Interstate

business route A business route (or business loop, business spur, or city route) in the United States is a short special route connected to a ''parent'' numbered highway at its beginning, then routed through the central business district of a nearby city or ...

s are roads connecting a central or commercial district of a city or town with an

Interstate The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States. T ...

bypass. These roads typically follow along local streets often along a former

U.S. Route The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these hi ...

or state highway that had been replaced by an Interstate. Interstate business route

reassurance markers A reassurance marker or confirming marker is a type of traffic sign that confirms the identity of the route being traveled on. It does not provide information found on other types of road signs, such as distances traveled, distances to other locat ...

are signed as either loops or spurs using a green

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shaped sign and numbered like the shield of the parent Interstate highway. Along

Interstate 55 Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. The h ...

(I-55), there are a total of six business routes, three in both

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and

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...

, all which are business loops.

New Madrid business loop

Interstate 55 Business (I-55 Bus.) is a major arterial surface street that serves downtown

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. It runs north from

I-55 Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. The h ...

at exit 44 and the overlap of U.S. Route 61 (US 61)/ US 62 through downtown to exit 49 on I-55.

Cape Girardeau business loop

Interstate 55 Business (I-55 Bus.) begins at US 61/ Route 74 in Cape Girardeau at exit 93 and ends at US 61 at exit 105 in Fruitland. However, it also crosses its parent Interstate at exit 99

Crystal City business loop

Interstate 55 Business (I-55 Bus.) spans from US 67/ US 61 at exit 174 in Crystal City to McNutt Street at exit 178 in

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Springfield business loop

Interstate 55 Business (I-55 Bus.) is to a major arterial surface street that serves downtown

Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh most-populous city, the second largest ...

. It runs north from the intersection of

and I-72 through downtown to

Illinois Route 4 Illinois Route 4 is a major north–south highway that runs south from the Interstate 55 business loop around the state capital of Springfield, south to Illinois Route 13 just north of Murphysboro. This is a distance of . Route description Il ...

(IL 4, Veterans' Parkway). It then runs northeast to Sherman. All of I-55 Bus. was part of US 66 at some point. Major junctions

Lincoln business loop

Interstate 55 Business (I-55 Bus.) services the downtown of

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. It begins southwest of Lincoln and follows the former US 66 to Fifth Street. It then turns east on Fifth Street, southeast on Clinton Street, and northeast on Kickapoo Street at the city's center. The route continues northeast to rejoin the former routing of US 66 northeast of town near the Logan County Airport, at which point it continues along that route to end at I-55 further northeast of Lincoln.

Bloomington–Normal business loop

Interstate 55 Business (I-55 Bus.) in Bloomington– Normal is known for its entire length as Veterans Parkway. It is a divided, limited-access highway bypassing the Bloomington–Normal area to the south and east. The route's north–south portion largely passes through a retail core, including Eastland Mall and The Shoppes at College Hills. The highway is also the recommended route from I-39, I-55, and I-74 to

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via IL 9. Major junctions

References

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