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vipra

Expert Expediter
I'm trying to figure out how I69 is being extended. There are signs saying 'Future I69 corridor' on the Pennyrile and Purchase Parkways in KY and on US51 in TN, so they must be extending 69 from Indy to Memphis. I assume they're going to build a new road from Indy to Evansville since there's no road on that stretch yet?
I'm pretty sure that I also saw 'Future I69' signs on US281 from McAllen, TX to I37. Are they going to run 69 from McAllen to Memphis, so eventually 69 will go from McAllen all the way to Port Huron, MI? From McAllen they'll run it north on 281, then I'm guessing they'll use US59 to Houston, stay on 59 to Texarkana, but then what? Spend a few billion $ to make a new road from Texarkana to Memphis, or just run it along I30 and I40?

Recently I took US78 from Birmingham to Memphis, and there were signs saying 'Future I22 corridor.' Will that be all of it, or will they extend it past those 2 cities?

A few months ago I saw signs on another US route somewhere saying Future Interstate Corridor, but I can't remember where it was. Anyone know?
 
Tennesseahawk

Tennesseahawk

Veteran Expediter
I know IN is getting extended from Indianapolis to Evansville.

US-59 and 77 in TX is designated Future I-69... at least south of Houston. 59 runs from Texarkana to Laredo. Then 77 runs from Brownsville north toward I-35. I'm guessing it'll go US-77 from Brownsville to Beeville (or therebouts), then switch to 59 up to Texarkana.

Other than IN and TX, I don't know where they're routing it. One of the sites I checked has it going thru IN, KY, TN, MS, LA, AR, and TX. But there weren't any maps.

-Vampire Super Slooth Trucker!!!
 
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ConfusedMuse

Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
Here's the Offical web site:
http://www.i69info.com/
Has all the information you need,and then some. There will
eventually be 3 freight lanes into and out of Texas...
Laredo, Brownsville,and McAllen..... shipping all the divine freight
to and from Mexico
 
greg334

greg334

Veteran Expediter
Those signs have been there longer than I have been running. I remember seeing them in 2004.
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
>Here's the Offical web site:
>http://www.i69info.com/

Well, there's official, and then there's official :)
From the Web site's main page:

"These pages are completely unofficial. The author is not affiliated with any transportation agency. The contents of this website are presented for informational purposes only, are derived from publicly-available sources, and the accuracy of the contents is not guaranteed. In addition, some information presented, usually obvious from its context, is solely the opinion of the author."


Go to the "merchandise" links. I like the thong. Gonna get Cheri one of those for Christmas, I think. Maybe she'll give us a full report of what it's like driving around the country with a string of dental floss up... well, you know.


Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop

<ducking and running>
 
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RichM

Veteran Expediter
Charter Member
It really doesn't matter. By the time that highway is done we will all be driving wheelchairs.
 
cheri1122

cheri1122

Veteran Expediter
Driver
Turtle: we're more likely to find out, from you, what the thong feels like, going in one ear & out the other...;) :p
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
I'd give the thong a try, but I can't thing very well.

(somebody will get that, and laaaffff).

Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - Aesop


Moth: The green thtuff, found on the north thide of treeths.
 
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