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Interstate 69 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	355.8 mi[1] (572.6 km) (original route; 13.4 mi[2] (21.6 km) are open in MS)
Formed:	1956 (orig. route completed 1992)
South end:	I-465 / SR 37 at Binford Blvd in Indianapolis, IN
Major junctions:	US 30 near Ft. Wayne, IN I-94 near Marshall, MI I-96 near Lansing, MI I-75 near Flint, MI
North end:	Hwy 402 in Sarnia, ON

Interstate 69 just outside Indianapolis near Pendleton, Indiana

Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It exists in two parts: a completed highway from Indianapolis, Indiana northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and a mostly-proposed extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas. Of this extension, nicknamed the "NAFTA highway", since it would help trade with Canada and Mexico spurred by the North American Free Trade Agreement, only a short piece in northwestern Mississippi has been built and marked as I-69 (see Interstate 69 in Mississippi). Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links Autoroute_icone. ... Image File history File links I-69. ... Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2205x1239, 118 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Interstate 69 ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 69 The proposed Interstate 69 extension from Indianapolis southwest to Texas presently has a short piece completed in the U.S. state of Mississippi, south of Memphis, Tennessee. ... Image File history File links I-465. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Interstate 465 (I-465) is the beltway circling Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. ... State Road 37 in the U.S. State of Indiana at one time ran from the northeast of the state to the south end. ... The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... Image File history File links US_30. ... In the state of Indiana, U.S. Route 30 is an east-west four-lane divided highway across northern Indiana. ... City nickname: The Summit City Location in the state of Indiana County Allen County, Indiana Area  - Total  - Water 127 km^2 (78. ... Image File history File links I-94. ... Interstate 94 (abbreviated I-94) is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. ... Marshall is a city located in Calhoun County, Michigan. ... Image File history File links I-96. ... This Interstate Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Interstate Highways. ... Capitol Building Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan, located mostly in Ingham County; a small portion extends into adjacent Eaton County. ... Image File history File links I-75. ... Interstate 75 is one of Michigans longest numbered highways within the state. ... Flint, Michigan is a city in Genesee County along the Flint River about 60 miles northwest of Detroit. ... Image File history File links Ontario_402. ... Highway 402 as part of the 400-series network Highway 402 is a 400-Series Highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada that runs 103 km (64 miles) from the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward (a suburb of Sarnia) and Highway 401 in London. ... Sarnia is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (population 70,876 in 2001). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 426 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 426 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... Pendleton is a town in Madison County, Indiana, United States. ... Interstate Highways in the lower 48 states. ... Indianapolis redirects here. ... Canada and the United States of America share the longest common border among any two countries that is not militarized or actively patrolled. ... A statue of Thomas Edison with the Blue Water Bridge in the background. ... The border between Mexico and the United States spans four U.S. states, six Mexican states, and has over twenty commercial crossings. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... NAFTA redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 69 The proposed Interstate 69 extension from Indianapolis southwest to Texas presently has a short piece completed in the U.S. state of Mississippi, south of Memphis, Tennessee. ...

