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| I-57/64 shield assembly posted beyond the CSX Railroad underpass. The cross roads of I-57 and I-64 and the CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific railroads anchor Mt. Vernon as a regional hub for recreation, retail, employment and health care. 06/01/11 |
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| IL 15 provides an array of traveler services along Broadway by the diamond interchange (Exit 95) with I-57/64. East of the freeway, IL 15 leads directly to Downtown where it partitions into Broadway (east) and Main Street (west). Mt. Vernon Outland Airport (MVN) lies along the state route east of Casey Fork. 06/01/11 |
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| IL 15 travels 148 miles overall between East St. Louis and the Indiana line at Mt. Carmel. 06/01/11 |
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| West from IL 37 at Mount Vernon to Ashley, Nashville and Belleville, IL 15 doubles as the old route of U.S. 460. 06/01/11 |
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| The diamond interchange (Exit 94) joining I-57/64 with Veterans Memorial Drive opened in 2009. 06/01/11 |
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| Veterans Memorial Drive was extended west from 42nd Street to parallel Wells Bypass beyond Exit 94. The road east connects I-57/64 with IL 148 (Waltonville Road) south and IL 37 (10th Street). 06/01/11 |
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| Continuing south, I-57/64 split in one mile at a three-wye interchange (Exit 92). 06/01/11 |
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| Exit 92 departs beyond the IL 148 and Union Pacific Railroad underpasses. Interstate 57 continues the drive south to Memphis by way of Cairo and Sikeston, Missouri. I-64 returns to an eastern trajectory en route to Evansville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. 06/01/11 |
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| I-57 meets Interstate 24 east in 48 miles. There I-24 commences a 316 mile route from I-57 to Paducah, Kentucky and Clarksville, Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The succeeding two exits along Interstate 57 south serve Rend Lake. 06/01/11 |
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| Two lanes partition for both I-57 south toward Memphis and I-64 east to Louisville. 06/01/11 |
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| Reassurance marker posted for Interstate 64 within the grounds of Exit 92. 06/01/11 |
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| Passing under the stacked portion of Exit 92: Interstate 57 north and the ramp from I-64 west to I-57 south. Interstate 57 was completed through Mt. Vernon by 1968. Opening of Interstate 64 through Jefferson County came later by 1974. 06/01/11 |
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| Six interchanges remain along Interstate 64 east between I-57 and the Wabash River, the first joining the freeway with IL 37 (10th Street / Benton Road) in one mile. 06/01/11 |
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| IL 37 stretches 165 miles north from Urbandale to Marion, Benton, Mt. Vernon, Salem and Effingham. The state route was vastly replaced by Interstate 57 as the main route through southern Illinois. 06/01/11 |
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| IL 37 follows 10th Street north throughout Mount Vernon. Southward the state route provides an alternate to I-57 through Bonnie, Ina and Benton. 06/01/11 |
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| Shields posted for IL 37 within the folded diamond interchange of Exit 80. Bonnie is a five mile drive to the south while the northbound state route enters the city limits of Mt. Vernon nearby. 06/01/11 |
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| Heading east from Exit 130 (IL 1), Griffin, Indiana, located five miles away on the other side of the Wabash River, is the next community along I-64. Evansville follows at 39 miles and Louisville, Kentucky is 130 miles with the state of Indiana to cross en route. 06/07/12 |
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| Interstate 64 crosses the Wabash River. Built in 1967, the mid point of the bridge across the Wabash River separates Illinois and Indiana along I-64 east. I-64 continues 123 miles across the Hoosier State between the Wabash and Ohio Rivers. 06/07/12 |
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