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| Length | 508.92 mi (819.03 km) | ||||||||||||
| Existed | 1959–present | ||||||||||||
| NHS | Entire route | ||||||||||||
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| Length | 122.80 mi (197.63 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Length | 386.12 mi[1] (621.40 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||
| States | Arkansas,Missouri,Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Counties | AR:Pulaski,Lonoke,White,Jackson,Craighead,Lawrence MO:Scott,Mississippi IL:Alexander,Pulaski,Union,Johnson,Williamson,Franklin,Jefferson,Marion,Fayette,Clay,Effingham,Shelby,Cumberland,Coles,Douglas,Champaign,Ford,Iroquois,Kankakee,Will,Cook | ||||||||||||
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Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–southInterstate Highway that exists in two segments. It runs throughArkansas,Missouri, andIllinois. I-57 parallels the oldIllinois Central Railroad for much of its route north ofI-55. The Interstate begins atI-40 inNorth Little Rock, Arkansas, traveling northwardconcurrently withU.S. Highway 67 (US 67) until it reachesWalnut Ridge, Arkansas, where the Interstate ends as of 2024. I-57 will run northward to meet up with the existing segment in southeastern Missouri. I-57 resumes its run fromSikeston, Missouri, at I-55 toChicago, Illinois, atI-94. I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between theSouthern United States (Memphis,New Orleans, etc.) and Chicago, bypassingSt. Louis, Missouri andSpringfield, Illinois.
Between the junction of I-55 and I-57 in Sikeston and the junction of I-55 andI-90/I-94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for 436 miles (702 km), while the combination of I-57 and I-94 is only 396 miles (637 km) long between the same two points. In fact, both the control cities on the overhead signs and the destination mileage signs reference Memphis along southbound I-57, even as far north as its northern origin at I-94 in Chicago.[2] Likewise, at its southern end in Missouri, Chicago is the control city listed for I-57 on signs on northbound I-55 south of Sikeston, even though I-55 also goes to Chicago.[3]
A southward extension of I-57 from Sikeston, Missouri toNorth Little Rock, Arkansas, is currently in various stages of development. On November 7, 2024, 122.80 miles (197.63 km) of US 67 from North Little Rock to Walnut Ridge in Arkansas was officially redesignated to I-57, finally extending the Interstate to the state of Arkansas.[4] Signs started going up in March 2025.[5]
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| mi[1] | km | |
|---|---|---|
| AR | 122.80 | 197.63 |
| MO | 21.96 | 35.34 |
| IL | 364.16 | 586.06 |
| Total | 508.92 | 819.03 |
In Arkansas, I-57 begins inNorth Little Rock atI-40, running concurrently withUS 67 andUS 167.I-440 westbound begins at the junction of the two Interstates inJacksonville. I-57 continues northbound through Jacksonville, and the Interstate temporarily narrows from six lanes to four lanes at the Main Street interchange. I-57 is four lanes until it widens back to six lanes just north of the Vandenberg Boulevard interchange (exit 11). I-57 widens back to six lanes for five miles (8.0 km) northbound until an interchange withHighway 5 (AR 5) andAR 89 inCabot. At this point, the Interstate reverts to four lanes as it continues north through Cabot.[a] After the AR 5/AR 89 interchange in Cabot, I-57 reverts to four lanes until it ends inWalnut Ridge. InBeebe,US 64 runs concurrently with the Interstate and continues east for 27 miles (43 km) until exit 55 inBald Knob where US 64 splits off to the east and US 167 splits off to the north toBatesville. I-57 continues northbound from Bald Knob, throughNewport to Walnut Ridge, where it runs concurrently withUS 412. The Interstate ends at unsigned exit 124 in Walnut Ridge, where US 67 continues north toPocahontas and US 412 splits off to the east.