The southern terminus of the existing portion is at Interstate 465, the beltway around Indianapolis, on the northeast side of that city. I-69 heads northeast, past Anderson, Muncie, Marion, and Fort Wayne, Indiana; the latter city is served by Interstate 469, I-69's only current signed auxiliary route. After crossing the Indiana Toll Road (I-80/I-90) near Angola, I-69 enters Michigan, crossing I-94 east of Battle Creek and joining with I-96 for an overlap west of Lansing. Where it splits from I-96, I-69 turns east, both in compass direction and in signed direction, and heads north of Lansing and through Flint (where it crosses I-75) to a junction with I-94 in Port Huron. The last bit of I-69 overlaps I-94 to the Blue Water Bridge across the St. Clair River, where traffic continues on Highway 402 in the Canadian province of Ontario. Interstate 465 (I-465) is the beltway circling Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. ... For the American political term, see Inside the Beltway and Beltway bandits. ... Anderson is a city located in Madison County, Indiana. ... History The area was first settled in the 1770s by the Delaware Indians, who had been transported from their tribal lands near the east coast to Ohio and eastern Indiana. ... Marion is a city located in Grant County, Indiana. ... Nickname: Motto: Ke Ki On Ga Location in the state of Indiana, USA Coordinates: , Country State County Allen Founded October 22, 1794 Incorporated February 22, 1840 Government  - Mayor Graham Richard (D)  - City Clerk Sandra Kennedy (D)  - City Council John N. Crawford (R) Samuel J. Talarico, Jr (R) John Shoaff (D... I-469 serves as a major bypas around Fort Wayne and New Haven, Indiana. ... Indiana Toll Road Length: 156. ... In the U.S. state of Indiana, Interstate 80 consists entirely of the following two routes: The Borman Expressway from the Illinois state line to Lake Station. ... Indiana Toll Road Length: 156. ... In the U.S. state of Michigan, Interstate 94 (I-94) runs east-west through the southern portion of the state. ... This article is about the city of Battle Creek, Michigan. ... This Interstate Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject U.S. Interstate Highways. ... Signs indicating a concurrency of Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Massachusetts Route 3 in Boston A concurrency, overlap, coincidence, or commons in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers. ... Capitol Building Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan, located mostly in Ingham County; a small portion extends into adjacent Eaton County. ... Flint, Michigan is a city in Genesee County along the Flint River about 60 miles northwest of Detroit. ... Interstate 75 is one of Michigans longest numbered highways within the state. ... In the U.S. state of Michigan, Interstate 94 (I-94) runs east-west through the southern portion of the state. ... The newer Blue Water Bridge is in the foreground, the older bridge is behind. ... Landsat satellite photo, showing Lake Saint Clair, as well as St. ... Highway 402 as part of the 400-series network Highway 402 is a 400-Series Highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada that runs 103 km (64 miles) from the Blue Water Bridge in Point Edward (a suburb of Sarnia) and Highway 401 in London. ... Canada consists of ten provinces and three territories. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area...

In addition to the main line of I-69, the overall project - known as Corridors 18 and 20 of the National Highway System - also includes Interstate 94 between Chicago and Port Huron, and several spurs from I-69. Among these proposed spurs are an extension of Interstate 530 from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, an upgrade of U.S. Route 59 from Texarkana, Texas, and a split in southern Texas to serve three border crossings at Laredo, Pharr, and Brownsville. In August 2007 I-69 was selected by the USDOT as one of six Corridors of the Future, making it eligible for additional federal funding and streamlined planning and review. The National Highway System includes many significant roads besides Interstate Highways This article is about the United States highway system. ... Interstate 94 (abbreviated I-94) is the northernmost east-west interstate highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... Interstate 530 (abbreviated I-530) in Arkansas is a nearly 47 mile (76 km) long spur route from Little Rock at the junction of Interstate 30 and Interstate 440 in the northwest, to Pine Bluff in the southeast. ... Coordinates: , Country State County Jefferson Founded 1832 Incorporated 1839 Government  - Mayor Carl Redus Area  - City  46. ... U.S. Route 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ... Water tower in Texarkana. ... Laredo redirects here. ... Pharr is a city located in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. ... Brownsville is a city located in Cameron County, Texas, United States. ...

Route description

Main articles: Interstate 69 in Indiana and Interstate 69 in Michigan

Interstate 69 presently runs northeast from Indianapolis via Fort Wayne in the U.S. state of Indiana. ... Interstate 69 passes through Lansing and Flint in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

Proposed extension

In 2000, Corridors 18 and 20 were split into 32 sections of independent utility (SIUs) as part of the I-69 (Corridor 18) Special Environmental Study.^[3] Some states use these SIU numbers to identify projects. I-94 between Chicago and Port Huron was SIU 27.

