{{Short description|Highway in Virginia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use American English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox road |state=VA |type=I |route=564 |alternate_name=Admiral Taussig Boulevard |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|frame-lat=36.930|frame-long=-76.288|zoom=12|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 564}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=I-564 highlighted in red |length_mi=3.03 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref name="FHWA Route Log">{{cite web |first = Kevin |last = Adderly |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |work = Route Log and Finder List |title = Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2018 |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |date = May 6, 2019 |access-date = March 29, 2020 }}</ref> |established=mid-1970s |spur_type=I |spur_of=64 |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{Jct|state=VA|SR|337}} in Norfolk |junction={{plainlist| *{{jct|state=VA|SR|406}} in Norfolk *{{jct|state=VA|US|460|SR|165}} in Norfolk }} |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{Jct|state=VA|I|64}} in Norfolk |counties=City of Norfolk |previous_type=US |next_type=I |previous_route=522 |next_route=581 }}
'''Interstate 564''' ('''I-564''') is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Virginia. Known as '''Admiral Taussig Boulevard''', after US Navy Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, the Interstate runs {{convert|3.03|mi|km}} from State Route 337 (SR 337) east to I-64 within the city of Norfolk. I-564 is the primary access highway to Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval base. The Interstate also links I-64 with Norfolk International Terminals via SR 406 and the Wards Corner area of Norfolk through connections with U.S. Route 460 (US 460) and SR 165.
==Route description== thumb|right|View east at the west end of I-564 at SR 337 in Norfolk I-564 begins within the reservation of Naval Station Norfolk where Admiral Taussig Boulevard becomes a four-lane freeway; this point is also the eastern terminus of SR 337. The boulevard continues west as a four-lane divided highway to its intersection with Hampton Boulevard at naval station gates 1 and 2, where SR 337 turns south onto Hampton Boulevard toward Downtown Norfolk. I-564 curves southeast through a trumpet interchange with the access road to gates 3 and 3A. The ramps to and from the interchange join the Interstate to form a six-lane freeway. I-564 descends into a tunnel to pass under the east–west runway of Chambers Field, a naval air station that has been consolidated with the larger naval base.<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data">{{Cite web |year=2009 |title=Virginia Department of Transportation Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Including Vehicle Classification Estimates {{!}} Jurisdiction Report 64 {{!}} City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, and City of Chesapeake |url=https://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/2009/AADT_064_Norfolk_2009.pdf |access-date=2011-09-11 |website=Virginia Department of Transportation}}</ref><ref name="Google Maps I-564">{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Admiral+Taussig+Blvd&daddr=I-564+E&hl=en&sll=36.943892,-76.309367&sspn=0.001476,0.002411&geocode=Fau5MwIdpJ1z-w%3BFYpPMwIdwT10-w&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=h&z=14 |title = Interstate 564 |access-date = September 11, 2011 }}</ref>
East of the tunnel, I-564 heads southeast parallel to a rail line between the naval air station to the north and Camp Allen, a US Marine Corps base, to the south. The Interstate has a partial interchange with SR 406 (International Terminal Boulevard) that allows access to the highway to Norfolk International Terminals to and from the east. Within the interchange, eastbound I-564 has an exit for westbound I-64 (Hampton Roads Beltway) and US 460 (Granby Street). As I-564 crosses over US 460, the eastbound freeway has a left exit to and the westbound Interstate has a left entrance from I-64's reversible HOV lanes. Eastbound I-564 has an exit for SR 165 (Little Creek Road), which leads to SR 170, before the four-lane freeway merges into I-64 in the direction of Virginia Beach.<ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/><ref name="Google Maps I-564"/>
==History== I-564 replaced former SR 170, which linked Norfolk to northeastern North Carolina via North Carolina Highway 170. West of I-564, original SR 170 crossed a ferry to Hampton Roads, where it headed west along current I-64 to SR 30 northwest of Williamsburg.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.interstate-guide.com/i-564_va.html|title=Interstate-Guide: Interstate 564 Virginia|access-date=March 24, 2017|language=en}}{{self-published source|date=May 2017}}</ref>
==Future== Long-range plans may extend I-564 westward to Hampton/Newport News via a new bridge–tunnel. Traffic demands are increasing on I-64 and I-664. These are the only two connections between the eastern Tidewater cities with those to the northwest. The metropolitan area sees over 1.5 million people.{{what?|date=September 2018}} Therefore, extending I-564 would provide needed relief if the present bridges and tunnels are not expanded from their current capacity.<ref name=":0" /> {{-}}
==Exit list== All exits were unnumbered until 2018 when the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) added exit numbers as part of the VDOT's I-564 Intermodal Connector project that started back in 2015. {{jcttop|exit|state=VA|indep_city=Norfolk|length_ref=<ref name="FHWA Route Log"/><ref name="VDOT Traffic Data"/>}} {{VAint|exit |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=VA|SR|337|road|to Hampton Boulevard|location1=Naval Station Piers|location2=Gates 1, 2 & 5}} |notes=Western terminus; eastern terminus of SR 337 }} {{VAint|exit |mile=0.39 |exit=– |road=Naval Station Gates 3A & 3 }} {{VAint|exit |type=incomplete |mile=2.23 |exit=1 |road=NIT North Gate / Hampton Blvd / Truck Inspection / NAVSTA Norfolk Gates 5 & 6 |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance }} {{VAint|exit |type=incomplete |mile=2.23 |exit=2 |road={{jct|state=VA|SR|406|name1=Terminal Boulevard|road|to Hampton Boulevard (SR 337)}} |notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance. Eastern terminus of SR 406 }} {{VAint|exit |type=incomplete |mile=2.23 |exit=3A |road={{jct|state=VA|I|64|dir1=west|US|460|name2=Granby Street|city1=Hampton}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-64 exit 276 }} {{VAint|exit |type=incomplete |mile=2.90 |exit=3B |road={{jct|state=VA|SR|165|name1=Little Creek Road|to2=to|SR|170}} |notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{VAint|exit |type=incomplete |mile=3.03 |exit=– |road={{jct|state=VA|I|64|dir1=east|city1=Virginia Beach|extra=airport|location2=Norfolk International Airport}} |notes=Eastern terminus; I-64 exit 276B; eastbound exit and westbound entrance }} {{jctbtm|keys=incomplete}}
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==External links== {{commonscat|Interstate 564}} {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/i064.htm#i564 Virginia Highways Project: I-564] *[http://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=i0564va AARoads: I-564]
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