I-264
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Photo: I-264 EB leaving the Berkley Bridge. Note US 460 ALT and VA 337 postings are nowhere to be found (Adam Froehlig 7-29-07)
From:  Bowers Hill (City of Chesapeake)
To:  Parks Ave (5 blocks short of ) Oceanfront (City of Virginia Beach)
Total Length: 25.07 miles  
ROUTE LOG
EXIT 1 - I-64 (exit 299), I-664 (exit 15): 0 - 0
Portsmouth-Chesapeake Line: 1.10 - 1.10
EXIT 2 - Greenwood Dr: 0.23 - 1.33
EXIT 3 - VA 239: 1.29 - 2.62
EXIT 4 - US 460 ALT WB, VA 337: 1.16 - 3.78
EXIT 5 - US 17: 0.50 - 4.28
EXIT 6 - VA 164: 0.56 - 4.84
EXIT 7 - VA 141: 1.10 - 5.94
Norfolk-Portsmouth Line: 0.87 - 6.81
EXIT 8 - I-464 (exit 6), VA 337 WB: 0.55 - 7.36
EXIT 9 - US 460 ALT EB, VA 337 ALT: 0.41 - 7.77
EXIT 10 - VA 337 EB: 0.26 - 8.03
EXIT 11 - US 460, VA 166, VA 168: 0.65 - 8.68
EXIT 12 - VA 405: 0.81 - 9.49
EXIT 13 - US 13: 2.34 - 11.83
EXIT 14 - I-64 (exit 284): 1.05 - 12.88
EXIT 15 (old 1) - VA 403: 0.74 - 13.62
Virginia Beach-Norfolk Line: 0 - 13.62
EXIT 16 (old 2) - VA 190: 1.40 - 15.02
EXIT 17 (old 3) - VA 225: 1.28 - 16.30
EXIT 18 (old 4) - Rosemont Rd: 2.34 - 18.64
EXIT 19 (old 5) - Lynnhaven Pkwy: 1.84 - 20.48
[EB only] EXIT 20 (old 6) - US 58, US 58 Bus: 1.17 - 21.65
EXIT 21 (old 7) - First Colonial Rd: 1.42 - 23.07
[EB only]EXIT 22 (old 8) - Birdneck Rd: 1.36 - 24.43
END I-264: 0.64 - 25.07
 Creation: I-264 was included in Virginia's original interstate plans in 1958. Dotted lines first appeared on the 1963 Official. The first piece of I-264 to open was from Bowers Hill to the now closed Exit at Des Moines Ave, in Dec 1964 (Kozel)
Adjustments: Many of the following completion dates come from Scott Kozel's website.
In Dec 1966 (Kozel), I-264 opened from Des Moines Ave to VA 141 at the Downtown Tunnel approach.

1965 Official
I-264 open from Bowers Hill to Des Moines Ave
1965 Official
1967 Official
I-264 open from Des Moines Ave to VA 141
1967 Official

In Dec 1967 (Kozel), I-264 opened from US 460/VA 166-168 Brambleton Ave east to I-64/VA 44.
In July 1972 (Kozel), I-264 opened from Brambleton Ave to the Berkley Bridge.
The parallel Downtown Tunnel opened in March 1987 (Kozel). The original tunnel was opened to two-way traffic as part of US 460 ALT in 1952.
In July 1991 (Kozel), the Berkley Bridge was expanded and connections made to new I-464 and downtown Norfolk, to complete I-264.

1968 Official
I-264 open from Brambleton Ave east to I-64/VA 44
1968 Official
1972 Official
I-264 open from Brambleton to the Berkley Bridge
1972 Official
1988 Official
I-264 open through the Downtown Tunnel
1988 Official
1992 Official
I-264 open across the Berkley Bridge
1992 Official

In Aug 1997 (CTB), VA 44 was transferred to the Interstate System pending AASHTO approval.
In July 1999 (Kozel), I-264 was added to VA 44 out to Parks Ave near the Oceanfront. VA 44 was deposted by 2001.

1969 Official
VA 44 running from I-64/264 to the Oceanfront
1969 Official
2000 Official
I-264 replaces VA 44 to the Oceanfront
2000 Official

Improvements:  I-264 opened as 6-lanes everywhere except Bowers Hill to VA 239; Downtown Tunnel to Brambleton Ave which are 4-lane segments. VA 44 was 8-lanes from I-64/264 to First Colonial Rd and 6 lanes to Parks Ave when I-264 took over that highway.
In 2000 (Kozel), I-264 was widened to 8-lanes from US 460/VA 166-168 east to I-64. The innermost lane each way from Brambleton to about Rosemont Rd is HOV-2. The shoulder lane is open in each direction during its respective rush hour providing a 5th through lane from VA 190 to Rosemont Rd.
New Exits Added: Greenwood Dr (1979)
Removed Exit: Exit 6, Des Moines Ave was removed to make way for constructing the VA 164 extension from US 58 south to I-264.
Posted:  Fully posted; A fair number state-named shields remain in Portsmouth, though I believe none are onI-264 itself.
VA 239, US 460 ALT, VA 337 ALT, VA 337, VA 405, VA 403, VA 190, and VA 225 are not posted from I-264. Neither were the former VA 4xx routes which intersected I-264 (410, 411, 414). VA 337 (which follows I-264 across the Berkley Bridge) was posted at the eastbound Tidewater Dr exit at one point in the early 1990s, but is not posted there now.
Multiplexes:  US 460 ALT (3.58 mi)
US 460 ALT, VA 337 (0.41 mi)
VA 337 (0.26 mi)
Legislative names:  Robert F Baldwin Memorial Hwy, I-64 Kempsville east to Parks Ave (7-1-74 predates I-264 designation); Pearl Harbor Memorial Hwy, I-64 Kempsville east to Parks Ave (4-22-98 predates I-264 designation); Hampton Roads Beltway, I-664 to I-664 (4-18-96); Virginia Beach-Norfolk Expressway, I-64 Kempsville east to Parks Ave (7-21-66 predates I-264 designation)
Other names:  None
Scenic Byway:  No segments
Comments: Except for its westernmost mileage, I-264 is very busy and congested. The Berkley Bridge/Downtown Tunnel complex is one of the worst bottlenecks in the Hampton Roads area. Eastbound I-264 through traffic must merge right at least one lane while on the Berkley Bridge, lest they exit off onto St. Paul's Blvd and into downtown Norfolk.
I-264 blows off VA 165.
Seems like 21st and 22nd Sts in Virginia Beach should've been designated as part of VA 44 way back when and VA 264 now for some continuity, but at US 60 it is posted TO I-264 at 21st St and I guess officials think that is good enough.
Check out Froggie's I-264 photo gallery.

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