Interstate 64

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Interstate 64 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. Its western terminus is just west of an interchange with Missouri Highway K in O'Fallon, Missouri; its eastern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 264 and Interstate 664 at Bowers Hill in Chesapeake, Virginia.

The Missouri Department of Transportation is currently extending Interstate 64 to Interstate 70 in Wentzville, Missouri. Currently an interchange is being built at Route N in St. Charles County, Missouri. This interchange will also accommodate the future tie in of the Missouri Route 364 freeway to I-64.

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Length

Miles km state
31 50 Missouri
131 211 Illinois
124 200 Indiana
191 308 Kentucky
184 296 West Virginia
299 482 Virginia
960 1,547 Total
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Notable cities along the route

Location of Interstate 64
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Location of Interstate 64
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Intersections with other Interstates

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Spur routes

 Three-digit Interstates from Interstate 64
I-164 Indiana
I-264 Kentucky - Virginia
I-464 Virginia
I-564 Virginia
I-664 Virginia
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Notes

  • The final section of Interstate 64 to be completed was in West Virginia between Sam Black Church and the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley. This section, opened in 1988, is 38 miles long, and cost about $300 million to build, making it one of the most costly sections in the entire U.S. Interstate Highway System. It crosses some particularly rugged terrain, in one area descending at a 7% grade over nearly 5 miles, necessitating two emergency truck escape ramps to help runaway trucks stop safely. The ramps were used with such frequency that a truck speed advisory system was installed to automatically weigh each truck and indicate the speed at which it should begin the downhill section. The system has been plagued with problems since its installation; nevertheless, the journey from Charleston to Lewisburg is far quicker and far safer than the previous trip on U.S. 60, much of which winds through the mountains as a two-lane road.
  • Tolls are still collected on the portion of I-64 which is shared with Interstate 77 on the West Virginia Turnpike between Beckley and Charleston.
  • The terrain, possibly coupled with politics, results in the highway crossing the Kanawha River on major bridges no less than four times in the Charleston area.
  • The eastern terminus of I-64 is not the road's easternmost point. After crossing Hampton Roads through the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel and entering Norfolk, the road makes a wide loop toward Virginia Beach and through that city's northwest side. The road then curves toward its final destination on the west side of Chesapeake. From the point where the road enters Chesapeake, I-64 East actually runs westward, ending at a location known as Bower's Hill near the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp where it joins Interstate 664.
  • The portion of Interstate 64 east from its junction with Interstate 664 in Hampton, and all of Interstate 664 form the Hampton Roads Beltway.
  • Interstate 64 has two three-digit bypasses that are shorter than the main leg, both in the Hampton Roads area.
    • Interstate 664, which connects the Virginia Peninsula to South Hampton Roads on the western side of Chesapeake (and to the eastern terminus of I-64), is about 15 miles (24 km) shorter than the bypassed main leg.
    • The bypass segment of I-264, which passes through downtown Norfolk, is about a mile (1.6 km) shorter than the main leg it bypasses.
  • Interstate 264 in the Hampton Roads area is an unusual 3-digit interstate that contains both a bypass and a spur route.
    • The bypass section is a direct connection to downtown Norfolk and Portsmouth.
    • The spur section, which runs from I-64 toward Virginia Beach's seaside resort district, was originally the Virginia Beach Expressway, a toll road designated as Virginia Highway 44. The tolls were removed in 1995 and the former toll road was renumbered as part of I-264 in 1999.
  • Part of the Blue Star Memorial Highway system.
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Reference

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See also

Interstate Highways in West Virginia

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External links

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