| I-57 | |||
| Begin | Cairo | ||
| End | Chicago | ||
| Length | 364 mi | ||
| Length | 586 km | ||
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Interstate 57 or I -57 is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois. The highway is a north-south route, running from Cairo on the Missouri border to Chicago. Although Interstate 55 is the route from Memphis to Chicago, I-57 is better used for through traffic, avoiding I-55 in St. Louis. The highway is 586 kilometers long.
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Travel directions
Southern Illinois
De Cairo I-57 Bridge over de Mississippi River.
The I-57/I-24 fork at Goreville.
Interstate 57 in Missouri crosses the Mississippi River via a 1,200-meter bridge, after which I-57 arrives at Cairo in Illinois. One crosses the US 51, which runs to Cairo. The highway runs in 2×2 lanes parallel to the Ohio River, which flows into the Mississippi nearby. One passes through slightly hilly area, with wooded hills and prairies around it. There are no major towns along the way, the next major town is Chicago, nearly 600 miles to the north. At Goreville, Interstate 24 branches off south toward Paducah and Nashville. From here, traffic from the southeastern United States merges.
You pass Marion, a small town on SR-13, a four-lane highway that runs from Carbondale to Harrisburg, two larger towns in southern Illinois. You then pass through a fairly flat area, with occasional forests. Occasionally there are small towns along the highway that are hardly worth mentioning. One passes over a side arm of the Rend Lake reservoir. Then you come to Mount Vernon, a regional town where you cross Interstate 64, which runs to Evansville and Louisville to the east. Both roads are then briefly double-numbered, after which I-64 turns west to Saint Louis, which is 120 kilometers to the west. Mount Vernon has about 16,000 inhabitants, but is not adjacent to itUS Highways.
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Eastern Illinois
For the time being, the landscape in this part of Illinois is still a mix of forests and meadows. The road network is already more of a grid network, which is standard for states in the Midwest. At the town of Salem you cross the US 50, which runs from Saint Louis to Vincennes in Indiana. The road then curves to the northeast, a direction it continues for the next 60 kilometers. The number of meadows is already increasing here, a harbinger of the endless prairies. You then arrive at Effingham, a regional town with 12,000 inhabitants. However, it is a junction, because it crosses Interstate 70, which runs from Saint Louis to Indianapolis. It also crosses US 45, which runs south from Fairfield to Mattoon, parallel to I-57.
From Mattoon, I-57 enters the domain of the endless barren prairies. Here the road network is built in a tight grid pattern, with one intersecting road every mile. In Tuscola you cross the US 36, which runs from Decatur to Montezuma in Indiana. The I-57 has many long straights here. One then reaches the mini-agglomeration of Champaign-Urbana, which has 113,000 inhabitants. Interstate 72 ends on the west side of Champaign, which runs to Decatur and the state capital Springfield. Shortly afterwards, you cross Interstate 74, which runs from Peoria to Indianapolis. Just as quickly as one entered the urban area, one leaves the city again, to walk further north.
A little further north, in Rantoul one crosses US 136, which runs from Keokuk in Iowa to Danville on the border with Indiana. The route is quite monotonous, with almost only fields. Parallel to the road still runs US 45. At Gilman one crosses US 24, which runs from Peoria to Watseka in the east. You then pass Kankakee, a regional town 60 kilometers south of Chicago. This place is also quickly passed. One then reaches the Chicago metropolitan area.
Chicago
The terminus of I-57 in south Chicago.
I-57 at I-294 in the Chicago suburbs.
I-57 near Cairo in southern Illinois.
The first suburb off I-57 is Richton Park, 28 miles from downtown. In Matteson you cross US 30, which runs parallel to Interstate 80. At Country Club Hills one crosses the I-80, one of the main highways of Illinois, which runs from Davenport to Toledo. After this, I-57 widens to 2×3 lanes. In Markham one crosses US 6, which also runs parallel to I-80. One then crosses the Interstate 294, but there are no interchange possibilities. I-294 is also a toll road. The highway then enters the industrial south of the conurbation, passing two large shunting yards. I-57 then ends at Interstate 94, which continues to downtown Chicagoruns, and beyond, to Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
History
One of the first sections to go under construction was the Kankakee bypass, circa 1958. Interstate 57 in Chicago opened in phases between 1967 and 1970. On December 9, 1969, a 22-mile stretch opened between Bonnie and Centralia in Jefferson County. The last section of I-57 opened at Paxton in December 1971. In 1978, the Cairo I-57 Bridge over the Mississippi River on the Missouri border opened to traffic, completing I-57.
In 1968 the following routes were ready;
- Ullin – Bonnie (105 km)
- Watson – Mattoon (63 km)
- Pesotum – I-74 (27 km)
- Clifton – Chebanse (8 km)
- Kankakee bypass (12 km)
- Calumet Park – I-94 (8 km)
The following additional routes were completed in 1973;
- Mound City – Ullin (21 km)
- Bonnie – Watson (109 km)
- Mattoon – Pesotum (48 km)
- I-74 – Kankakee (114 km)
- Kankakee – Calumet Park (61 km)
In other words, by 1973 all of I-57 was completed except for the southernmost section near Cairo.
widening
In 2012-2013, I-57/I-64 double-numbering at Mount Vernon was widened from 2×2 to 2×3 lanes. This project was completed in December 2013. In the period 2010-2016 the double numbering of I-57/I-70 along Effingham was also widened to 2×3 lanes. In 2015, I-57 in southern Illinois along Marion was widened to 2×3 lanes, and a DDI was also constructed. In 2020, the section around Johnson City will subsequently be widened to 2×3 lanes. Between 2021 and 2025, an additional 15 kilometers along West Frankfort and Benton will be widened to 2×3 lanes.
