Interstate 57: Difference between revisions

| country = USA

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| map_notes = I-57 highlighted in red

| length_mi = 386.12

| length_ref = <ref name="fhwa">{{citeCite web |author last= Federal Highway AdministrationStarks |author-link first= Federal Highway AdministrationEdward |url date=January http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table1.htm27, 2022 |title = Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm of|access-date=December October 3128, 20022023 |publisher work=FHWA FederalRoute HighwayLog Administrationand |dateFinder = October 31, 2002List |access-date publisher=[[Federal July 13, 2006Highway Administration]]}}</ref>

| maint = [[Missouri Department of Transportation|MoDOT]] and [[Illinois Department of Transportation|IDOT]]

| established = 1959

| direction_a = South

| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MO|I|55|US|60}} in [[Sikeston, Missouri|Sikeston, MO]]

| junction = {{plainlist|1=

| direction_b = North

| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=IL|I|94}} in [[Chicago|Chicago, IL]]

| states = [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]]

| counties = '''MO:''' [[Scott County, Missouri|Scott]], [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi]]<br/>

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'''Interstate&nbsp;57''' ('''I-57''') is a north–south [[Interstate Highway]] in [[Missouri]] and [[Illinois]] that parallels the old [[Illinois Central Railroad]] for much of its route. It runs from [[Sikeston, Missouri]], at [[Interstate 55|I-55]] to [[Chicago, Illinois]], at [[Interstate 94|I-94]]. I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between the South[[Southern U.S.]] ([[Memphis, Tennessee|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 [[Interstate 90|I-90]]/I-94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for {{convert|436|mi|km}}, while the combination of I-57 and I-94 is only {{convert|396|mi|km}} long between the same two points. In fact, both the control cities on the overhead signs and the destination mileage signs reference Memphis along southbound I-57, even as far north as its northern origin at I-94 in Chicago.<ref name="AASHTO-Control">{{cite web |url = https://traffic.transportation.org/interstate-control-cities/ |author = American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |author-link = American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |title = Interstate Control Cities |publisher = American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |access-date = July 10, 2021 }}</ref> Likewise, at its southern end, Chicago is the control city listed for I-57 on signs on northbound I-55 south of Sikeston, even though I-55 also goes to Chicago.<ref>{{cite sign |author = Missouri Department of Transportation |author-link = Missouri Department of Transportation |date = n.d. |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Sikeston,+MO&amp;aq=&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=49.757664,72.246094&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Sikeston,+Scott,+Missouri&amp;ll=36.891441,-89.538412&amp;spn=0.012377,0.017638&amp;z=14&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=36.868649,-89.532819&amp;panoid=0Z2ZZ1_-w7dPikS9uHF06g&amp;cbp=12,5.96,,0,14.23 |title = Exit 64A sign |medium = Highway guide sign |location = Sikeston |publisher = Missouri Department of Transportation |access-date = April 4, 2012 }}</ref> A southward extension of I-57 from its current southern terminus to [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], is currently in various stages of development.

{{As of|2023}}, I-57 has no spur routes nor are any planned for the near future.<ref name="FHWA-Route-Log-Aux">{{cite web |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |author = Federal Highway Administration |title = Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2018 |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |date = December 31, 2018 |access-date = July 10, 2021 }}</ref> At a length of just over {{convert|386|mi|km}}, it is the second-longest two-digitprimary Interstate Highway without an auxiliary route, behind [[Interstate 49|I-49]]. I-57 has one business loop in [[Charleston, Missouri]].

== Route description ==

The oldest segment of I-57 is a {{convert|6.2|mi|km|adj=on}} strip running east of [[Bradley, Illinois|Bradley]] to [[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee]] labeled on the 1959 Illinois state highway map.<ref>{{Illinois road map |year = 1959}}</ref> Two years later, a {{convert|30|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of I-57 from [[Dongola, Illinois|Dongola]] north to [[Marion, Illinois|Marion]] opened on September&nbsp; 26, 1961.<ref name=IG>{{cite web |url = http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-057/ |title = Interstate 57 |work = Interstate Guide |access-date = May 17, 2019 }}{{self-published source|date=May 2019}}</ref>{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=May 2019}} Another portion between the [[Illinois Route 121|]] (IL&nbsp;121]])/[[U.S. Route 45 in Illinois|US&nbsp;45]] exit and the [[Watson, Illinois|Watson]]–Mason exit was completed and opened prior to July&nbsp; 1965, linking I-57 to I-70 and running in tandem with I-70 for several miles, with access to [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], to the east and [[St. Louis, Missouri]], to the west.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} A {{convert|21.5|mi|km|adj=on}} section of I-57 in [[Jefferson County, Illinois|Jefferson County]] from [[Bonnie, Illinois|Bonnie]] (using a temporary road that is still partially visible from the northbound lanes) to [[Illinois Route 161|IL&nbsp;161]] later opened on December&nbsp; 9, 1969.<ref>{{cite news |work = Mt. Vernon Register-News |date = December 9, 1969 }}{{full citation needed|date= April 2012}}</ref> The portion of I-57 in [[Chicago]] (known as the Dan Ryan West Leg Extension) was constructed and opened in segments between 1963 and 1970. It remains the most recent Interstate Highway to be established within the city.<ref name=IG/> The final section of I-57 in Illinois opened in December&nbsp; 1971 at [[Paxton, Illinois|Paxton]].<ref>{{cite news |work = Southern Illinoisan |date = December 29, 1971 }}{{full citation needed|date= April 2012}}</ref>

