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Interstate 64 East - O'Fallon to Mount Vernon
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Interstate 64 leaves O'Fallon and passes by the north side of Scott Air Force Base and adjacent MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (BLV). Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Mt. Vernon, 55 miles to the east, is the only urban area along the 241-mile drive to Louisville, Kentucky via Interstate 64 east. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Illinois 4 crosses paths with Interstate 64 near the terminal of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (BLV) at the Exit 23 diamond interchange in one mile. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Interstate 64 emerges from a low lying area surrounding Little Silver Creek to meet Illinois 4 (Exit 23). Illinois 4 stretches 160 miles north from Illinois 3 near Murphysbooro to the north side of Springfield. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Exit 23 leaves Interstate 64 east for Illinois 4. Illinois 4 travels three miles north to an overlap with U.S. 50 through Lebanon and four miles south to Mascoutah. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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A set of rest areas line the sides of Interstate 64 over the next two miles leading east from Illinois 4. First photo taken 06/01/11. Second photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Illinois 161 exits the St. Louis suburbs via Belleville and Shiloh to cross Interstate 64 in four miles. Mount Vernon and Interstate 57 south are 51 miles away. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Interstate 64 eastbound at the St. Clair County rest area. The final Illinois rest area lies east of Mount Vernon. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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One mile west of the Exit 27 diamond interchange with Illinois 161. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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This Clearview-based sign replacement for Exit 27 omits Illinois 161. IL-161 comprises a 59-mile route from Fairview Heights to Centralia and IL-57 near Exit 109 of Interstate 57. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Illinois 161 continues east from Exit 27 of Interstate 64 onto Hanover Street through the nearby village of New Baden. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Interstate 64 curves southwest to bypass New Baden on the approach to the Clinton County line. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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A seemingly random traffic jam slowed Interstate 64 to a standstill on an otherwise rural trek to Damiansville and Exit 34. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Airport Road west of I-64 and Alberts Road north of I-64 come together with the freeway at the Exit 34 diamond interchange in one mile. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Albers Road passes by the village of Damiansville nearby. Clinton County 8 exits the village along Main Street to become Albers Road north to junction Illinois 161 at Albers. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Eastbound at the Exit 34 off-ramp to Albers Road north and Airport Road west. Airport Road stems west from Interstate 64 to Illinois 160, a 45-mile long north-south route between New Memphis and Alhambra. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Traveling between Little Cooper and Cooper Lakes, Interstate 64 eastbound drivers see this reassurance marker. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Interstate 64 angles southeast through the forested Kaskaskia River valley on the five mile drive to Illinois 177 (Exit 41). Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Flowing 325 miles south from an area west of Champaign into the Mississippi River near Chester, Interstate 64 spans the Kaskaskia River in this scene. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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The Kaskaskia River separates Clinton and Washington Counties for most of their shared east-west border. A county line sign resides just south of the river bridge on I-64 east. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Illinois 177 sees a diamond interchange (Exit 41) with Interstate 64 on the outskirts of Okawville. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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A 49-mile route, Illinois 177 shadows the Interstate 64 corridor east from Belleville to Irvington. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Drivers bound for Okawville depart Interstate 64 east for Illinois 177 (High Street) west. IL-177 bisects the village center along Front Street to the west. Eastward the state route continues nine miles to IL-127 by New Minden. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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An eight-mile stretch brings Interstate 64 east to Illinois 127 through mostly open farm land until a carriageway separation by Little Crooked Creek. First photo taken 06/01/11. Second photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Illinois 127 joins the Washington County seat of Nashville with the Clinton County seat of Carlyle. A diamond interchange (Exit 50) connects the state route with Interstate 64. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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"Il" is added to Nashville on Exit 50 signs so as to not confuse long distance travelers bound for Nashville, Tennessee via Interstates 64 east, 57 south and 24 east. The city of 3,258 (2010 census) lies three miles to the south of Exit 50 at junction Illinois 15 (St. Louis Street). Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Exit 50 parts ways with the Interstate 64 mainline for Illinois 127, three miles south of New Minden and 16 miles from Carlyle. Overall IL-127 tallies 179 miles between Unity and Raymond. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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24 miles west of Mount Vernon, Interstate 64 eastbound travelers next see an exit with U.S. 51 at Richview. First photo taken 06/01/11. Second photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Tower Road passes over Interstate 64 one mile west of the Exit 61 diamond interchange with U.S. 51. U.S. 51 connects I-64 with the city of Centralia 11 miles to the north as a four-lane divided highway. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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One half mile west of the Exit 61 off-ramp to U.S. 51 at Richview. Traveling the height of the state, U.S. 51's 390-mile route through Illinois begins at Cairo and ends at South Beloit. Much of the route north from Bloomington coincides with Interstate 39, the freeway that replaced it. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Ashley is the southbound control point of U.S. 51 from Exit 61 of Interstate 64. The community of 536 (2010 census) resides along the overlap of U.S. 51 south & Illinois 15 (former U.S. 460) west, five miles south of Richview. U.S. 51 otherwise continues to Du Quoin and Carbondale. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Interstate 64 pushes 1.3 miles east of Richview to cross into Jefferson County, home to 38,827 as of the 2010 census. Mount Vernon, population 15,277 in 2010, is the county seat. First photo taken 06/01/11. Second photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Woodlawn Lane travels south from the Exit 69 diamond interchange of Interstate 64 to Woodlawn as Central Street and Illinois 15 (former U.S. 460). Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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North from Exit 69, Woodlawn Lane intersects Richview Road near the Big Muddy River. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Eastbound at the Woodlawn exit of Interstate 64. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Interstate 57 south merges with Interstate 64 east on the outskirts of Mount Vernon in two miles. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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364 miles in Illinois and 386 miles overall, Interstate 57 joins the Chicagoland area with Kankakee, Champaign, Effingham, Marion and Sikeston, Missouri as part of a longer route joining the Windy City with Memphis and New Orleans (via Interstate 55). Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Exit 73 consists of a tri-level stack interchange with Interstate 57 north. Interstates 57 south & 64 east combine for 4.14 miles through Mount Vernon. The overlap carried an average of 36,600 vehicles per day in 2011. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Interstate 57 also joins the Chicago area with Nashville, Tennessee via its connection with Interstate 24 east. I-24 begins 29 miles south of the merge with I-64 (Exit 73). Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Two lanes continue southward into Mount Vernon at the Exit 73 off-ramp to Interstate 57 north. Interstate 57 combines with Interstate 70 through Effingham in 61 miles and ends at Interstate 94 in Chicago in 269 miles. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
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Drivers turning southward onto Interstate 57 from Interstate 64 east are provided with a separate guide sign for the Exit 95 diamond interchange with Illinois 15 (Broadway Street). Illinois 15 doubles as old U.S. 460 west to Ashley and Nashville and east to 10th Street (Illinois 37), where U.S. 460 turned south. Photo taken 06/01/11. |
Photo Credits:
2011-06-01 by AARoads.
Page Updated 03-23-2012. |
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