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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.
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the seat of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [ 10 ] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.
Lincoln. Interstate 55 Business ( I-55 Bus.) services the downtown of Lincoln, Illinois. It begins southwest of Lincoln and follows the former US 66 to Fifth Street. It then turns east on Fifth Street, southeast on Clinton Street, and northeast on Kickapoo Street at the city's center. The route continues northeast to rejoin the former routing ...
I‑255/US 50 at Illinois state line south of St. Louis — — Missouri section of the eastern half of beltway around St. Louis I-270: 35.497: 57.127 I‑55 south of Green Park: I‑270 at Illinois state line at St. Louis — — Western half of beltway around St. Louis I-435: 55.184: 88.810 I‑435 at Kansas City: I‑435 Kansas state line at ...
Route description. US 60 enters Missouri from Oklahoma south of Seneca and south of I-44. It is a two-lane highway. It intersects Route 43 at a roundabout south of Seneca. Next, US 60 intersects I-49 and US 71 at exit 24 before entering Neosho. I-49 has a concurrency with US 71. In Nesho, US 60 picks up a concurrency with Route 59.
Springfield, third-largest city. Columbia, fourth-largest city. Independence, a satellite city of Kansas City and the fifth-largest city. St. Joseph. Joplin. Jefferson City, state capital and sixteenth-largest city. Population data based on 2023 estimates. [ 3 ] † County seat †† State capital and county seat.
The historic-site house at 413 South Eighth Street at the corner of Jackson Street, bought by Lincoln and his wife in 1844, was the only home that Lincoln ever owned. Three of their children were born there and one, Eddie, died there. The house contains twelve rooms spread over two floors. During the time he lived here, Lincoln was elected to ...