Interstate 57

Interstate 57
Interstate 57
	I-57 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MoDOT and IDOT
Length	386.12 mi (621.40 km)
Existed	1959–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-55 / US 60 in Sikeston, MO
	I-24 in Pulleys Mill, IL; I-64 in Mt. Vernon, IL; US 50 in Salem, IL; I-70 in Effingham, IL; I-72 in Champaign, IL; I-74 in Champaign, IL; US 30 in Matteson, IL; I-80 in Country Club Hills, IL; US 6 in Markham, IL; ; I-294 Toll in Blue Island, IL;
North end	I-94 in Chicago, IL
Location
Country	United States
States	Missouri, Illinois
Counties	MO: Scott, Mississippi; IL: Alexander, Pulaski, Union, Johnson, Williamson, Franklin, Jefferson, Marion, Fayette, Clay, Effingham, Shelby, Cumberland, Coles, Douglas, Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Will, Cook
Highway system
	Interstate Highway System; Main; Auxiliary; Suffixed; Business; Future;
	Missouri State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Supplemental;
	Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways; Scenic;

Interstate 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 I-55 to Chicago, Illinois, at I-94. I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between the Southern U.S. (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 I-90/I-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 and the destination mileage signs reference Memphis along southbound I-57, even as far north as its northern origin at I-94 in Chicago.^[2] 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.^[3] A southward extension of I-57 from its current southern terminus to Little Rock, Arkansas, is currently in various stages of development.

^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. "Interstate Control Cities". American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
^ Missouri Department of Transportation (n.d.). Exit 64A sign (Highway guide sign). Sikeston: Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 4, 2012.

[fhwa-1] Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2023.

[AASHTO-Control-2] American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. "Interstate Control Cities". American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.

[3] Missouri Department of Transportation (n.d.). Exit 64A sign (Highway guide sign). Sikeston: Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 4, 2012.

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