In Missouri, I-57 begins inSikeston at acloverleaf interchange withI-55 as a continuation ofUS 60 and heads east. EnteringCharleston, the Interstate almost immediately interchanges withI-57 Bus./Route 105. Southeast of the city, it then turns to the northeast. To the east of Charleston, the US 60 concurrency ends after about 12 miles (19 km) when I-57 meetsUS 62/Route 77, with US 60 heading eastward and I-57 Bus. ending. I-57 eventually meets the Missouri–Illinois state line at theMississippi River, crossing theCairo I-57 Bridge intoCairo, Illinois.

I-57 is the longest Interstate Highway in the state of Illinois, spanning 364.16 miles (586.06 km) long with Chicago being the main city along its northern route and Memphis being the southern main city along its southern route. I-57 then enters Illinois across theMississippi River intoCairo. It passes throughMounds andUllin, and then it makes an interchange withUS 51, making US 51 depart from its temporary concurrency with the Interstate. I-57 then continues north and has an interchange withI-24 towardNashville, Tennessee. It then continues to head towardMarion,West Frankfort,Benton,Whittington, andIna and then heads intoMount Vernon. In Mount Vernon, I-57 has a short concurrency withI-64 while making twodiamond interchanges with the city's streets. I-64 then leaves I-57 and continues its western route towardSt. Louis, Missouri, while I-57 continues towardEffingham. In Effingham,I-70 joins I-57 and makes interchanges with the city's streets once again. I-70 then departs from I-57 and continues east towardTerre Haute andIndianapolis, Indiana. As for I-57, it continues and heads towardMattoon where it has a cloverleaf interchange withUS 45 and then heads towardChampaign where it meets the terminus ofI-72 in a cloverleaf interchange. It then travels for another two miles (3.2 km) and then meets up with a soon to be changed from a cloverleaf interchange to a semi-directional interchange withI-74 going east toward Indianapolis (again) and west towardBloomington. The Interstate then heads towardKankakee and then intoCook County where it meets its own terminus withI-94 ending inChicago.

The oldest segment of I-57 is a 6.2-mile (10.0 km) strip running east ofBradley toKankakee labeled on the 1959 Illinois state highway map.[6] Two years later, a 33-mile (53 km) stretch of I-57 fromDongola north toMarion opened on September 26, 1961.[7] Another portion between theIllinois Route 121 (IL 121)/US 45 exit and theWatson–Mason exit was completed and opened prior to July 1965, linking I-57 to I-70 and running in tandem with I-70 for several miles, with access toIndianapolis, Indiana, to the east andSt. Louis, Missouri, to the west.[citation needed] A 21.5-mile (34.6 km) section of I-57 inJefferson County fromBonnie (using a temporary road that is still partially visible from the northbound lanes) toIL 161 later opened on December 9, 1969.[8] The portion of I-57 inChicago (known as the Dan Ryan West Leg Extension) was constructed and opened in segments between 1963 and 1970.[9] It remains the most recent Interstate Highway to be established within the city. The final section of I-57 in Illinois opened in December 1971 atPaxton.[10]
The portion ofI-43 fromMilwaukee toGreen Bay was originally numbered as I-57.[11] The number was changed due to the existence of I-57 in Illinois.[12]
