Interstate 69 in Texas
Interstate 69 (I-69[lower-alpha 1]) is an Interstate Highway that is in the process of being built in the US state of Texas. It is part of a longer I-69 extension known as the NAFTA superhighway, that, when completed, will connect Canada to Mexico. In Texas, it will connect Tenaha and the Louisiana segment of the route through the eastern part of the state and along the Texas Gulf Coast to Victoria, where it will split into three branches: I-69E to Brownsville, I-69C to Pharr, and I-69W to Laredo. The first segment of I-69 in Texas was opened in 2011 near Corpus Christi. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) approved an additional 58 miles (93 km) of US 77 from Brownsville to the Willacy–Kenedy county line for designation as I-69, which was to be signed as I-69E upon concurrence from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). FHWA approval for this segment was announced on May 29, 2013.[2] By March 2015, a 74.9-mile (120.5 km) section of US 59 had been completed and designated as I-69 through Greater Houston. As of 2023, short segments near the southern terminuses of the three branch routes have also all been completed. These branches are planned to be connected.
Interstate 69 | ||||
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Opened sections of I-69 highlighted in red; proposed sections in pink | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 74.9 mi (120.5 km) | |||
| Existed | 2011–present | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 59 / Spur 529 in Rosenberg | |||
 I-45 in Houston  I-10 / US 90 in Houston | ||||
| North end | US 59 near Cleveland | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Liberty | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
The congressionally designated I-69 corridor begins at the Mexican border with three auxiliary routes:
- I-69W begins at the entrance to the World Trade International Bridge, which connects to Mexican Federal Highway 85D (Fed. 85D), near the border in Laredo. It is cosigned with both US 59 and State Highway Loop 20 (Loop 20; Bob Bullock Loop) and extends 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to I-35 (which connects to Fed. 85 south of the border). It will continue on US 59 east to George West, where it will intersect I-69C, it will then intersect I-37 east of George West, and it will then continue east to Victoria.
- I-69C (with connections to Fed. 97) begins in Pharr at I-2 and is designated for 18 miles (29 km) through Edinburg and cosigned with US 281. It will continue north along US 281 to George West, where it will intersect I-69W and terminate at this point.
- I-69E begins just north of the Veterans International Bridge, which connects to both Fed. 101 and Fed. 180, near the border in Brownsville and continues for 58.9 miles (94.8 km) through Olmito, where it intersects I-169, and through Harlingen, where it intersects I-2, past Raymondville to the Willacy–Kenedy county line, and cosigned with US 77; it is also cosigned with US 83 from Brownsville to Harlingen. The route will follow the US 77 corridor north to Corpus Christi, where a 7.8-mile (12.6 km) segment is already designated as I-69E and cosigned with US 77 and also intersects I-37, and it will then continue north to Victoria.
I-69W and I-69E will merge just south of Victoria, Texas, where mainline I-69 will follow US 59 northeast to Fort Bend County. In Greater Houston, I-69 follows US 59 (Southwest Freeway) from Fort Bend County to the west loop of I-610. I-69 then follows US 59 (Eastex Freeway) from the north loop of I-610 to the Montgomery–Liberty county line. The segment of US 59 inside the I-610 loop, through Downtown Houston, was approved for designation as I-69 by the FHWA on March 9, 2015, and approved for signage as I-69 by the Texas Transportation Commission on March 25, 2015.[3]
I-69 will follow US 59 to the north, serving Cleveland, Shepherd, Livingston, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, and Tenaha. In Tenaha, I-69 will head into Louisiana along the US 84 corridor. The segment of US 59 from Tenaha to Texarkana will be signed as I-369.[4]
History
The federal legislation designating the south Texas branches as I-69 suggested that these routes may be designated as "I-69E" (east, following US 77), "I-69C" (central, following US 281), and "I-69W" (west, following US 59), the AASHTO Special Committee on Route Numbering rejected the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)'s request for these three designations along the proposed I-69 branches, citing that AASHTO policy no longer allows Interstate Highways to be signed as suffixed routes. Stating that the I-69E, I-69C, and I-69W designations for the three I-69 branches south of Victoria were written into federal law, the initial denial of TxDOT's applications were subsequently overturned by the AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways, and the approval for the I-69E, I-69C, and I-69W branch designations were confirmed by the AASHTO Board of Directors, pending concurrence from the FHWA during the AASHTO Spring Meeting on May 7, 2013. During this same meeting, the section of US 83 between Harlingen and Peñitas was conditionally approved to be designated as I-2, with FHWA concurrence. The US 83 freeway in south Texas was widely anticipated to receive an I-X69 designation instead of I-2. In any case, Texas is proceeding in the same fashion as Indiana, conducting environmental studies for its portion of I-69 in a two-tier process. The mainline route through Texas will be approximately 500 miles (800 km). On June 11, 2008, TxDOT announced they planned to limit further study of I-69 to existing highway corridors (US 59, US 77, US 84, US 281, and State Highway 44 (SH 44)) outside transition zones in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Houston, and Texarkana.[5]
Texas originally sought a public–private partnership to construct much of the route through Texas as a privately operated toll road under the failed Trans-Texas Corridor project. However, on June 26, 2008, TxDOT announced that they had approved a proposal by Zachry American and ACS Infrastructure to develop the I-69 corridor in Texas, beginning with upgrades to the US 77 corridor between Brownsville and I-37; the Zachry/ACS plan calls for the majority of the freeway to be toll-free; the only two tolled sections would be bypasses of Riviera and Driscoll.[6]
Original plans for the route included a potential overlap with the "TTC-35" corridor component as well, but the preferred alternative for that component follows I-35 south of San Antonio instead of entering the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Recent and future improvements
Since July 2011, Texas has been proceeding with upgrading rural sections of US 59, US 77, and US 281 to Interstate standards by replacing intersections with interchanges and converting two-lane stretches to four lanes by adding a second carriageway to the existing roadway and adding one-way frontage roads. Some bypasses will be built around some cities with some of them being considered as a relief route.