As of 2007, SIU 1 (north of Indianapolis) and SIU 2 (which will use I-465 around Indianapolis) are open, as is the short SIU 10 in northwestern Mississippi. SIUs 5 and 6 in Kentucky are built as freeways, but not to Interstate standards. The parkways in Kentucky will be upgraded on the spot to I-69 once funds become available. Most of the remaining parts of the mainline are in the environmental impact statement (EIS) stages; the Federal Highway Administration has signed a record of decision approving the final EIS for SIUs 7,^[4] 9,^[5]11,^[6] 12,^[7] and 13.^[8] Despite approval of some segments, work has been completed on only one segment partly due to increasing costs for construction materials and machinery is pushing construction costs beyond what available federal funds can cover. As a result, several states have indicated that construction of I-69 may not be possible without the use of tolls as the primary means to finance building the highway. To reflect this, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi passed legislation authorizing toll roads within each state. Texas is taking an approach where a private firm will build, operate, then transfer the highway to the state after a specified period of time. Kentucky is currently undecided on tolling its sections of I-69, and governor Mitch Daniels announced in 2006 that I-69 through Indiana will be toll-free. 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) defines standards for Interstate Highways in their publication A Policy on Design Standards - Interstate System. ... According to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) whenever the U.S. Federal Government takes a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment it must first consider the environmental impact in a document called an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). ... The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) is a form of project financing, wherein a private entity receives a franchise from the public sector to finance, design, construct, and operate a facility for a specified period, after which ownership is transferred back to the public sector. ...

Main article: Interstate 69 in Texas

In Texas, I-69 planning has become part of the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) studies. This part of the TTC, called I-69/TTC, includes I-69 and all of its spurs authorized by Congress. It will extend from three border crossings, at Laredo, McAllen, and Brownsville, along US 59, US 281, and US 77 towards Victoria. After the three branches join, I-69 will continue along the general US 59 corridor past Houston to Carthage, where it will turn easterly to Louisiana. Around Houston, I-69 may use the Grand Parkway (SH 99) around the west side. A planned branch continues north on US 59 to Texarkana. Most of the proposed I-69 route in Texas already exists as 4-lane highways, with several long freeway segments around Houston, Brownsville, and Laredo. The proposed Interstate 69 will pass through the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... The Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) is a transportation network in the planning and early construction stages in the U.S. state of Texas. ... Laredo redirects here. ... McAllen is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. ... Brownsville is a city located in Cameron County, Texas, United States. ... In the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. Route 59 is named the Lloyd Bentsen Highway, after Lloyd Bentsen, former U.S. Senator from Texas. ... U.S. Highway 281 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Route 77 is a north-south United States highway. ... Victoria is a city in Victoria County, Texas, United States. ... Houston redirects here. ... Carthage is a city located in Panola County, Texas. ... This Texas State Highway article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the WikiProject Texas State Highways. ... State Highway 99, also known as the Grand Parkway, is a Texas highway, which opened its first section in 1994. ... Water tower in Texarkana. ...

The I-69/TTC project has been split into 15 SIUs, which match the original ones but do not share numbers. SIUs 1 to 8 (original 16 to 23) cover the main line along the "I-69 East" branch to Brownsville. The "I-69 Central" branch to McAllen is SIUs 9, 11, and 12 (original 24 to 26). The branches to Texarkana and Laredo are SIUs 13 and 14 (original 29 and 30), and two connections near Brownsville are SIUs 10 and 15 (original 31 and 32). The I-69/TTC study also includes SIU L-CC, a connection between Laredo and Corpus Christi that was not in the 2000 study.^[9] Corpus Christi is a coastal city located in Texas. ...

Main articles: Interstate 69 in Louisiana, Interstate 69 in Arkansas, and Interstate 69 in Mississippi

