Destinations · Illinois
East St. Louis
IL · 38.6156, -90.1278
Great River Road, Historic National Road - Illinois and Historic Route 66 - MO are 3 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of East St. Louis, Illinois.
Get in
Four major interstates lead into East St. Louis. They are Interstate 70, Interstate 55, Interstate 255, and Interstate 64. Interstate 64 takes the most direct route into the city center. U.S. Route 40 connects East St. Louis to St. Louis, Missouri and runs through East St. Louis. U.S. Route 50 runs through ESL as well. Illinois Routes 3, 15, and 111 also enter and leave East St. Louis. The city is very accessible by road through many different routes.
The same roads run past St. Louis, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Great River Road · 1 mi · national
- Historic National Road - Illinois · 2 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 - MO · 7 mi
- Historic Route 66 · 8 mi · national
- Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route · 15 mi · national
- Great River Road - Missouri · 16 mi
National parks
- Gateway Arch National Park · 2 mi
Lookouts
- Mississippi River Overlook · 3 mi
- Mounted Binculors · 10 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 1 · 11 mi
- 7 Gates of Hell: Gate 2 · 11 mi
Named places
- Ridge Park · 0 mi
- Illinois Avenue Park · 1 mi
- McBride/Officer Park · 1 mi
- Jones Park · 1 mi
- Ceola Davis Park · 1 mi
- Sunken Gardens Park · 1 mi
- Katherine Dunham Museum · 1 mi
- Golden Gardens Park · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Fairmont City · 3 mi
- Cahokia · 5 mi
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site · 5 mi
- Granite City · 6 mi
- St. Louis · 6 mi
- Collinsville · 9 mi