Interstate 57 ( I-57 ) is an Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central rail line for much of its route.

Between the junction of I-55 and I-57 in Sikeston, Missouri and the junction of I-55 and I-90 / 94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for, while the combination of I-57 and I-94 is only long between the same two points.

Likewise, at its southern end, Chicago is the control city listed for I-57 on signs on northbound I-55 south of Sikeston, Missouri, even though I-55 also goes to Chicago.

A 21. 5 mile section of I-57 in Jefferson County from Bonnie ( using a temporary road that is still partially visible from the northbound lanes ) to Illinois Route 161 opened on December 9, 1969.

The high school is located between Mounds and Mound City east of I-57.

Miner is located at the southern end of Interstate 57 ( I-57 ).

Sikeston Factory Outlet Stores is located at Exit 67 off I-55, only one mile north of the I-55 / I-57 interchange.

* Sikeston is located at the intersection of I-55 and I-57, making it the only city in Missouri other than Kansas City and St. Louis to be located on at least two interstate highways.

In the state of Missouri, Interstate 57 runs northbound from Sikeston to the Cairo I-57 Bridge over the Mississippi River south of Cairo, Illinois.

Its route follows essentially the earlier route of US 51 in southernmost Illinois ( US 51 has been diverted to I-57 where I-57 has always been close to old US 51 between Future City and Dongola ) before taking a northeastward diagonal to Illinois 37, which remains intact as a town-to-town through route, past its interchange with Interstate 24 ( the northwestern terminus of Interstate 24 ) near Pulleys Mill and a short duplex with Interstate 64 near Mount Vernon north to Effingham, where it has a short concurrence with Interstate 70.

Although I-57 serves as a long-distance bypass of St. Louis, the section between Mount Vernon and Pulleys Mill contains the most direct Interstate route between St. Louis and cities largely to the southeast of St. Louis ( including Nashville and Atlanta ).

US 60 intersects Interstate 55 and Interstate 57 just southeast of Sikeston, and runs concurrently with I-57 from this junction to the east side of Charleston.

The Dan Ryan Expressway West Leg ( now more commonly referred to as Interstate 57 | I-57 ) at Genoa Road in 1970.

Cairo I-57 bridge between Missouri and Illinois

The final section of I-57 in Illinois opened in December 1971 at Paxton, IL.

The number was changed due to the existence of I-57 in Illinois.

Illinois Department of Transportation has proposed widening a section of I-57 to six lanes of traffic from I-24 to I-64.

* I-57 at Tuscola, Illinois

I-57 essentially serves as a shortcut route for travelers headed between the south ( Memphis, New Orleans, etc.

In fact, both the control cities on the overhead signs, as well as destination mileage signs, reference Memphis along southbound I-57, even as far north as its northern origin at I-94 in Chicago.

, I-57 has no spur routes, nor are any planned in the near future.

I-57 has one Business Loop in Charleston.

The state of Missouri has proposed extending the I-57 designation down this corridor.

From the start of I-57 northbound, the US 60 concurrency goes about 12 miles.

The Dan Ryan Expressway West Leg ( now more commonly referred to as I-57 ) at Genoa Road in 1970.

I-57 remains the only Chicago expressway that does not have a commonly-used name.

This section of interstate has some of the highest AADT on I-57 outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, with truck traffic amounting up to 30 % of all traffic in spots.

The longest and most famous of these roads is the Great North Road.

The Aar ( German Aare ), a tributary of the High Rhine, is the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

* 1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.

* 1972 – First edition of the BBC comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is broadcast, one of the longest running British radio shows in history.

However the longest continuously-singing group is probably The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University, which was formed in 1909 and once included Cole Porter as a member.

Aberfoyle is also home to the largest Go Ape adventure course in the UK, featuring the longest zip-line in the UK.

Alameda is also known for its Fourth of July parade, which is advertised as the second oldest and second longest Fourth of July parade in the United States.

The other long established club in the city ' Os Galitos ' was founded in 1904 and water related sports such as swimming, sailing and rowing are some of its longest traditional strongest specialities, other sections in the club include chess, basketball, snooker, pool and billiards among others, but rowing is the modality in which the club has a maintained a long and proud tradition going back more than one hundred years, reaching the highest possible excellence as a club with several of its individual and team of rowers having represented Portugal Internationally and at the Olympic games with good classifications on more than a just few occasions.

The Book of Alma is the longest of all the books of the Book of Mormon, consisting of 63 chapters.

The longest east-west extent is about 1, 175 km.

The world's longest beam bridge is Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana in the United States, at, with individual spans of.

With the span of, the Solkan Bridge over the Soča River at Solkan in Slovenia is the second largest stone bridge in the world and the longest railroad stone bridge.

The longest suspension bridge in the world is the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan.

The longest cable-stayed bridge is the Sutong Bridge over the Yangtze River in China.

* The River Bosna is the longest river in Bosnia and is fully contained within the country as it stretches from its source near Sarajevo to the river Sava in the north.

The longest half-life is the neutron deficient < sup > 77 </ sup > Br at 2. 376 days.

The longest half-life on the neutron rich side is < sup > 82 </ sup > Br at 1. 471 days.

Dividing limits the size of chains-in the case of 4x4 squares, the longest possible chain is four, filling the larger square.

Barcelona is the transport hub with one of Europe's principal ports, Barcelona international airport, which handles above 34 million passengers per year, extensive motorway network and also is a hub of high-speed rail, particularly that which is intended to link Spain with France and the rest of Europe as the second longest in the world.

Bayonne has the longest tradition of bull-fighting in France and there is a ring beyond the walls of Grand Bayonne.