As well as covering the part in Texas northeast of Nacogdoches, SIU 16 also extends into Louisiana, ending at US 171 near Stonewall. SIU 15 continues around the south and east sides of the Shreveport area, crossing I-49 and ending at I-20 near Haughton.^[10] SIU 14 extends northeast from I-20 to US 82 near El Dorado, Arkansas,^[11] and SIU 13 continues northeast to US 65 near McGehee, mainly paralleling US 278.^[12] Also included in Corridor 18, as SIU 28, is an extension of I-530 from Pine Bluff south along the US 425 corridor to I-69 west of Monticello; a short piece at the south end opened in mid-2006 as Highway 530.^[13] The Great River Bridge, SIU 12, will cross the Mississippi River between McGehee, Arkansas and Benoit, Mississippi, while SIU 11 will parallel US 61 to Tunica Resorts.^[14] SIU 10, the first completed portion of the I-69 extension, runs east from Robinsonville to I-55 near Hernando, and opened in late 2006.^[15] The proposed Interstate 69 will pass through the western part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... The proposed Interstate 69 will pass through the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 69 The proposed Interstate 69 extension from Indianapolis southwest to Texas presently has a short piece completed in the U.S. state of Mississippi, south of Memphis, Tennessee. ... Nacogdoches (pronounced nack-a-doe-chis) is a city located in Nacogdoches County, Texas. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... U.S. Highway 171 is a north-south United States highway. ... Stonewall is a town located in De Soto Parish, Louisiana. ... Shreveport, Louisiana is the third largest metropolitan city in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. ... Interstate 49 (abbreviated I-49) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana in the southern United States. ... In Louisiana, Interstate 20 roughly parallels U.S. 80 through the northern part of the state. ... Haughton is a town located in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. ... U.S. Route 82 is an east-west United States highway. ... El Dorado (pronounced to rhyme with tornado (IPA: [εl doˈreɪdoʊ] or [εl dəˈreɪdə])) is a city in Union County, Arkansas, USA. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,467. ... U.S. Route 65 is a north-south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. ... McGehee is a city located in Desha County, Arkansas. ... U.S. Route 278 is a spur of U.S. Route 78. ... Interstate 530 in Arkansas is a nearly 47-mile long spur route from Little Rock at the junction of Interstate 30 and Interstate 440 in the northwest, to Pine Bluff in the southeast. ... Pine Bluff is a city located in Jefferson County, Arkansas. ... U.S. Route 425 is a north-south United States highway, first commissioned in 1989. ... Monticello is a city located in Drew County, Arkansas. ... Interstate 530 (abbreviated I-530) in Arkansas is a nearly 47 mile (76 km) long spur route from Little Rock at the junction of Interstate 30 and Interstate 440 in the northwest, to Pine Bluff in the southeast. ... The Great River Bridge was the original proposed name for this bridge; the Great River Bridge is also the name of a current bridge carrying US 34 from Iowa to Illinois. ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... Benoit is a town located in Bolivar County, Mississippi. ... U.S. Route 61 is the official designation for a United States highway that runs 1,400 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. ... Tunica Resorts, Mississippi is an unincorporated community located in northern Tunica County, Mississippi, north of the county seat of Tunica. ... Interstate 55 is a major north-south interstate highway that serves the middle of the United States. ... Hernando is a city located in DeSoto County, Mississippi. ...

Main articles: Interstate 69 in Tennessee, Interstate 69 in Kentucky, and Interstate 69 in Indiana

