Interstate 57

Interstate 57
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

386.12 mi (621.40 km)

South end:

Major
junctions:

North end:

Interstate 57 (abbreviated I-57) is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. It goes from Miner, Missouri at Interstate 55 to Chicago, Illinois at Interstate 94. Interstate 57 serves as a de-facto bypass route for travelers from the south on Interstate 55 who are headed on their way to Chicago instead of going through St. Louis.

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Interstate 57 runs through the following states:

In the state of Missouri, Interstate 57 runs from Miner to the Cairo I-57 Bridge over the Mississippi River south of Cairo, Illinois.

Main article: Interstate 57 in Illinois

In the state of Illinois, Interstate 57 runs from the bridge over the Mississippi River north to Chicago. I-57 is the longest Interstate highway in Illinois. It serves as a major artery for college students in the state, it runs near Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana/Champaign and running near Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.


Miles	km	state
21.96	35.34	Missouri
364.16	586.06	Illinois

386.12	621.40	Total<ref>United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration (2002-10-31). Route Log- Main Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 1. Retrieved on 2006-07-13.</ref>

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

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Although the Illinois General Assembly named all of Interstate 57 in Illinois as the Thurgood Marshall Memorial Freeway, this name has not entered popular usage, and I-57 remains the only Chicago expressway that does not have a commonly-used name. Its original name was the Dan Ryan Expressway-West Leg.<ref name=hjr0071>State of Illinois (2000-04-15). 91st General Assembly. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.</ref>

The Illinois Department of Transportation is currently working on a project that will widen the alignment of Interstate 57, between Interstate 24 and Interstate 64 in southern Illinois, from four to six lanes.

After ending at Interstate 55, the highway continues as U.S. Highway 60, which meets U.S. Highway 67 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri and from here US 67 goes south to Little Rock, Arkansas. The state of Missouri has proposed extending the I-57 designation down this corridor. However, this plan conflicts with Arkansas' plans to extend the Interstate 30 designation north on US 67, a road of which a long section already meets Interstate highway standards.

Interstate 57 does not have an intersection with Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway) in northeastern Illinois. It is one of only a few examples where Interstates cross but do not have interchanges with each other. Vehicles are directed to use Interstate 80 to access Interstate 294 instead, though U.S. Route 6 is another option.

Milemarkers on I-57 in Illinois end at Mile 358 although the interstate is actually 6 miles longer. It is signed with Interstate 70 for about 6 miles which is why the markers end at 358.

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Image:I-55.svg	Stevenson Expressway	Image:I-57.svg	Interstate 57	Image:I-65.svg	Interstate 65
Image:I-80.svg Image:I-94.svg Image:US 6.svg	Kingery Expressway \| Borman Expressway	Image:I-80.svg Image:I-94.svg Image:I-294.svg	Tri-State Tollway	Image:I-88.svg	Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway
Image:I-90.svg	Northwest Tollway \| Chicago Skyway \| Indiana Toll Road	Image:I-90.svg Image:I-94.svg	Dan Ryan Expressway	Image:I-90.svg Image:I-94.svg Image:I-190.svg	Kennedy Expressway
Image:I-94.svg	Edens Spur \| Edens Expressway \| Bishop Ford Freeway	Image:I-290.svg	Eisenhower Expressway	Image:I-355.svg	North-South Tollway
Image:US 41.svg	Lake Shore Drive \| Skokie Highway	Image:Illinois 53.svg	Illinois Route 53	Image:Illinois 83.svg	Kingery Highway
Image:Illinois 137.svg	Amstutz Expressway	Image:Illinois 394.svg	Illinois Route 394		Elgin-O'Hare Expressway
Image:IN912.gif	Cline Avenue