Interstate 64 East - O'Fallon to Mount Vernon

Interstate 64 leaves O'Fallon and passes by the north side of Scott Air Force Base and adjacent MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (BLV).

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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.

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IL 4 crosses paths with Interstate 64 near the terminal of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (BLV) at the Exit 23 diamond interchange in one mile.

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Interstate 64 emerges from a low lying area surrounding Little Silver Creek to meet IL 4 (Exit 23). IL 4 stretches 160 miles north from IL 3 near Murphysbooro to the north side of Springfield.

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Exit 23 leaves Interstate 64 east for IL 4. IL 4 travels three miles north to an overlap with U.S. 50 through Lebanon and four miles south to Mascoutah.

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A set of rest areas line the sides of Interstate 64 over the next two miles leading east from IL 4.

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IL 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.

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Interstate 64 eastbound at the St. Clair County rest area. The final Illinois rest area lies east of Mount Vernon.

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One mile west of the Exit 27 diamond interchange with IL 161.

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This Clearview-based sign replacement for Exit 27 omits IL 161. IL-161 comprises a 59 mile route from Fairview Heights to Centralia and IL-57 near Exit 109 of Interstate 57.

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IL 161 continues east from Exit 27 of Interstate 64 onto Hanover Street through the nearby village of New Baden.

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Interstate 64 curves southwest to bypass New Baden on the approach to the Clinton County line.

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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.

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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.

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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 IL 161 at Albers.

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Eastbound at Exit 34 to Albers Road north and Airport Road west. Airport Road stems west from Interstate 64 to IL 160, a 45 mile long north-south route between New Memphis and Alhambra.

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Traveling between Little Cooper and Cooper Lakes, Interstate 64 eastbound drivers see this reassurance marker.

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Interstate 64 angles southeast through the forested Kaskaskia River valley on the five mile drive to IL 177 (Exit 41).

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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.

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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.

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IL 177 sees a diamond interchange (Exit 41) with Interstate 64 on the outskirts of Okawville.

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A 49 mile route, IL 177 shadows the Interstate 64 corridor east from Belleville to Irvington.

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Drivers bound for Okawville depart Interstate 64 east for IL 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.

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An eight mile stretch brings Interstate 64 east to IL 127 through mostly open farm land until a roadway separation by Little Crooked Creek.

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IL 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.

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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 IL 15 (St. Louis Street).

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Exit 50 parts ways with the Interstate 64 mainline for IL 127, three miles south of New Minden and 16 miles from Carlyle. Overall IL-127 totals 179 miles between Unity and Raymond.

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24 miles west of Mount Vernon, Interstate 64 eastbound travelers next see an exit with U.S. 51 at Richview.

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Tower Road passes over Interstate 64 one mile west of the diamond interchange (Exit 61) 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.

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One half mile west of Exit 61 for 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.

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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) lies along the overlap of U.S. 51 south / IL 15 (former U.S. 460) west, five miles south of Richview. U.S. 51 otherwise continues to Du Quoin and Carbondale.

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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.

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Woodlawn Lane travels south from the Exit 69 diamond interchange of Interstate 64 to Woodlawn as Central Street and IL 15 (former U.S. 460).

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North from Exit 69, Woodlawn Lane intersects Richview Road near the Big Muddy River.

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Eastbound at the Woodlawn exit of Interstate 64.

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Interstate 57 south merges with Interstate 64 east on the outskirts of Mount Vernon in two miles.

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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).

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Exit 73 is a tri-level stack interchange with Interstate 57 north. I-57/64 east combine for 4.14 miles through Mount Vernon. The overlap carried an average of 36,600 vehicles per day in 2011.

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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).

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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.

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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 IL 15 (Broadway Street). IL 15 doubles as old U.S. 460 west to Ashley and Nashville and east to 10th Street (IL 37), where U.S. 460 turned south.

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