The Future
Now complete, the IL-255 route may or may not be redesignated as an Interstate Route. If the corridor were to be signed as an extension of the current I-255 bypass, all exits north of I-270 would have to be renumbered. As a standalone spur route, IL-255 numbered as I-255 would violate the AASHO scheme for interstate numbering that requires an odd-number first digit (although as part of the larger I-255 bypass the route is not technically a spur even though it extends past the segment of I-55 that it bypasses). The entire corridor from Godfrey, IL to Mehlville, MO (comprising both I-255 and IL-255) could also carry secondary signage as U.S. 67 Bypass, since it would be a true bypass of US-67 (that passes through the St. Louis urban agglomeration) actually connecting with US-67 at both endpoints.
Construction of a new expressway route for US-67 between Jacksonville and Alton is planned to follow the corridor through White Hall, Carrollton, and Jerseyville. It will end in Godfrey near the Illinois 255 extension.
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