I-57 was widened to six lanes in Effingham from 2011 until 2016.[13]
For many years, an interchange at the junction of I-57 withI-294 did not exist. It was one of the few places in the U.S. where Interstates cross but have no interchange. TheIllinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) andIllinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) opened Phase 1 of a new interchange in 2014, providing access from I-57 north to I-294 north and from I-294 south to I-57 south.[14] Phase 2, which four of the remaining movements (northbound-to-southbound access being served byI-80), was opened to traffic on September 11, 2022.[15]

I-57 is slated to eventually be extended west alongUS 60 toPoplar Bluff, Missouri, and then south along theUS 67 corridor toNorth Little Rock, Arkansas, ending atI-40.[16] The extension is listed under High Priority Corridor 89, the I-57 Corridor Extension.[17] In April 2016, a provision designating US 67 from North Little Rock toWalnut Ridge, Arkansas, as "Future I-57" was added into the federal fiscal year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill and officially became law in 2017.[18] On November 7, 2024, the section of US 67 between North Little Rock and Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, was officially designated as I-57 by ArDOT.[19]
Missouri has already converted 62 miles (100 km) of the US 60/US 67 corridor betweenSikeston andUS 160/Route 158 nearHarviell to a mixture of freeway and expressway segments. All at-grade crossings along the corridor would have to be eliminated before the Interstate designation could be applied.[20] This leaves about twelve miles (19 km) of new freeway between US 160/Route 158 to the Arkansas state line to be constructed.[21]
In Arkansas, 118 miles (190 km) of Interstate-grade US 67 runs from I-40 toUS 412 in Walnut Ridge, leaving a segment of approximately 40 miles (64 km) of new Interstate-grade highway along US 67 that still would need to be built in northeastern Arkansas.[22] TheArkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) announced in September 2023 that work to extend Future I-57 inClay County would begin in late 2024 or early 2025 depending on when contracts are let along with completion of the final design process.[23] The first section will be between the US 67 interchanges at Walnut Ridge andCorning while the second section (which will begin construction starting in 2025) will extend the first section northward to the Missouri state line.[24] Plans for the Corning Bypass showArkansas Highway 657 (AR 657) as a temporary designation for this section until other sections are completed.[25] ARDOT broke ground on November 14, 2024 on the Corning Bypass.[26]
| State | County | Location | mi[27][28] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | Pulaski | North Little Rock | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southern end of US 67/US 167 concurrency; southern terminus | |||
| 155 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit no. corresponds to I-40; exit 155 on I-40 | |||||||
| 0.9– 1.2 | 1.4– 1.9 | 1 | McCain Boulevard | Signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west) northbound | ||||
| Sherwood | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2 | Trammel Road | Northbound exit only | |||
| 3.2 | 5.1 | 3 | Wildwood Avenue / Trammel Road | No northbound access to Trammel Road | ||||
