Interstate 55

Basic data
Length:	963 mi / 1561 km
States:	Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas Missouri Illinois
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The Interstate 55 (abbreviated I-55 ) is part of the Interstate highway network of the United States . Its odd numbering indicates that it usually runs from north to south (and vice versa). It runs from Laplace (about 25 miles west of New Orleans ), where it branches off from Interstate 10 , to Chicago , where it meets US Highway 41 ( Lake Shore Drive ) at McCormick Place .

In the Chicago metropolitan area it is called the Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway in honor of an important Illinois politician. In St. Louis , a section is nicknamed Rosa Parks Highway .

The section between Chicago and St. Louis runs parallel to or on the route of the former Route 66 .

length

State	miles	km
Louisiana	66	107
Mississippi	290	471
Tennessee	12	19th
Arkansas	72	117
Missouri	210	340
Illinois	313	507
overall length	963	1561

Major cities along the route

• New Orleans (via Interstate 10 )
• Hammond
• McComb
• Jackson
• Grenada
• Memphis
• Blytheville
• Sikeston
• Cape Girardeau
• St. Louis
• Springfield
• Southaven
• Bloomington / Normal
• Chicago

Feeders and bypasses

• Interstate 555 at Jonesboro (planned)
• Interstate 155 from Caruthersville to Dyersburg
• Interstate 255 at St. Louis
• Interstate 155 to Peoria
• Interstate 355 near Chicago

Web link

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