Interstate 164

Interstate 164
Robert D. Orr Highway
Route information
Length:	0.69 mi (1.11 km)
Existed:	1968 – present
History:	Completed in 1990 Mostly re-designated as I-69 in 2014
Major junctions
South end:	US 41 / Veterans Memorial Parkway in Evansville
North end:	I-64 / I-69 in Evansville
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Indiana State Roads Interstate US State Former Scenic ← SR 164 SR 165 →

Interstate 164 (I-164) is a spur highway of I-64, currently designated, but not signed, on a short freeway portion of Veterans Memorial Highway west of the U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and Interstate 69 interchange in Evansville, Indiana. I-164, also known as the Robert D. Orr Highway, originally had a total length of 21.24 miles (34.18 km). Requested as an Interstate and approved in 1968, the freeway was opened to traffic on August 2, 1990.^[1]

On November 15, 2013, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced that most of I-164 would be renamed I-69, 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 Port Huron.^[2]

Route description

I-164 begins just prior to a modified cloverleaf interchange (with collector/distributor ramps) with US 41, stemming from Veterans Memorial Parkway, an urban surface arterial which provides a direct connection with Evansville's central business district. It has one exit for both directions of US 41 before terminating east of this interchange, becoming I-69. Heading west from US 41 and I-69 are two on-ramps, first from US 41 northbound and second from US 41 southbound and Kentucky Avenue. The freeway becomes

History

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. The former part of the highway now redesignated paralleled the Ohio River as it passed around the south side of Evansville. About four miles after Veterans Parkway, I-164 turned north and almost immediately intersected SR 66, locally known as the Lloyd Expressway, which is a limited access surface arterial through Evansville. 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 cloverleaf interchange with I-64, 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 State Road 57. On October 18, 2013, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved an INDOT request to redesignate 20.70 miles (33.31 km) of I-164 to I-69 between US 41 and I-64, pending approval from the Federal Highway Administration.^[3] On November 15, 2013, INDOT announced that most of I-164 would become part of I-69, an action completed in late 2014. A short 0.69-mile (1.11 km) section of I-164 west of US 41 is still designated as I-164, but is not signed and no longer directly connected to its parent route, I-64.^[4]

Exit list

County	Location	mi[5]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Vanderburgh	Evansville	0.00	0.00	—	Veterans Memorial Parkway – Evansville	Western terminus, roadway continues as Veterans Memorial Parkway beyond US 41
		0.69	1.11	—	I-69 / US 41 – Vincennes, Henderson Kentucky Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, Eastern terminus, roadway continues as I-69
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Interstate 164 at Interstate-Guide.com

Auxiliary routes of Interstate 64
Indiana 1641 Kentucky 264 4642 Virginia 264 464 564 664
1Unsigned 2Cancelled