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The eight lane Poplar Street Bridge spans the Mississippi River between Downtown St. Louis and East St. Louis, Illinois. The steel girder bridge carries both I-55 and I-64 and also U.S. 40. The span joins Interstate 44 to the west and IL 3 to the east. It carried Interstate 70 until the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge opened on February 9, 2014. 06/01/11

Paralleling the Mississippi River and U.S. 61, Interstate 55 connects St. Louis with Cape Girardeau and Sikeston in southeastern Missouri. The route overlaps with I-44 north to the Poplar Street Bridge in St. Louis and with I-64/U.S. 40 east across the Poplar Street Bridge into Illinois.

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Interstate 55 opened through St. Louis in 1967.1

Major construction upgraded the interchange of Interstate 55 with I-255 and I-270 between 1991 and 1994. This work coincided with a widening through 1997 of Interstate 270 between I-55 and I-44 to eight overall lanes and expansion of I-55 by four lanes from Lindbergh Boulevard (U.S. 50-61-67) to Highway A (Exit 175) at Festus.2


Sources:
  1. "Two-Mile Stretch in St. Charles Paved Way for America's Interstate System - Highways Shortened Drives But Weakened Cities." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), December 14, 2003.
  2. "Interchange Reconstruction Gets Off To Early Start." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), December 16, 1991.

    Connect with:
    Interstate 44
    Interstate 57
    Interstate 64
    Interstate 270

    Page Updated 05-12-2018.

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