Other customizations
Over the 2021-2025 period, the interchange with I-74 at Champaign has been reconstructed for $216 million. Originally this was a simple cloverleaf without shunting lanes. The junction features flyovers and spacious arches.
Future
There was no interchange with I-294 in the Chicago area. This node must be constructed in two phases. The first phase was completed between 2012 and 2014, costing $240 million and being funded by tolls on I-294. The first phase opened to traffic on October 25, 2014. The second phase is to be completed between 2023 and 2024 and will cost $180 million. This should make the node complete.
Lane Configuration
| Van | Unpleasant | Lanes | Comments |
| Exit 0 | Exit 345 | 2×2 | |
| Exit 345 | Exit 358 | 2×3 | Chicago |
Congestion
Congestion occurs with some regularity in the Chicago metropolitan area, but is an unknown phenomenon elsewhere in Illinois on I-57, the highway outside the Chicago area handles low traffic volumes. Only the double numberings with I-64 and I-70 are slightly busier, but these parts have been adequately expanded with 2×3 lanes.
Connections & traffic intensities
I-57 at Rantoul.
| # | destination | AADT |
| 1 | Cairo | 11.000 |
| 8 | Mounds Road | 11.300 |
| 18 | Ullin Road | 11.300 |
| 24 | Dongola Road | 12.300 |
| 25 | Carbondale | 11.000 |
| 30 | Anna, Vienna | 12.400 |
| 36 | Lick Creek Road | 11.300 |
| 40 | Goreville Road | 14.000 |
| 44 | Paducah, Nashville | 28.300 |
| 45 | Goreville | 28.300 |
| 53 | Marion | 31.700 |
| 54 | Marion, Carbondale | 31.700 |
| 59 | Johnston City | 29.800 |
| 65 | West Frankfort, Zeigler | 35.800 |
| 71 | Christopher, Benton | 28.900 |
| 77 | Sesser | 30.200 |
| 83 | Ina | 28.200 |
| 92 | Louisville | 34.000 |
| 94 | Mount Vernon | 34.000 |
| 95 | Mount Vernon, Ashley | 34.000 |
| 96 | St. Louis | 19.900 |
| 103 | Dix | 20.300 |
| 109 | Centralia | 17.800 |
| 116 | Salem, Sandoval | 15.600 |
| 127 | Kinmundy, Patoka | 15.100 |
| 135 | Vandalia, Farina | 14.900 |
| 145 | Edgewood | 14.200 |
| 151 | Mason, Watson | 14.800 |
| 157 | St. Louis | 33.800 |
| 159 | Fayette Avenue, Effingham | 33.800 |
| 160 | Effingham | 33.800 |
| 162 | Effingham, Sigel | 33.800 |
| 163 | Indianapolis | 16.900 |
| 177 | Negligence | 17.100 |
| 184 | Toledo, Mattoon | 16.400 |
| 190 | Charleston, Mattoon | 17.400 |
| 192 | County Road 1000 North | 17.900 |
| 203 | Arcola, Paris | 18.300 |
| 212 | Newman, Tuscola | 19.400 |
| 220 | Tolono, Pesotum, Tuscola | 21.300 |
| 229 | Monticello, Savoy, Tolono | 21.800 |
| 232 | Curtis Road | 23.700 |
| 235 | Springfield, Decatur | 33.600 |
| 237 | Indianapolis, Peoria | 20.400 |
| 238 | Olympian Drive | 21.400 |
| 240 | Market Street | 21.400 |
| 250 | Fisher, Rantoul | 18.100 |
| 261 | Paxton, Gibson City | 19.400 |
| 272 | Buckley, Roberts | 15.200 |
| 280 | Onarga, Roberts | 14.400 |
| 283 | Gilman, Chatsworth | 18.200 |
| 293 | Ashkum, Pontiac | 20.400 |
| 297 | Clifton | 17.100 |
| 302 | Chebanse | 18.100 |
| 308 | Kankakee | 23.800 |
| 312 | Kankakee | 31.800 |
| 315 | Bradley, Bourbonnais | 31.800 |
| 318 | Bourbonnais | |
| 322 | keep | 36.200 |
| 327 | Wilmington, Peotone | 30.600 |
| 335 | Manhattan, Monee | 40.400 |
| 337 | Stuenkel Road, Governors State University | 40.400 |
| 339 | Sauk Trail | 40.400 |
| 340 | Matteson | 81.800 |
| 342 | Vollmer Road, Matteson | 87.900 |
| 345 | Davenport, Gary | 91.200 |
| 346 | Oak Forest, 167th Street | 92.400 |
| 348 | Markham, 159th Street | 102.600 |
| 349 | Milwaukee | 95.400 |
| 350 | Posen, 147th Street | 115.200 |
| 353 | Calumet Park, 127th Street | 101.700 |
| 354 | Calumet Park, Chicago, 111th Street | 130.800 |
| 357 | Chicago, Halsted Street | 157.300 |
| 364 | Chicago, Gary | – |
