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Midwest (United States of America) by car
Midwest (United States of America) by car
The Midwest is served by several interstate highways. Most of the states in the Midwest can be accessed by the major east-west corridors of:
I-94 - connects Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota
I-90 - connects Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota
I-80 - connects Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa
I-70 - connects Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
Additionally, several major interstate highways have their northern, eastern and western termini in Midwest states including:
I-24 - connects southern Illinois to the Southeastern U.S.
I-29 - starts in Kansas City and provides an important link to Canada by running through northwestern Missouri, western Iowa, and up thru the Dakotas
I-35 - starts in northern Minnesota, serves Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Des Moines, Kansas City and ends in Texas
I-39 - gives traffic from north and northwest a bypass around Chicago when heading south.
I-43 - Links Milwaukee to I-39, thus allowing them to avoid to Chicago to get further south.
I-44 - begins in St. Louis, runs through the Missouri Ozarks into Oklahoma and Texas and thus provides an important link between the Midwest and Southwest.
I-55 - starts in Chicago, serves St. Louis and ultimately reaches New Orleans
I-57 - gives Chicago traffic an alternative to I-55 in getting to Memphis and bisects Illinois vertically.
I-64 - starts in St. Louis and connects it with southern Illinois and southern Indiana through Evansville, and ultimately to Virginia. I-64 is an important east-west corridor linking the Midwest to the Southeast.
I-65 - starts just outside of Chicago in Gary, Indiana, serves Indianapolis and ultimately terminates in Alabama
I-69 - Links Indianapolis to Lansing, Michigan and ultimately runs to the Canadian border in Port Huron
I-71 - starts in Cleveland, also serving Columbus and Cincinnati then on to Kentucky
I-72 - Planned to run from St. Joseph, Missouri eventually. Currently links Hannibal, Missouri to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois via Springfield, Illinois.
I-74 - Links the Quad Cities to Peoria, Illinois, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati
I-75 - starts in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, contains the only bridge connecting the two parts of Michigan, and linking through Detroit, Michigan and Cincinnati ultimately terminating in Florida
I-77 - starts in Cleveland and runs all the way to South Carolina
I-80 - the second-longest interstate in the nation, running from New Jersey to California, and serves Midwest hubs Cleveland, Chicago and Des Moines
I-88 - relieves congestion on I-80 between the Quad Cities and Chicago.
I-94 - Links Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and points west together.
I-96 - Links Detroit to western Michigan
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