A stated goal of TxDOT's I-69 initiative is that "existing suitable freeway sections of the proposed system be designated as I-69 as soon as possible".[7] A bill was introduced and passed by the House of Representatives that allows Interstate quality sections of US 59, US 77, and US 281 to be signed as I-69 regardless of whether or not they connected to other Interstate Highways.
Meanwhile, TxDOT has submitted an application to the FHWA and AASHTO to designate 75 miles (121 km) of US 59 in the Houston area and eight miles (13 km) of US 77 near Corpus Christi as I-69, as these sections are already built to Interstate standards and connect to other Interstate Highways. In August 2011, TxDOT received approval from the FHWA for a six-mile (9.7 km) segment of US 77 between I-37 and SH 44 near Corpus Christi and was approved by AASHTO in October 2011.[8] Officials held a ceremony on December 5, 2011, to unveil I-69 signs on the Robstown–Corpus Christi section.[9] On May 29, 2013, the Robstown–Corpus Christi section of I-69 was resigned as I-69E.
At the May 18, 2012, AASHTO meeting, 35 miles (56 km) of US 59 (Eastex Freeway) from I-610 in Houston (on the loop's northern segment) to Fostoria Road in Liberty County were also approved as ready for I-69 signage, pending concurrence from the FHWA.[10] The FHWA later granted concurrence and with the final approval of the Texas Transportation Commission, the 35-mile (56 km) stretch was officially designated as I-69.[11] It was announced on February 6, 2013, that the FHWA had approved a 28.4-mile (45.7 km) segment of US 59 (Southwest Freeway) from I-610 in Houston (on the loop's western segment) to just southwest of Rosenberg;[12][13] the Transportation Commission gave final approval later that month and signage was erected on April 3, 2013.[14][15] The remaining segment of the original 75-mile (121 km) submission (the section within Houston between the northern and western sections of I-610) was approved for designation as I-69 by the FHWA on March 9, 2015, and approved for signage as I-69 by the Transportation Commission on March 25, 2015.
The south terminus of the I-69 designation is to be extended to the Fort Bend–Wharton county line. This project was scheduled for completion in 2022.[16] The northern terminus I-69 will be extended to Cleveland. This project was scheduled for completion in by end of 2022,[17] but got delayed to 2023 due to weather and supply chain issues.[18] Both of these segments have since been completed and are awaiting approval to be designated as I-69.[19] In the way in Liberty County is the Riggs Cemetery built along construction of the freeway, but TxDOT is preserving it. The cemetery was established in 1892.[20] I-69 will also be extended to Shepherd. That project will begin in 2023 and is scheduled to be completed in 2027.[21]
On May 29, 2013, the Transportation Commission gave approval to naming completed Interstate-standard segments of US 77 and US 281 as I-69. On July 15, 2013, the Interstate markers were unveiled.[22] US 77 through Cameron and Willacy counties are signed as I-69E. That includes 53 miles (85 km) of existing freeway starting at the international boundary in the middle of the Rio Grande in Brownsville and running north past Raymondville. The 13 miles (21 km) of US 281 freeway in Pharr and Edinburg are signed as I-69C.[23]
On November 20, 2014, the Transportation Commission voted to add two new sections totaling 6.1 miles (9.8 km) to I-69 in south Texas.[24] The first section is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) of newly finished freeway near Robstown in Nueces County and was codesignated as I-69E/US 77,[24] and the second section is a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) section of new freeway on the north side of Edinburg in Hidalgo County which was codesignated as I-69C/US 281.[24] The designations were approved by the FHWA and by AASHTO.[24] As a result, there is now a total of 192 miles (309 km) of I-69 in Texas (including I-2).