I-69 SIU 9 will overlap I-55 into Memphis, Tennessee, switching there to I-240 and then I-40 before leaving onto the short State Route 300 connection and then paralleling US 51 to near Millington. The proposed Interstate 269 will bypass this part of I-69, beginning where I-69 joins I-55 in Mississippi and ending near Millington, and will include the northern part of State Route 385 near Millington. SIU 8 will continue beyond Millington, near US 51, to I-155 near Dyersburg, while SIU 7 will use the existing US 51 freeway and new bypasses to the state line at Fulton, Kentucky.^[16] In Kentucky, I-69 will mostly follow existing freeways once built as toll roads. SIU 6 follows the Purchase Parkway and I-24 from Fulton to Eddyville, while SIU 5 continues along the Western Kentucky Parkway and Pennyrile Parkway to Henderson. These older roads will require upgrading to Interstate standards, but will not require as much work as in other states, where entirely new highways must be built.^[17] The preferred alternative for SIU 4 will leave the Pennyrile Parkway near its north end and cross the Ohio River to I-164 near Evansville, Indiana, and will then use I-164 to I-64.^[18] SIU 3, connecting I-64 to I-465 in southern Indianapolis, will roughly parallel State Road 57 and State Road 37 past Bloomington.^[19] Finally, SIU 2 will follow I-465 around the city.^{[citation needed]} The proposed Interstate 69 will pass through the western part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, serving the cities of Union City, Troy, Dyersburg, and Memphis. ... The proposed Interstate 69 will pass through the western part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Interstate 69 presently runs northeast from Indianapolis via Fort Wayne in the U.S. state of Indiana. ... Signs indicating a concurrency of Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Massachusetts Route 3 in Boston A concurrency, overlap, coincidence, or commons in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers. ... Interstate 55 in Tennessee lies entirely within the city of Memphis, located in Shelby County. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... Interstate 240 (abbreviated I-240) is an Interstate highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... In the state of Tennessee, Interstate 40 runs from Memphis to Great Smoky Mountains National Park by way of Nashville and Knoxville. ... State Route 300 (abbreviated SR 300) is a four-lane controlled-access expressway inside of Memphis, Tennessee that goes from Interstate 40 to U.S. Highway 51. ... U.S. Route 51, mostly also covered by the unsigned State Route 3 (SR 3), is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee, that is 136 miles (219 km) long. ... Millington is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. ... Interstate 269 (abbreviated I-269) is a proposed interstate highway in the southern United States. ... State Route 385 is the designation for three separate segments of highway in the Memphis Metropolitan Area in Shelby and Fayette counties in west Tennessee, forming a semicircle around and through the Memphis suburbs. ... Interstate 155 is the designation for two tertiary interstate routes in the United States. ... Dyersburg is a city located in Dyer County, Tennessee. ... Fulton is a city in Fulton County, Kentucky, United States. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway shield. ... Interstate 24 in Kentucky runs from the Ohio River at Paducah to outside Clarksville, Tennessee on the state line. ... Eddyville is a city located in Lyon County, Kentucky. ... Shield marks the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway. ... The Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway is a 56. ... Henderson is a city located in Henderson County, Kentucky. ... The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) defines standards for Interstate Highways in their publication A Policy on Design Standards - Interstate System. ... View of Pittsburgh, the largest metropolitan area on the Ohio River, where the Allegheny River (left) and the Monongahela River (right) join at Point State Park to form the Ohio River Cincinnati, Ohio is a well known city along the Ohio River, historically known for its riverboats. ... Interstate 164 (abbreviated I-164) is a spur highway of Interstate 64 in Evansville, Indiana. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Indiana Country State County Vanderburgh Government  - Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel (D) Area  - City 40. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 64 Interstate 64 (abbreviated I-64) is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. ... Interstate 465 (or I-465) is the beltway circling Indianapolis, Indiana. ... The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... State Road 57 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a north-south, largely two-lane road in the southwestern portion of the state. ... State Road 37 in the U.S. State of Indiana at one time ran from the northeast of the state to the south end. ... A Fourth of July parade passes the Monroe County courthouse in Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city located in Monroe County, Indiana. ...

History

A route from Indianapolis northeast via Fort Wayne to I-80/I-90 near Angola was added to the proposed "Interregional Highway System" by the early 1940s. Unlike most of the routes, it was not drawn along an existing U.S. Highway corridor, except north of Fort Wayne (where it used US 27); most of it ran along State Road 9.^[20] The extension beyond Angola to I-94 near Marshall actually started out as part of what evolved into I-94. On early plans, the Chicago-Detroit route would have replaced US 112 (now US 12), splitting from I-80/I-90 at South Bend.^[21][20] By 1947, the route had been shifted north to present I-94, along what was then US 12, but the connection to South Bend remained, splitting at Kalamazoo.^[22] The Indianapolis skyline Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... City nickname: The Summit City Location in the state of Indiana County Allen County, Indiana Area  - Total  - Water 127 km^2 (78. ... In the U.S. state of Indiana, Interstate 80 consists entirely of the following two routes: The Borman Expressway from the Illinois state line to Lake Station. ... Indiana Toll Road Length: 156. ... Current U.S. Highway shield The United States Highway System is an integrated system of roads in the United States numbered within a nationwide grid. ... United States Highway 27 (US 27), is a north-south United States highway. ... State Road 9 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a long north-south state highway in the eastern portion of Indiana. ... In the U.S. state of Michigan, Interstate 94 (I-94) runs east-west through the southern portion of the state. ... Marshall is a city located in Calhoun County, Michigan. ... U.S. Route 112 (US 112) is a designation, defunct since the beginning of 1962, for a largely east-west highway in southern Michigan, United States, between New Buffalo and Ypsilanti. ... U.S. Route 12, or US 12, is an east-west United States highway running from downtown Detroit almost 2500 miles (4000 km) to Grays Harbor on the Pacific Ocean in the state of Washington. ... South Bend is a city located in St. ... Kalamazoo is a city located in Kalamazoo County in southwest Michigan. ...

