I-57 North / I-64 West - Mount Vernon

I-57 north and I-64 west span IL 148 and a Union Pacific Railroad line beyond this shield assembly. The freeway was widened to six lanes by 2014.

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Opened in 2009, the forthcoming diamond interchange (Exit 94) joins I-57/64 with a westward extension of Veterans Memorial Drive from 42nd Street to Wells Bypass in Mt. Vernon.

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Veterans Memorial Drive leads directly to the intersection of IL 37 (10th Street) and the eastbound beginning of IL 142, a 55 mile route from Mt. Vernon to McLeansboro, Eldorado and Equality.

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Exit 94 departs I-57/I-64 north for Veterans Memorial Drive. The interchange was built to encourage economic development of the area. The arterial opened intially west to S 45th Street / Wells Bypass and was subsequently extended to Davidson Avenue.

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Next on I-57/64 north is the diamond interchange (Exit 95) with IL 15 (Broadway). IL 15 doubles as the original alignment of U.S. 460 leading west to Ashley, Nashville and Belleville. Historically U.S. 460 followed 10th Street (IL 37) south from Downtown Mt. Vernon to Perkins Avenue east, Shawnee Street south and IL 142 east.

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Exit 95 leaves I-57/64 a mile and a half ahead of their north split. A 148 mile long highway, IL 15 travels nearly the width of southern Illinois between East St. Louis and the Indiana line at Mt. Carmel. Mt. Vernon Outland Airport (MVN) lies along the state route in east Mt. Vernon.

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A second set of confirming markers for I-57 north and I-64 west appears beyond the IL 15 on-ramp in western Mt. Vernon.

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Resuming a westward course, I-64 continues to O'Fallon and St. Louis. I-57 advances with two through lanes to Salem, Champaign and Chicago.

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Interstate 64 parts ways with I-57 north at a three-wye interchange (Exit 96). I-64 remains rural until Shiloh and the outer St. Louis suburbs while I-57 presses northeast 61 miles to converge with I-70 at Effingham.

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