| 3.9 | 6.3 | 4 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of AR 176Y | |||||
| 4.3 | 6.9 | 5 | Eastern terminus of AR 176 | |||||
| Jacksonville | 6.0 | 9.7 | 6 | Current eastern terminus and exit 13 on I-440; former AR 440 | ||||
| 8.3 | 13.4 | 8 | Redmond Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
| 8.5 | 13.7 | 9 | Main Street | |||||
| 9.2 | 14.8 | 10A | James Street | |||||
| 10.1 | 16.3 | 10B | AR 161 not signed southbound; northern terminus of AR 161 | |||||
| 10.6 | 17.1 | 11A | Signed as exit 11 southbound; AR 161 not signed northbound; northern terminus of AR 161 | |||||
| 11.3 | 18.2 | 11B | Little Rock Air Force Base | Northbound exit and entrance; accsss via T.P. White Drive | ||||
| Lonoke | | 15.7– 16.0 | 25.3– 25.7 | 16 | Signed as exits 16A (AR 321) and exit 16B (AR 5) northbound | |||
| Cabot | 18.4 | 29.6 | 19 | |||||
| 20.4 | 32.8 | 21 | Western terminus of AR 38 | |||||
| Austin | 21.6 | 34.8 | 22 | |||||
| Ward | 24.2 | 38.9 | 25 | |||||
| White | Beebe | 27.8 | 44.7 | 28 | Southern end of US 64 concurrency; southern terminus of US 67B | |||
| 28.8 | 46.3 | 29 | Northern terminus of AR 367S | |||||
| 30.1 | 48.4 | 31 | Northern terminus of US 67B | |||||
| | 34.6 | 55.7 | 35 | Former AR 371 | ||||
| Searcy | 41.6 | 66.9 | 42 | Southern terminus of US 67B; northern terminus of AR 367 | ||||
| 43.2 | 69.5 | 44 | ||||||
| 44.6 | 71.8 | 45 | AR 367 not signed; eastern terminus of AR 36 | |||||
| 45.8 | 73.7 | 46 | Northern terminus of US 67B; western terminus of AR 36 | |||||
| | 47.4 | 76.3 | 48 | |||||
| | 50.5 | 81.3 | 51 | |||||
| | 54.0 | 86.9 | 54 | Bald Knob Lake Road | ||||
| Bald Knob | 54.9 | 88.4 | 55 | Northern end of US 64/US 167 concurrency | ||||
| | 59.5 | 95.8 | 60 | Russell | Access via SE 3rd Street | |||
| | 64.9 | 104.4 | 65 | |||||
| Jackson | | 68.6 | 110.4 | 69 | ||||
| | Bridge overWhite River | |||||||
| Ingleside | 73.5 | 118.3 | 74 | Western terminus of AR 224 | ||||
| | 80.0 | 128.7 | 80 | AR 224 not signed | ||||
| | 82.3 | 132.4 | 82 | |||||
| Newport | 83.4 | 134.2 | 83 | |||||
| 85.5 | 137.6 | 85 | ||||||
| | 87.8 | 141.3 | 87 | |||||
| | 96.3 | 155.0 | 95 | |||||
| Craighead | | 102.7 | 165.3 | 102 | Western terminus of US 78; former routing ofUS 67 | |||
| Lawrence | Alicia | 110.1 | 177.2 | 111 | ||||
| Walnut Ridge | 120.0 | 193.1 | 121 | Southern end of US 412 concurrency; signed as exits 121A (north) and 121B (south) southbound; former routing ofUS 67 | ||||
| 122.8 | 197.6 | 124 | Northern end of US 67/US 412 concurrency; current northern terminus; eastern terminus of US 412B; exit number not signed | |||||
| Gap in route, connection made viaUS 67 andUS 60 | ||||||||
| Missouri | Stoddard | Richland Township | 70.0 | 112.7 | 70 | Existing interchanges of US 60 (conversion to Interstate standards) | ||
| 75.0 | 120.7 | 75 | ||||||
| New Madrid | Morehouse | 76.0 | 122.3 | 76 | ||||
| Sikeston | 79.0 | 127.1 | 79 | |||||
| 82.0 | 132.0 | 82 | ||||||
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| Scott | 84.8 | 136.5 | 84 | Signed as exits 84A (south) and 84B (north); exits 66A (north/east) and 66B (west) on I-55 | ||||
| Mississippi | Long Prairie Township | 88.9 | 143.1 | 88 | ||||
| Charleston | 94.8 | 152.6 | 94 | Southern terminus of I-57 BL | ||||
| 96.0 | 154.5 | 96 | Northern end of US 60 concurrency; northern terminus of I-57 BL | |||||
