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Interstate 57 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	386.12 mi[1] (621.40 km)
South end:	I-55 / US 60 in Miner, MO
Major junctions:	I-24 in Goreville, IL I-64 in Mt. Vernon, IL I-70 in Effingham, IL I-72 in Champaign, IL I-74 in Champaign, IL I-80 in Country Club Hills, IL
North end:	I-94 in Chicago, IL

Interstate 57 (I-57) is an Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois. It goes from Miner, Missouri, at Interstate 55 to Chicago, Illinois, at Interstate 94. I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between the south (Memphis, New Orleans, etc.) and Chicago, bypassing St. Louis, Missouri. Between the junction of I-55 and I-57 in Miner, Missouri and the junction of I-55 and I-90/94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for 436 miles (702 km), while the combination of I-57 and I-94 is only 396 miles (637 km) long between the same two points. In fact, both the control cities on the overhead signs, as well as destination mileage signs, reference Memphis along southbound I-57, even as far north as its northern origin at I-94 in Chicago.

As of 2010, I-57 has no spur routes, nor are any planned in the near future. At a length of just over 386 miles (621 km), it is the longest two-digit interstate highway without an auxiliary route.

Route description

Missouri

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

After ending southbound at Interstate 55, the highway continues as U.S. Route 60, which meets U.S. Route 67 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and from there U.S. Route 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 U.S. Route 67, a road of which a long section already meets Interstate Highway standards.^{[citation needed]}

Illinois

Interstate 57 in Country Club Hills, Illinois, heading north.

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. The route is an easy way to reach Shawnee National Forest in the southern tip of the state. It also serves as a major artery for college students in the state, running near Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Rend Lake College in Ina, Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Parkland College in Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana-Champaign, Kankakee Community College in Kankakee, Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, and Governors State University in University Park. Interstate 57 currently does not have an intersection with Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway) in northeastern Illinois, though one is planned.^[2] 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.

