Interstate 64

stretch (twice west of Charleston, immediately before entering the downtown Charleston area, then approximately convert|5|mi|km east of downtown Charleston).

Between I-64's two junctions with I-77, I-64 and I-77 overlap. From the final crossing of the Kanawha River east of Charleston to their split at Exit 40 south of Beckley, the two Interstates are tolled, forming a part of the West Virginia Turnpike.

While the two expressways overlap, the exit signs are those for Interstate 77. Thus, eastbound travellers entering from Kentucky will see exit numbers increase until Exit 60, at which time Interstate 77's exit numbers are used, decreasing from Exit 100.

Virginia

Interstate 64 in Virginia runs east-west through central Virginia from West Virginia via Covington, Lexington, Staunton, and Charlottesville to Richmond. From Lexington to Staunton, it overlaps Interstate 81 (using I-81 exit numbers). From Richmond, Interstate 64 continues southeasterly through Newport News and Hampton to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, and then through Norfolk and a small portion of Virginia Beach to end in Chesapeake.

I-64 itself does not reach the Oceanfront area of Virginia Beach, as it continues through the western portion of Virginia Beach as part of the circumferential Hampton Roads Beltway. At its eastern terminus, East I-64 is actually running westbound (and West I-64 eastbound), as the route forms a fishhook around Norfolk.

Access to the Oceanfront area is accomplished from I-64 via a portion of Interstate 264, a roadway which was originally built as the Virginia Beach Expressway, funded by tolls to retire revenue bonds.

History

I-64 signs started going up in August 1987 on the US 40 freeway in St. Louis. This change was made due in part of truck drivers deliberately using US 40 to avoid mandatory fines for overweight trucks.St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 16 August 1987.]

Major intersections

*Interstate 70 Wentzville, Missouri (future western terminus)
*Interstate 270 in St. Louis County, Missouri
*Interstate 170 in St. Louis County, Missouri
*Interstate 55/Interstate 70 in St. Louis, Missouri (western terminus of overlap)
*Interstate 55/Interstate 70 in East Saint Louis, Illinois (eastern terminus of overlap)
*Interstate 57 near Mount Vernon, Illinois (4.14 mile overlap)
*Interstate 265 near New Albany, Indiana
*Interstate 65 and Interstate 71 in Louisville, Kentucky
*Interstate 75 near Lexington, Kentucky (6 mile overlap)
*Interstate 77 in Charleston, West Virginia (northern terminus of overlap)
*Interstate 77 in Beckley, West Virginia (southern terminus of overlap)
*Interstate 81 near Lexington, Virginia (southern terminus of overlap)
*Interstate 81 near Staunton, Virginia (northern terminus of overlap)
*Interstate 195 in Richmond, Virginia
*Interstate 95 in Richmond, Virginia (4 mile overlap) [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Richmond,+Virginia&ll=37.554104,-77.446060&spn=0.122562,0.180038&hl=en Map of overlap with I-95] ]
*Interstate 264 in Norfolk, Virginia
*Interstate 264/Interstate 664 in Chesapeake, Virginia

Auxiliary routes

*Spur to Evansville, Indiana - I-164
*Louisville, Kentucky - I-264; also called the Watterson Expressway (this is the inner beltway at Louisville; the outer beltway is I-265, also called the Gene Snyder Freeway)
*Hampton Roads area, Virginia - I-264, I-464, I-564, I-664

References

External links

* [http://www.thenewi64.org/ The New I-64 Project in St. Louis City & County, Missouri]
* [http://illi-indi.com/EndsPage.php?id=3064&section=1 Indiana Highway Ends: I-64]
* [http://illi-indi.com/il_EndsPage.php?id=3064&section=1 Illinois Highway Ends: I-64]

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