On May 24, 2019, both the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate approved a 10-year extension of highway funding needed for I-69.[25]
There is no timeline of when I-69 in Texas will be completed as there no funding to complete it entirely.[26] Various portions of US 59 are being upgraded to interstate standards with some bypasses being constructed. Construction on building a new alignment in Nacogdoches to bypass an interchange began in 2019 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023.[27] TDOT also held a public meeting on August 3, 2023 on the planned $115-million reconfiguration of the US 59 and US 259/Bus. US 59-F interchange just north of Nacogdoches, although construction is not scheduled to start until 2029. This meeting came about one year after the last public meeting and discussed how the horseshoe-style intersection would be removed with the addition of flyover bridges.[28] A bypass for Diboll is under construction and is scheduled for completion in 2025.[29][30] US 59 was redesignated on the unfinished bypass on May 25, 2023 with the former alignment becoming Bus. US 59-H.[31] The bypass for Corrigan started construction in late 2022 and is scheduled for completion in 2028.[32][33]
Exit list
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharton | Louise | — |    US 59 south / Loop 523 / FM 647 – Victoria, Louise[34] | Completed; I-69 will continue south along US 59 south to Victoria | |||
| — | County Road 319[34] | ||||||
| — |  Loop 523 / FM 1160 – Louise[34] | Completed | |||||
| Hillje | — |   Loop 524 / FM 441 – Hillje[34] | Completed | ||||
| El Campo | — |   Bus. US 59-S – El Campo[34] | Completed | ||||
| — |  FM 1163[34] | Completed | |||||
| — |  SH 71 – Columbus, Palacios[34] | Completed | |||||
| — |  FM 1162[34] | Completed | |||||
| — |  Bus. US 59-S / FM 960 south – El Campo[34] | Completed | |||||
| Pierce | — |  Loop 526 – Pierce[34] | |||||
| Wharton | — |     Bus. US 59-R / FM 961 north / SH 60 – Wharton, Bay City[34] | Completed | ||||
| — |  FM 102 – Wharton, Eagle Lake[34] | Completed | |||||
| | — | Bus. US 59-R / SH 60 – Wharton, Bay City, Hungerford, Sealy[34] | Partially completed; To be southbound exit only and northbound entrance only | ||||
| Hungerford | — |  FM 1161 – Spanish Camp[34] | Partially completed; Redesign interchange | ||||
| — | Bus. US 59-R – Hungerford[34] | Interchange under construction | |||||
| | — | County Road 212[34] | Interchange under construction | ||||
| Fort Bend | Kendleton | 0.0 | 0.0 | 83 |  FM 2919 – Kendleton | Awaiting approval for I-69 desigination.[19] | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 84 |  Loop 541 – Kendleton | Closed; replaced by exit 86 | |||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 86 | Loop 541 (Doris Road) – Kendleton | Awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | |||
| Beasley | 0.0 | 0.0 | 89 |   FM 360 / Loop 540 – Needville | Awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 90 | Isleib Road | Awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | |||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 92 | Loop 540 – Beasley | Southbound exit only; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | |||
| Rosenberg | 0.0 | 0.0 | 93 |  Spur 10 (Patton Road, Hartledge Road) | Awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 94 | US 59 south / Spur 529 north – Victoria/Kroesche Rd | Current southern terminus of I-69; US 59 continues south | |||
| 2.3 | 3.7 | 96 | Bamore Road | ||||
| 2.9 | 4.7 | 97 |  SH 36 – Rosenberg, Needville | ||||
| 4.9 | 7.9 | 99 |  FM 2218 – Richmond (B.F. Terry Boulevard) | No southbound entrance (closed until further notice) | |||
| 6.2 | 10.0 | 100 | Reading Road | ||||
| | 6.8 | 10.9 | 101 |  FM 762 – Richmond, Rosenberg | |||
| | 8.7 | 14.0 | 103 |  Williams Way Boulevard | To Oak Bend Medical Center | ||
| Sugar Land | 10.4 | 16.7 | 104 |   SH 99 north (Frontage Road) / FM 2759 south (Crabb River Road) | To Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital | ||
| 11.8 | 19.0 | 106 | Brazos River Turnaround | ||||
| 13.3 | 21.4 | 107 | University Boulevard | ||||
| 14.3 | 23.0 | 108 | First Colony Boulevard / Sweetwater Boulevard | To Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | |||
| 15.3 | 24.6 | 109 |   SH 6 – Sugarland Airport | Former FM 1960 | |||