| Mississippi River | 106.328 0.00 | 171.118 0.00 | Interstate 57 Bridge Missouri–Illinois state line | |||||
| Illinois | Alexander | Cairo | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1 | Southern end of US 51 concurrency | ||
| Pulaski | Mounds | 7.6 | 12.2 | 8 | Mounds Road | |||
| Ullin | 17.7 | 28.5 | 18 | Ullin | Access via CR 7 | |||
| Union | Dongola | 24.4 | 39.3 | 24 | Dongola Road | |||
| 25.0 | 40.2 | 25 | Northern end of US 51 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||||
| Anna | 30.0 | 48.3 | 30 | |||||
| Buncombe | 36.3 | 58.4 | 36 | Lick Creek Road | ||||
| Johnson | Goreville | 39.7 | 63.9 | 40 | Goreville Road | |||
| Williamson | Southern Precinct | 43.9 | 70.7 | 44 | Western terminus of I-24 | |||
| 45.2 | 72.7 | 45 | ||||||
| Marion | 52.9 | 85.1 | 53 | Main Street –Marion | FormerIL 13 | |||
| 53.6 | 86.3 | 54 | Signed as exits 54A (IL 13) and 54B (The Hill Avenue) northbound | |||||
| Johnston City | 58.9 | 94.8 | 59 | Johnston City,Herrin | Access via CR 1 | |||
| Franklin | West Frankfort | 64.6 | 104.0 | 65 | ||||
| West City | 71.6 | 115.2 | 71 | ToIL 34 | ||||
| Ewing Township | 77.5 | 124.7 | 77 | |||||
| Jefferson | Ina | 82.6 | 132.9 | 83 | Ina | Access via North Avenue | ||
| Dodds Township | 91.5 | 147.3 | 92 | Southern end of I-64 concurrency; exit 78 on I-64 | ||||
| Mt. Vernon | 93.7 | 150.8 | 94 | Veterans Memorial Drive | ||||
| 94.7 | 152.4 | 95 | ||||||
| 96.2 | 154.8 | 96 | Northern end of I-64 concurrency; exit 73 on I-64 | |||||
| Dix | 103.5 | 166.6 | 103 | Dix | Access via CR 39 | |||
| Marion | Raccoon Township | 109.2 | 175.7 | 109 | ||||
| Salem | 116.4 | 187.3 | 116 | |||||
| Kinmundy Township | 127.2 | 204.7 | 127 | Patoka,Kinmundy | Access via CR 8 | |||
| Fayette | Farina | 135.4 | 217.9 | 135 | ||||
| Clay | No major junctions | |||||||
| Effingham | Mason Township | 144.7 | 232.9 | 145 | Edgewood | Access via CR 29 | ||
| 150.7 | 242.5 | 151 | Watson,Mason | Access viaIL 37 | ||||
| Summit Township | 157.3 | 253.1 | 157 | Southern end of I-70 concurrency; exit 92 on I-70 | ||||
| Effingham | 159.4 | 256.5 | 159 | Fayette Avenue | ||||
| 160.5 | 258.3 | 160 | Access toLake Shelbyville and Convention Center | |||||
| 162.2 | 261.0 | 162 | Access toLake Land College and Kuthe Center | |||||
| Teutopolis Township | 163.4 | 263.0 | 163 | Northern end of I-70 concurrency; exit 98 on I-70 | ||||
| Shelby | No major junctions | |||||||
| Cumberland | Neoga Township | 177.0 | 284.9 | 177 | ||||
| Coles | Mattoon | 184.4 | 296.8 | 184 | ||||
| 189.6 | 305.1 | 190 | Signed as exits 190A (east) and 190B (west); access toColes County Airport andEastern Illinois University | |||||
| 192.4 | 309.6 | 192 | ||||||
| Douglas | Arcola | 203.6 | 327.7 | 203 | ||||
| Tuscola | 211.7 | 340.7 | 212 | |||||
| Champaign | Pesotum | 219.9 | 353.9 | 220 | ||||
| Tolono Township | 228.6 | 367.9 | 229 | Monticello,Savoy,Tolono | Access via CR 18; access toWillard Airport | |||
| Champaign Township | 231.7 | 372.9 | 232 | Curtis Road | ||||
| Champaign | 235.2 | 378.5 | 235 | Signed as exits 235A (east) and 235B (west); I-72 east not signed; exits 182A-B on I-72 | ||||
| 237.4 | 382.1 | 237 | Signed as exits 237A (east) and 237B (west); exit 179 on I-74 | |||||
| 238.4 | 383.7 | 238 | Olympian Drive | |||||
| Hensley Township | 240.5 | 387.0 | 240 | Market Street | ||||
| Rantoul | 250.2 | 402.7 | 250 | |||||
