Interstate 57: Difference between revisions

Missouri has already upgraded {{convert|62|mi|km}} of the US&nbsp;60/US&nbsp;67 corridor between [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston]] and [[Missouri Route 158|Route&nbsp;158]] near [[Harviell, Missouri|Harviell]] to a mixture of freeway and expressway segments. All at-grade crossings along the corridor would have to be eliminated before the Interstate designation could be applied.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Heuring |first1 = Leonna |title = MoDOT Celebrates Completion of US&nbsp;60 Four-Lane Project with Caravan |url = http://www.semissourian.com/story/1653279.html |work = [[The Southeast Missourian]] |location = Cape Girardeau, Missouri |access-date = April 26, 2016 |date = August 1, 2010 }}</ref> A new freeway segment from Route&nbsp;158 to just south of [[Neelyville, Missouri|Neelyville]] near County Road&nbsp;274 (about {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the Arkansas border) has been announced as part of a cost share program and is in the planning stages.<ref>{{Cite web |last = Ruch |first = Amber |date = March 3, 2020 |title = Gov. Parson visits transportation cost-share project in Poplar Bluff, Mo. |url = https://www.kfvs12.com/2020/03/03/gov-parson-visit-transportation-cost-share-project-poplar-bluff-mo/ |access-date = March 14, 2022 |publisher = [[KFVS-TV]] |language = en }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = U.S. 67 (Future I-57) in Butler County |url = https://www.modot.org/us-67-future-i-57-butler-county |access-date = April 26, 2020 }}</ref> In August 2022, redesign of the US 67 and [[U.S. Route 160 in Missouri|U.S. Route 160]]/ Route 158 interchange began. The interchange be transformed to contain [[Roundabout|roundabouts]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsdesk |first=Region 8 |title=First phase of Future I-57 project slated to begin |date=August 11, 2022 |url=https://www.kait8.com/2022/08/11/first-phase-future-i-57-project-slated-begin/ |access-date=October 9, 2022 |location = Jonesboro, Arkansas |publisher=[[KAIT-TV]] |language=en}}</ref>

In Arkansas, {{convert|118|mi|km}} of Interstate-grade US&nbsp;67 runs from I-40 to [[U.S. Route 412 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;412]] in Walnut Ridge, leaving a segment of approximately {{convert|40|mi|km}} of new Interstate-grade highway along US&nbsp;67 that still needs to be built in northeastern Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Reaves |first1 = Jonathan |title = Arkansas 'has a lot of work to do' to bring 'Future I-57' to Missouri line |date = June 2017 |url = http://kasu.org/post/arkansas-has-lot-work-do-bring-future-i-57-missouri-line |publisher = KASU-TV |access-date = June 14, 2017 }}</ref> On February&nbsp;23, 2018, Arkansas state officials unveiled a "Future I-57" sign to be posted along the corridor of US&nbsp;67.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Pettit |first1 = Emma |title = Corridor stretching from North Little Rock to northeast Arkansas recognized as future interstate |url = http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/feb/23/corridor-stretching-north-little-rock-northeast-ar/ |work = Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date = February 23, 2018 |access-date = February 23, 2018 }}</ref> A route for I-57 from Walnut Ridge to the Missouri state line was chosen in 2022. The route shows it passing near [[levee]]s. The route is not finalized, and the I-57 route may be adjusted to not have any impact on the levees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Hayden |date = December 2, 2022|title=Future I-57 potentially covering levee in Randolph County |url=https://www.kait8.com/2022/12/02/future-i-57-potentially-covering-levee-randolph-county/ |access-date=February 2, 2023 |location = Jonesboro, Arkansas |publisher=KAIT-TV|language=en}}</ref>