Interstate 69

Interstate 69
Interstate 69
NAFTA Superhighway
	Segments open, planned, or under construction Proposed segments Other segments of National Highway System Corridor 18
Route information
Length	879.822 mi (1,415.936 km) Original length 355.8 miles (572.6 km)
Existed	1957–present
History	First completed in 1992;
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	US 59 in Rosenberg, TX
	I-45 in Houston, TX; I-10 in Houston, TX; I-55 in Hernando, MS; I-40 in Memphis, TN; I-24 near Calvert City, KY; I-64 near Evansville, IN; I-80 / I-90 near Angola, IN; I-94 in Marshall, MI; I-96 near Lansing, MI; I-75 near Flint, MI;
East end	Highway 402 at Canada–US border on Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, MI
Location
Country	United States
States	Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan
Highway system
	Interstate Highway System; Main; Auxiliary; Suffixed; Business; Future;

Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of 10 unconnected segments with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, at 355.8 miles (572.6 km). The remaining separated segments are variously completed and posted or not posted sections of an extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas. Of this extension—nicknamed the NAFTA Superhighway because it would help trade with Canada and Mexico spurred by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)—seven pieces in Laredo, Texas; Pharr, Texas; Brownsville, Texas; Corpus Christi, Texas; Houston, Texas; northwestern Mississippi; and Memphis, Tennessee, have been built or upgraded and signposted as I-69. Indiana is currently working on a fifth segment that will extend I-69 through the entire state while a sixth segment of I-69 through Kentucky utilizing that state's existing parkway system and a section of I-24 was established by federal legislation in 2008 with several more parkway segments being upgraded since then. This brings the total length to about 880 miles (1,420 km).

The proposed extension evolved from the combination of Corridors 18 and 20 of the National Highway System as designated in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), but the federally recognized corridor also includes connecting and existing infrastructure, including I-94 between Chicago, Illinois, and Port Huron, Michigan, and several spurs from I-69. Among these proposed spurs are an extension of I-530 from Pine Bluff, Arkansas; an upgrade of U.S. Route 59 (US 59) from Texarkana, Texas being designated as Interstate 369; and a split in southern Texas (I-69E, I-69C, I-69W) to serve three border crossings at Brownsville, Pharr, and Laredo.

In August 2007, I-69 was selected by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) as one of six Corridors of the Future, making it eligible for additional federal funding and streamlined planning and review.^[2] This funding has since been withheld, causing some states to suspend completion of the entire route until federal funding is restored. There is no estimated timeline for completion of the entire I-69 route.

^ DeSimone, Tony (October 31, 2002). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
^ "DOT Selects Six National "Corridors of the Future"". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.

[1] DeSimone, Tony (October 31, 2002). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2007.

[2] "DOT Selects Six National "Corridors of the Future"". Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.

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