I-57 remains the only Chicago expressway that does not have a commonly-used name. Its Chicago-area portion was originally known as the Dan Ryan Expressway–West Leg.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Scott	Sikeston			US 60 west – Dexter, Poplar Bluff	Continuation beyond I-55
			1	I-55  – Memphis, St. Louis	Signed as exits 1A (south) and 1B (north)
Mississippi			4	Route B – Bertrand
	Charleston		10	I-57 Bus. north / Route 105 – Charleston, East Prairie
			12	I-57 Bus. south / US 60 east / US 62 / Route 77 – Charleston, Wyatt	North end of US 60 overlap
Interstate 57 Bridge over the Mississippi River (state line)
Alexander			1	US 51 south / IL 3 – Cairo	South end of US 51 overlap
Pulaski			8	Mounds Road
			18	Ullin Road
Union			24	Dongola Road
			25	US 51 north – Carbondale	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			30	IL 146 – Anna, Vienna
			36	Lick Creek Road
Johnson			40	Goreville Road
Williamson	Goreville		44	I-24 east  – Nashville
			45	IL 148
	Marion		53	Main Street – Marion	Former IL 13
			54	IL 13 – Harrisburg, Marion, Carbondale	Signed as exits 54A (east) and 54B (west)
	Johnston City		59	Johnston City, Herrin
Franklin	West Frankfort		65	IL 149 – West Frankfort, Zeigler
	Benton		71	IL 14 – Christopher, Benton
			77	IL 154 – Sesser
Jefferson			83	Ina
			92	I-64 east  – Louisville	South end of I-64 overlap
	Mt. Vernon		94	Veterans Memorial Drive	Interchange is now open
			95	IL 15 – Ashley, Mt. Vernon
			96	I-64 west  – St. Louis	North end of I-64 overlap
			103	Dix
Marion			109	IL 161 – Centralia
	Salem		116	US 50 – Salem, Sandoval
			127	Kinmundy, Patoka
Fayette			135	IL 185 – Vandalia, Farina
Effingham			145	Edgewood
			151	Mason, Watson
			157	I-70 west  – St. Louis	South end of I-70 overlap
	Effingham		159	Fayette Avenue – Effingham
			160	IL 32 / IL 33
			162	US 45 – Sigel, Effingham
			163	I-70 east  – Indianapolis	North end of I-70 overlap
Cumberland			177	US 45 – Neoga
Coles	Mattoon		184	US 45 / IL 121 – Toledo, Mattoon
			190	IL 16 – Charleston, Mattoon	Signed as exits 190A (east) and 190B (west)
			192	County Road 1000 North
Douglas	Arcola		203	IL 133 – Arcola, Paris
			212	US 36 – Newman, Tuscola
Champaign			220	US 45 – Tolono, Pesotum, Tuscola
			229	Monticello, Savoy, Tolono
	Champaign		232	Curtis Road
			235A	University Avenue (via I-72 east)
			235B	I-72 west – Springfield, Decatur
			237	I-74  – Indianapolis, Peoria	Signed as exits 237A (east) and 237B (west)
			238	Olympian Drive
			240	Market Street
			250	US 136 – Fisher, Rantoul
Ford	Paxton		261	IL 9 – Paxton, Gibson City
Iroquois			272	Buckley, Roberts
			280	IL 54 – Onarga, Roberts
			283	US 24 – Gilman, Chatsworth, Watseka
			293	IL 116 – Ashkum, Pontiac
			297	Clifton
			302	Chebanse
Kankakee			308	US 45 / US 52 – Kankakee
	Kankakee		312	IL 17 – Kankakee, Momence
			315	IL 50 – Bradley, Bourbonnais
	Manteno		322	Manteno
Will	Peotone		327	Wilmington, Peotone
			335	Manhattan, Monee
Cook	Richton Park		339	Sauk Trail
	Matteson		340	US 30 (Lincoln Highway (21100 South))	Signed as exits 340A (east) and 340B (west) southbound
			342	Vollmer Road	Signed as exits 342A (east) and 342B (west) southbound
	Country Club Hills		345	I-80 to I-294  – Indiana, Iowa	Signed as exits 345A (east) and 345B (west)
			346	167th Street
	Markham		348	US 6 (159th Street)
	Posen		350	IL 83 (147th Street, Sibley Boulevard)
	Calumet Park		353	127th Street, Burr Oak Avenue (12700 South)
			354	119th Street
	Chicago
			355	111th Street, Monterey Avenue (11200 South)
			357	IL 1 (Halsted Street (800 West))
			358	Wentworth Avenue (200 W)	Southbound exit only (corresponding entrance to I-94 west from Michigan Avenue)
				I-94 east (Bishop Ford Freeway)  – Indiana	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				I-94 west (Dan Ryan Expressway) – Chicago Loop	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

Future

Interstate 57 may eventually be extended west along the U.S Route 60 corridor and then turn south along the future U.S Route 67 freeway corridor and head south to Little Rock, Arkansas. However, it conflicts with Arkansas's plans to extend Interstate 30 along that alignment.

In popular culture

• The Champaign, Illinois, band Braid recorded a song titled "Interstate 57" on its debut album, Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five.

References

External links

• Illinois Highway Ends: Interstate 57

Main Interstate Highways (major interstates highlighted)
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83	84 (W)		84 (E)		85	86 (W)		86 (E)		87	88 (W)		88 (E)		89	90
91	93	94	95	96	97	99	(238)		H-1		H-2		H-3
Unsigned			A-1		A-2		A-3		A-4		PRI-1		PRI-2		PRI-3
Lists		Primary			Main - Intrastate - Suffixed - Future - Gaps
		Auxiliary			Main - Future - Unsigned
		Other			Standards - Business - Bypassed

Expressways in Chicagoland
	Stevenson Expressway		Interstate 57		Interstate 65
	Kingery Expressway | Borman Expressway		Tri-State Tollway		Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway
	Jane Addams Memorial Tollway | Chicago Skyway | Indiana Toll Road		Dan Ryan Expressway		Interstate 190 | Kennedy Expressway
	Edens Spur | Edens Expressway | Bishop Ford Freeway		Eisenhower Expressway		Veterans Memorial Tollway
	Elgin Bypass		Lake Shore Drive | Skokie Highway		Illinois Route 53
	Kingery Highway		Amstutz Expressway		Illinois Route 394
	Elgin-O'Hare Expressway		Cline Avenue
Proposed Expressways
	Crosstown Expressway		Fox Valley Freeway		Illiana Expressway
	Prairie Parkway		O'Hare Ring Road
I-Pass • Illinois Tollway oasis • Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

Browse numbered routes
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