Interstate 40 facts for kids

Interstate 40
Route information
Length:	2,555.10 mi (4,112.03 km)
Major junctions
West end:	I-15 in Barstow, California
	I-25 in Albuquerque, NM I-35 in Oklahoma City, OK I-30 in North Little Rock, AR I-55 in Memphis, TN I-65 in Nashville, TN I-75 in Knoxville, TN I-85 in Greensboro, NC I-95 in Benson, NC
East end:	US 117 / NC 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina
Highway system
Main route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business

Interstate 40, or I-40 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It goes from Barstow, California in the west to Wilmington, North Carolina in the east. The route is 2,555.10 miles (4,112.03 km) long. From west to east, it goes throughout the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Some big cities it goes through are Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Little Rock, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, Durham, North Carolina, and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Images for kids

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  A sign showing the distance to Wilmington, North Carolina at the start of Interstate 40 in Barstow, CA. This sign has been stolen several times.

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  I-30/US 65/US 67/US 167 branch south from I-40/US 65/AR 107 in North Little Rock. This is also the eastern terminus of I-30.

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  I-40 eastbound heading towards Flagstaff

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  Interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico

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  An at-grade intersection on I-40 in Texas, as of 2003.

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  I-40 Exit 240A in Oklahoma

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  The Hernando de Soto Bridge, where I-40 crosses the Mississippi River into Memphis, TN

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  I-40 east approaching the Raleigh, NC Beltline

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  The collapsed section of the Interstate 40 bridge, May 31, 2002