The Interstate 69 designation was assigned to the Indianapolis-Angola route in 1957, while the short South Bend-Kalamazoo route became Interstate 67.^[23] I-67 was shifted east to the US 27 corridor by early 1958, becoming an extension of I-69 to I-94 near Marshall.^[24][25] The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 authorized an additional 1500 miles (2400 km) of Interstates, to be chosen by the Federal Highway Administration; among Michigan's proposals was a 156-mile (251 km) extension of I-69 northeast and east via US 27 to Lansing, M-78 to Flint, and M-21 to Port Huron.^[26] However, the FHWA only approved the route to I-475^[27] in Flint.^[28] The continuation to Port Huron was approved in late 1984.^{[citation needed]} Michigan's 1241-mile (1997 km) portion of the Interstate system was completed in 1992, when the last piece of I-69 opened southwest of Lansing.^[29] The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. ... Capitol Building Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan, located mostly in Ingham County; a small portion extends into adjacent Eaton County. ... M-78 is a state highway in Michigan. ... Flint, Michigan is a city in Genesee County along the Flint River about 60 miles northwest of Detroit. ... M-21 M-21 is an east-west highway in the U.S. state of Michigan connecting the cities of Grand Rapids and Flint. ... Port Huron is a city located in St. ... The 16. ... Capitol Building Lansing is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan, located mostly in Ingham County; a small portion extends into adjacent Eaton County. ...

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 included two High Priority Corridors that would later become parts of a proposed extension of I-69:^[30] The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) (ISTEA, pronounced Ice-Tea) posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first US federal legislation on the subject in the post-Interstate Highway System era. ... The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; ISTEA, pronounced Ice-Tea) is a United States federal law that posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first U.S. federal legislation on the subject in the post-Interstate Highway System era. ...

• (18) Corridor from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Memphis, Tennessee, via Evansville, Indiana.
• (20) United States Route 59 Corridor from Laredo, Texas, through Houston, Texas, to the vicinity of Texarkana, Texas.

Corridor 18 was extended southwest to Houston, Texas, where it connected to Corridor 20, by the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; the new definition read "Corridor from Indianapolis, Indiana, through Evansville, Indiana, Memphis, Tennessee, Shreveport/Bossier, Louisiana, and to Houston, Texas."^[31] The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 made further amendments to the description of Corridor 18, specifying that it would serve Mississippi and Arkansas, extending it south to the Mexican border in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and adding a short connection at Brownsville, Texas. This act also specified that Corridors 18 and 20 were "future parts of the Interstate System", to become actual Interstates when built to Interstate standards and connected to other Interstates. Although the act designated Corridor 9 as Interstate 99, no number was assigned to Corridors 18 and 20 yet.^[32] Indianapolis redirects here. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Location in the state of Indiana Country State County Vanderburgh Government  - Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel (D) Area  - City 40. ... U.S. Route 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country State County Webb Settled 1755 Government  - Type Mayor / City Manager  - Mayor Raul G. Salinas  - City Manager Carlos R. Villarreal Area  - City 84. ... Houston redirects here. ... Water tower in Texarkana. ... Houston redirects here. ... Shreveport, Louisiana is the third largest metropolitan city in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. ... Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. ... The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Pub. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... The border between Mexico and the United States spans four U.S. states, six Mexican states, and has over twenty commercial crossings. ... The Rio Grande Valley is an area located in the southernmost tip of Texas. ... Brownsville is the county seat of Cameron County, Texas, United States, the southernmost city in Texas. ... An interstate system can refer to A system for international relations The U.S. Interstate highway system This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) defines standards for Interstate Highways in their publication A Policy on Design Standards - Interstate System. ... Interstate 99 (abbreviated I-99) is a main route of the Interstate Highway System in central Pennsylvania. ...