The portion of [[Interstate 43|I-43]] from [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]] to [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] was originally numbered as Interstate&nbsp;I-57.<ref>{{cite news |work = Fond du Lac Reporter |date = March 9, 1972 }}{{full citation needed|date= April 2012}}</ref> The number was changed due to the existence of I-57 in Illinois.<ref>{{cite news |work = The Journal Times |location = Racine, WI |date = December 10, 1974 }}{{full citation needed|date= April 2012}}</ref>

For many years, an interchange at the junction of I-57 with [[Interstate 294|I-294]] did not exist. It was one of the few places in the USU.S. where Interstates cross but have no interchange. The [[Illinois Department of Transportation]] (IDOT) and [[Illinois State Toll Highway Authority]] (ISTHA) opened Phase&nbsp;1 of a new interchange in 2014, providing access from I-57 north to I-294 north and from I-294 south to I-57 south.<ref>{{Cite web |last = |date = October 25, 2014 |title = Interchange connecting I-57, I-294 opens |url = https://abc7chicago.com/interchange-opens/365814/ |access-date = March 14, 2022 |website = ABC7 Chicago |language = en }}</ref> Phase&nbsp;2, which completed the remaining movements except for northbound I-57 to southbound I-294 and northbound I-294 to southbound I-57, was opened to traffic on September 11, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=I-294/I-57 Interchange Project - Phase 2 |url=https://www.illinoistollway.com/projects/tri-state/294-57-interchange |website=[[Illinois State Toll Highway Authority]] |access-date=December 3, 2022}}</ref>

== Future ==

[[File:Future Interstate 57.jpg|thumb|Future I-57 in North Little Rock, Arkansas]]

I-57 is slated to eventually be extended west along [[U.S. Route 60 in Missouri|US&nbsp;60]] to [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri]], and then south along the [[U.S. Route 67|US&nbsp;67]] corridor to [[North Little Rock, Arkansas]], ending at [[Interstate 40 in Arkansas|I-40]].<ref name="Extension">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Bob |title=Extension of I-57 to impact national traffic, Poplar Bluff and Arkansas economies |url=https://www.semissourian.com/story/2985234.html |access-date=18 May 2023 |work=Southeast Missourian |date=27 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The extension is listed under High Priority Corridor &nbsp;89, the I-57 Corridor Extension.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statutory Listing of Corridor Descriptions - High Priority Corridors - National Highway System - Planning - FHWA |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/high_priority_corridors/hpcor.cfm |access-date=January 4, 2022 |website=www.fhwa.dot.gov}}</ref> In April&nbsp; 2016, a provision designating US&nbsp;67 from North Little Rock to [[Walnut Ridge, Arkansas]], as "Future I-57" was added into the federal fiscal year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill and officially became law in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |author = |title = Arkansas Highway to Receive 'Future I-57' Designation |url = http://www.swtimes.com/news/20170602/arkansas-highway-to-receive-future-i-57-designation |access-date = June 14, 2017 |website = Times Record |agency = Arkansas News Bureau }}</ref>

Missouri has already converted {{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 RoadRoute&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 &nbsp;67 and [[U.S. Route 160 in Missouri|US &nbsp;160]]/Route &nbsp;158 interchange began. The interchange will be transformed to contain [[roundabout]]s.<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><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ruch |first1=Amber |title=1st phase of U.S. 67/Future I-57 project in Butler Co. continues with intersection changes |url=https://www.kfvs12.com/2023/06/14/1st-phase-us-67future-i-57-project-butler-co-continues-with-intersection-changes/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=www.kfvs12.com |date=14 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. 67 (Future I-57) Corridor Upgrades in Butler County {{!}} Missouri Department of Transportation |url=https://www.modot.org/futureI57 |website=www.modot.org |access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref> The work is slated to be completed by November 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=First phase of Future I-57 project slated to begin |url=https://www.kait8.com/2022/08/11/first-phase-future-i-57-project-slated-begin/ |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=KAIT 8 |date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>{{update|date=DecemberUpdate after|2023|11}}</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 would need 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,<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> but was adjusted to not have any impact on the levees. ARDOTThe [[Arkansas Department of Transportation]] announced in September 2023 that work to extend Future I-57 in [[Clay County, Arkansas|Clay County]] would begin in late 2024 or early 2025 depending on when contracts are let along with completion of the final design process.<ref>{{cite news |title=I-57 route identified |url=https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/i-57-route-identified/article_591d7d82-0755-5714-bb9a-02fad856cf44.html |access-date=26 October 2023 |work=Jonesboro Sun |date=25 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The first section will be between the US &nbsp;67 interchanges at Walnut Ridge and [[Corning, Arkansas|Corning]] while the second section (which will begin construction starting in 2026) will extend the first section northward to the Missouri state line.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Hayden |title=Work expected to begin on “Future I-57″ in 2024 |url=https://www.kait8.com/2023/09/21/work-expected-begin-future-i-57-2024/ |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=KAIT 8 |date=21 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

== Exit list ==

'''Interstate 57 Business''' ('''I-57 Bus.''') in [[Charleston, Missouri]], begins at I-57 exit 10. From this [[diamond interchange]], it runs north in a concurrency with [[Missouri Route 105 (Missouri)|Route 105]] along South Main Street into the city center. It then turns east onto Marshall Street, which also carries [[U.S. Route 62 in Missouri|US 62]] and [[Missouri Route 77 in Missouri|Route 77]]. The business route ends at I-57 exit 12, with US 62 and Route 77 continuing to the east with [[U.S. Route 60 in Missouri|US 60]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

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== See also ==

* {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110911023528/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/il_EndsPage.php?id=3057§ion=1 Illinois Highway Ends: Interstate 57]