Bloomington–Normal. Within Illinois, I-55 goes by several names.
North of Sikeston, I-55 begins to traverse rolling terrain on its way to Cape Girardeau. Exit 95, Route 74 east, provides direct access to the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge into southern Illinois. The heart of the city of Cape Girardeau as well as Southeast Missouri State University can be reached by taking either exit 96 or exit 99.
I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between the Southern United States (Memphis, New Orleans, etc.) and Chicago, bypassing St. Louis, Missouri, and Springfield, Illinois. Between the junction of I-55 and I-57 in Sikeston and the junction of I-55 and I-90/I-94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for 436 miles (702 km), while ...
I-55 / US 61 / US 62 in New Madrid — — I-55 BL: 15.705: 25.275 I-55 / US 61 / MO 74 in Cape Girardeau: I-55 / US 61 in Fruitland — — I-55 BL: 5.015: 8.071 I-55 / US 67 / US 61 in Crystal City: I-55 / McNutt Street in Herculaneum — — I-57 BL: 2.94: 4.73 I-57 / US 60 / MO 105 in Charleston: I-57 / US 62 / MO 77 in Charleston — — I ...
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In Missouri, I-270 diverges from at I-55 as a 10-lane freeway heading west of I-55's route but still maintaining I-55's tendency to travel northward. I-270 intersects I-44 in a modified cloverleaf interchange that was rebuilt in the 1990s. Railroad overpasses and rocky bluffs between I-44 and Dougherty Ferry Road reduced the interstate to eight ...
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