Interstate 164 (I-164) was a spur highway of

I-64 Interstate 64 (I-64) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at I-70, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and US 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at the Bowers Hill ...

, between that highway and U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) in

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. I-164, also known as the

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Highway, had a total length of and was the only auxiliary route of I-64 in

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. Requested as an Interstate and approved in 1968, the freeway was opened to traffic on August 2, 1990. On November 15, 2013, the

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(INDOT) announced that of I-164 would be renumbered

I-69 Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of eight unconnected segments. The longest segment runs from Evansville, Indiana, northeast to the Canada–United States border, Canadian border in Po ...

, an action completed in late 2014. The highway thereby became part of an extended I-69 whose route will run north from the Texas border with Mexico to the Michigan border with Canada near

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Route description

Currently signed as I-69, I-164 was signed north–south as it wrapped around the east side of the metropolitan area and then east–west as it curved to meet US 41. West of US 41, the freeway became Veterans Memorial Parkway, an urban surface arterial which provides a direct connection with Evansville's central business district. The highway paralleled the Ohio River as it passed around the south side of Evansville. About after Veterans Parkway, I-164 turned north and almost immediately had an

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with SR 66, locally known as the Lloyd Expressway, which is a mostly limited access surface arterial through Evansville with several at grade intersections. After passing SR 62 (Morgan Ave), the route exited Evansville and continued through suburban area. Near the northern end of the route, SR 57 started a brief concurrency with the Interstate Highway. I-164 ended at a

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with

, and SR 57 continued north as a two-lane surface highway. However, in the mid 2000s, construction of I-69 north of I-64 began, and now continues north on a concurrency with SR 57.

History

On October 18, 2013, the

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approved an INDOT request to redesignate of I-164 to I-69 between US 41 and I-64, pending approval from the

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. On November 15, 2013, INDOT announced that I-164 would become part of

, an action completed in late 2014. When the

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is complete roughly east of US 41, the remainder of the former spur will become an extension of Veterans Memorial Parkway.

Exit list

References

External links

Interstate 164
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