| Ford | Paxton | 260.9 | 419.9 | 261 | ||||
| Iroquois | Artesia Township | 271.9 | 437.6 | 272 | Buckley,Roberts | Access via CR 9; Roberts not signed southbound | ||
| Onarga Township | 279.9 | 450.5 | 280 | Roberts not signed northbound | ||||
| Gilman | 282.9 | 455.3 | 283 | |||||
| Ashkum Township | 292.7 | 471.1 | 293 | |||||
| Clifton | 296.5 | 477.2 | 297 | Clifton | Access via CR 4 | |||
| Chebanse Township | 301.6 | 485.4 | 302 | Chebanse | Access via CR 37 | |||
| Kankakee | Kankakee | 307.5 | 494.9 | 308 | ||||
| 311.6 | 501.5 | 312 | ||||||
| 315.3 | 507.4 | 315 | ||||||
| Bourbonnais | 318.4 | 512.4 | 318 | Bourbonnais Parkway | Opened November 2, 2018[29] | |||
| Manteno | 321.6 | 517.6 | 322 | Manteno | Access via CR 9 | |||
| Will | Peotone Township | 327.1 | 526.4 | 327 | Wilmington,Peotone | Access via CR 25 | ||
| Monee | 335.1 | 539.3 | 335 | Manhattan,Monee | Access via CR 6 | |||
| University Park | 337.1 | 542.5 | 337 | Stuenkel Road / University Parkway | Access toGovernors State University; interchange opened on October 30, 2015[citation needed] | |||
| Cook | Richton Park | 339.0 | 545.6 | 339 | Sauk Trail | |||
| Matteson | 340.69 | 548.29 | 340 | Signed as exits 340A (east) and 340B (west) southbound | ||||
| 342.21 | 550.73 | 342 | Vollmer Road | Signed as exits 342A (east) and 342B (west) southbound | ||||
| Bremen Township | 344.67– 344.86 | 554.69– 555.00 | 345 | Signed as exits 345A (east) and 345B (west); exits 151A-B on I-80 | ||||
| 346.62 | 557.83 | 346 | Signed as exits 346A (east) and 346B (west) | |||||
| Markham | 347.90 | 559.89 | 348 | Signed as exits 348A (east) and 348B (west) | ||||
| 349.62 | 562.66 | 349 | Signed as exits 349A (north) and 349 (south) southbound; no northbound access to I-294 south; exits 7A-B on I-294 | |||||
| Posen | 350.15 | 563.51 | 350 | |||||
| Calumet Park | 353.25 | 568.50 | 353 | 127th Street, Burr Oak Avenue | ||||
| Calumet Park–Chicago line | 354.25 | 570.11 | 354 | 119th Street | ||||
| Chicago | 355.27 | 571.75 | 355 | 111th Street, Monterey Avenue | ||||
| 357.32 | 575.05 | 357 | Northern terminus of IL 1 | |||||
| 358.47 | 576.90 | — | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit 63 on I-94 | |||||
| 358.57 | 577.06 | 358 | Wentworth Avenue | Southbound exit only | ||||
| 359.12 | 577.95 | Northern terminus | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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| Future Interstate 57 | |
| Location | Bypass aroundCorning, AR |
| Length | 4.1 mi (6.6 km) |
Arkansas Highway 657 is a proposed state highway and a bypass around the city ofCorning inClay County, Arkansas. Construction on AR 657 is expected to begin in 2025, with completion set for late 2027. Ground was broken on November 14, 2024.[26]
The entire route is inClay County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southern terminus | ||
| | 4.1 | 6.6 | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
| Location | Charleston, MO |
|---|---|
| Length | 2.94 mi (4.73 km) |
Interstate 57 Business (I-57 Bus.) inCharleston, begins at I-57 exit 10. From thisdiamond interchange, it runs north concurrently withRoute 105 along South Main Street into the city center. It then turns east onto Marshall Street, which also carriesUS 62 andRoute 77. The business route ends at I-57 exit 12. US 62 and Route 77 continue to the east withUS 60.[citation needed]