I-57 to be widened between I-64 and I-24

[adventurernumber1]

Knowing what the area looks like from a map point of view, I'm not surprised traffic counts would be too low for I-24 to be extended to St. Louis, though it'd be cool if I-24 was extended. If it was, one interesting thing would be that St Louis would have three 2di interstates ending in 4.

[codyg1985]

Knowing what the area looks like from a map point of view, I'm not surprised traffic counts would be too low for I-24 to be extended to St. Louis, though it'd be cool if I-24 was extended. If it was, one interesting thing would be that St Louis would have three 2di interstates ending in 4.

And all of them would end in the St. Louis area too, in this case.

[NE2]

Knowing what the area looks like from a map point of view, I'm not surprised traffic counts would be too low for I-24 to be extended to St. Louis, though it'd be cool if I-24 was extended. If it was, one interesting thing would be that St Louis would have three 2di interstates ending in 4.

And all of them would end in the St. Louis area too, in this case.

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[Brandon]

Knowing what the area looks like from a map point of view, I'm not surprised traffic counts would be too low for I-24 to be extended to St. Louis, though it'd be cool if I-24 was extended. If it was, one interesting thing would be that St Louis would have three 2di interstates ending in 4.

And all of them would end in the St. Louis area too, in this case.

Find a fourth one to end in St Louis that is an I-x4 (say, hypothetical I-54), and you'd have a very unlucky metro area if you believe in Chinese numerology.  As it is, you'd have I-24, I-44, and I-64.

[Revive 755]

It kinda sucks how I-24 doesn't have a more direct path to St. Louis.

If that were the case, then potentially I-57 wouldn't need to be widened between I-24 and I-64. I always wonder why it wasn't tied into I-255 at the IL 3 South interchange.

The unbuilt supplemental freeway that probably would have be signed as an I-24 extension was to have gone through both I-255 interchanges with IL 3 and ended at the IL 3 connection to I-55 at the PSB Complex:


There had been consideration of using IL 15 to tie in the corridor, but back when this concept was being proposed in the late 1960's/early 1970's the selected corridor was intended to serve the unbuilt airport near Waterloo.

[NE2]

The unbuilt supplemental freeway that probably would have be signed as an I-24 extension was to have gone through both I-255 interchanges with IL 3 and ended at the IL 3 connection to I-55 at the PSB Complex

And would not have saved any distance over 57-64. Hence it was a supplemental freeway.

[adventurernumber1]

I also just thought about the fact that Illinois has four 2di interstates ending in 4 within its borders (I-24, I-64, I-74, & I-94).

Now back on topic. 

[Gnutella]

I also just thought about the fact that Illinois has four 2di interstates ending in 4 within its borders (I-24, I-64, I-74, & I-94).

Now back on topic. 

I thought I-74 ends in Iowa.

[NE2]

I also just thought about the fact that Illinois has four 2di interstates ending in 4 within its borders (I-24, I-64, I-74, & I-94).

Now back on topic. 

I thought I-74 ends in Iowa.

No, it ends in 4.