Interstate 664
I-64 / I-264 in Chesapeake | ||||
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North end | ![]() I-64 in Hampton | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Virginia | |||
Counties | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Newport News, City of Hampton | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 664 (I-664) is an auxiliary
Route description

I-664 begins at a full Y interchange with I-64 and I-264 that serves as the terminus of all three Interstates in the
Just south of its
North of SR 135, northbound I-664 has a vehicle inspection station and crossovers before the highway enters the MMMBT. The bridge–tunnel passes to the west of Craney Island, an artificial island in the city of Portsmouth that lies to the west of the mouth of the Elizabeth River. West of the highway is the confluence of the James River and Nansemond River to form Hampton Roads, as well as the James River Bridge a short distance to the north on the namesake river. I-664 heads north-northeast along a causeway for three miles (4.8 km) to a point west of the Newport News Middle Ground Light, where the pair of bridges curve to the north-northwest onto an artificial island where the highway descends into a pair of tunnels under the estuary's main shipping channel. The Interstate resurfaces on another artificial island at Newport News Point east of the coal piers in the city of Newport News.[1][2]
I-664 has a southbound vehicle inspection station adjacent to its first interchange in Newport News with Terminal Avenue. The Interstate parallels the southern end of
History
I-664 was completed in sections, beginning in 1971 with the construction of the "Tunnel Road" section, which led from Aberdeen Road to I-64. The road was built to lead northbound traffic from I-64 and the HRBT to downtown Newport News.
The interchange at I-64 was rebuilt as a partial stack interchange in 1980.
I-664 was completed in sections by 1989, between Aberdeen Road and the 26th/27th street exit ramps in downtown Newport News.
I-664 was completed in Suffolk and Chesapeake in 1990 between US 17 and Pughsville Road.
With the opening of the MMMBT on April 30, 1992, I-664 was almost complete.
I-664 between Pughsville Road and the Bower's Hill interchange was completed in 1993, thus completing I-664 as a whole.
Exit list
The exit numbering sequence on I-664 breaks two conventions for Interstate highways. First, I-664 uses a sequential numbering pattern while most Interstates utilize a mileage-based pattern. Second, exit 1 is at I-664's northern end, in contrast with the convention of beginning exits for north–south highways at the highway's southern end.
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Southern terminus; eastern terminus of I-64; western terminus of I-264; signed as exits 15B (west) and 15A (east) | ||||||
14 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit only | ||||
1.21 | 1.95 | 13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bowers Hill, Suffolk | Signed as exits 13B (north/east) and 13A (south/west) | ||
2.69 | 4.33 | 12 | ![]() | |||
3.72 | 5.99 | 11 | ![]() | Signed as exits 11B (east) and 11A (west) | ||
5.82 | 9.37 | 10 | ![]() | |||
City of Suffolk | 7.41 | 11.93 | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 9B (south) and 9A (north) northbound; no southbound access to US 17 south | |
8.45 | 13.60 | 8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Churchland | Signed as exits 8B (south) and 8A (north) | ||
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel | ||||||
City of Newport News | 14.84 | 23.88 | 7 | Terminal Avenue | ||
6 | ![]() | |||||
16.25 | 26.15 | 5 | ![]() | |||
5 | Jefferson Avenue ( SR 143 ) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
17.03– 17.41 | 27.41– 28.02 | 4 | Chestnut Avenue / Roanoke Avenue | |||
City of Hampton | 17.86 | 28.74 | 3 | Aberdeen Road | ||
19.13 | 30.79 | 2 | Power Plant Parkway / Powhatan Parkway | |||
20.79 | 33.46 | 1A | ![]() ![]() ![]() NN/Williamsburg Airport | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-64 exit 264 | ||
1B | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- ^ a b c d e f "2009 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Interstate 664" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 12, 2011.