The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), enacted in 1998, greatly expanded the definition of Corridor 18 to include the existing I-69, as well as Interstate 94 between Port Huron and Chicago. A connection to Pine Bluff, Arkansas was added, and the extension to the Lower Rio Grande Valley was detailed as splitting into two routes at Victoria, one following US 77 and the other following US 59 and US 281 to the Rio Grande. This act also assigned the Interstate 69 designation to Corridors 18 and 20, with the branches on US 77 and US 281 to the Rio Grande being "I-69 East" and "I-69 Central".^[33] With TEA-21, the I-69 extension took shape, and remains today as those segments.^[34] The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) was enacted June 9, 1998, as Public Law 105-178. ... Interstate 94 (abbreviated I-94) is the northernmost east-west interstate highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... Coordinates: , Country State County Jefferson Founded 1832 Incorporated 1839 Government  - Mayor Carl Redus Area  - City  46. ... Victoria is a city in Victoria County, Texas, United States. ... US 77 is a north-south United States highway. ... United States Highway 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ... U.S. Highway 281 is a north-south United States highway. ...

Opposition and controversy

Opponents believe that I-69, by expediting free trade between Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and Latin America, will further contribute to the exploitation of workers in the global south.^[35] Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ...

The construction of I-69 has also angered environmentalists. The controversial highway would eliminate large areas of forest, run through wetlands, existing farmland, and cut through geologically sensitive "karst" terrain, which environmentalists argue threatens to pollute underground water systems and harm the rare species that live there.^[36] Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ... Rare species is an organism which is very uncommon or scarce. ...

Opposition comes also from urban planners who, in addition to the concerns above, object to the creation of a highway almost four football fields wide that will requires subsidies of up to $2 billion a year, and will certainly greatly increase the spread of suburban sprawl and autodependency at a time when oil prices continue to rise to unprecedented levels. There is no provision for mass transit associated with the project.[1]. Urban sprawl (also called suburban sprawl and Los Angelization) describes the growth of a metropolitan area, particularly the suburbs, over a large area. ... In the United States of America, transit describes local area common carrier passenger transportation configured to provide scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis. ...

More specifically, the extension of Interstate 69 has seen organized opposition in a number of states along the route, most notably Indiana, Tennessee, and Texas. For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...

Auxiliary routes

• Interstate 269 (Tennessee/Mississippi) - under construction
• Interstate 469 (Indiana)

Interstate 269 (abbreviated I-269) is a proposed interstate highway in the southern United States. ... I-469 serves as a major bypas around Fort Wayne and New Haven, Indiana. ...

References

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External links

• I69Info.com
• Interstate 69 at Michigan Highways
• Highway Position: Is an Indiana Congressman introducing legislation to change the name of Interstate 69? (Snopes.com)
• Indiana Highway Ends: I-69
• Official DOT websites:
  • I-69 Indianapolis-Evansville Study (Indiana Department of Transportation, SIU 3)
  • Evansville/Henderson study (Indiana and Kentucky DOTs, SIU 4)
  • Interstate 69 in Tennessee (SIUs 7, 8, and 9)
  • Interstate 69 in Mississippi (SIU 11)
  • McGehee to El Dorado, Ark. (SIU 13)
  • El Dorado to Shreveport, La. (SIU 14)
  • Shreveport bypass (SIU 15)
  • KeepTexasMoving.com Trans-Texas Corridor, a Texas Department of Transportation site
• Supporters:
  • Alliance for I-69 Texas, an association supporting the development of I-69 in Texas
• Opponents:
  • Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads, an organization opposed to a new-terrain route for I-69 in Indiana.
  • [2], I-69 Opposition News Feed

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