| 16.1 | 25.9 | 110 | Sugar Lakes Drive / Williams Trace Boulevard | To St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital | |||
| 17.3 | 27.8 | 111 | Dairy Ashford Road / Sugar Creek Boulevard | Dairy Ashford Road was formerly Spur 41[35][36] | |||
| 18.0 | 29.0 | 112 |  US 90 Alt. – Sugar Land, Stafford | ||||
| Fort Bend–Harris county line | Stafford | 19.0 | 30.6 | 113 | Kirkwood Road / West Airport Boulevard | Signed as exit 114 southbound | |
| Harris | Houston | 20.4 | 32.8 | 114 | Wilcrest Drive / Murphy Road (FM 1092 south) / West Bellfort Avenue | Signed as exit 115A southbound | |
| 21.1 | 34.0 | 115 |  Sam Houston Tollway | Signed as exit 115B southbound | |||
| 21.5 | 34.6 | 115C |  Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 114) | |||
| 22.5 | 36.2 | 117 | Bissonnet Street | ||||
| 23.6– 23.9 | 38.0– 38.5 | 118 | South Gessner Road / Beechnut Street | To Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital | |||
| 24.7– 25.1 | 39.8– 40.4 | 119 | Fondren Road / Bellaire Boulevard | ||||
| 26.3 | 42.3 | 121A | Hillcroft Avenue / Westpark Drive | ||||
| 27.1 | 43.6 | 121B |   Westpark Tollway east | Northbound access to eastbound tollway, southbound access to westbound tollway only | |||
| 27.3 | 43.9 | 121C | Westpark Drive | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 121A); no access to or from HOV lane (access is via Edloe Street) | |||
| 27.5 | 44.3 | 122B | Fountainview Drive | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| 27.9 | 44.9 | 122A | Chimney Rock Road / Sage Road / South Rice Avenue | Signed as exit 122 northbound; no southbound exit; southbound access is via exit 122B | |||
| 28.9 | 46.5 | 123 |  I-610 (West Loop Freeway) – IAH Airport, Hobby Airport | Exits 8A-B on I-610; redesigned stack interchange; southbound connector to I-610 southbound closed until April 2024, access to I-610 southbound is via I-69 northbound only | |||
| 29.5 | 47.5 | 124 | Newcastle Drive | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 125A) | |||
| 30.1 | 48.4 | 125A | Weslayan Road | ||||
| 30.6 | 49.2 | 125B | Edloe Street – Buffalo Speedway | Northbound and southbound are signed differently | |||
| 31.5 | 50.7 | 126A | Kirby Drive | ||||
| 31.8– 32.0 | 51.2– 51.5 | 126B | Greenbriar Drive / Shepherd Drive | ||||
| 33.3 | 53.6 | 127B | Richmond Avenue – Downtown Houston | Via Louisiana Street (Spur 527); northbound left exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 33.5 | 53.9 | 127A | Main Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; to Texas Medical Center | |||
| 33.6 | 54.1 | 128A | Fannin Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; to Texas Medical Center | |||
| 34.3 | 55.2 | 128B |    SH 288 south (South Freeway) to SH 288 Toll (Brazoria County Expressway) – Lake Jackson, Freeport | ||||
| 34.9 | 56.2 | 129A | McGowen Avenue / Tuam Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; to St. Joseph Medical Center | |||
| 35.2 | 56.6 | 129B | Gray Avenue / Pierce Avenue – Downtown Destinations | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; to St. Joseph Medical Center | |||
| 35.3 | 56.8 | 129A | I-45 (Gulf Freeway) – Dallas, Galveston | Exit 46 on I-45; to Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport; signed as exit 129B southbound | |||
| 35.7 | 57.5 | 130 | Polk Street – Downtown Destinations | Northbound exit only | |||
| Texas Avenue; Capitol Avenue | Closed; was southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||||
| Runnels Street, Canal Street | Closed; was southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||||
| 36.9 | 59.4 | 131 | Jackson Street – Downtown Destinations | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| 37.4 | 60.2 | 132 | I-10 (Baytown East Freeway & US 90) – San Antonio, Beaumont | Exit 770 on I-10; | |||
| 37.8– 38.5 | 60.8– 62.0 | 132B | Lyons Avenue / Quitman Street / Liberty Road | Signed as exit 133A southbound | |||
| 39.2 | 63.1 | 133B | Collingsworth Street / Kelley Street | Signed as exit 133A northbound | |||
| 39.7 | 63.9 | 134 | Cavalcade Street | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 133B) | |||
| 40.2 | 64.7 | 134-135B |   I-610 (North Loop Freeway) to Hardy Toll Road | Signed as exits 135A (west) & 135B (east) southbound, exit 134 northbound; exit 20 on I-610; access to Hardy Toll Road via I-610 west | |||
| 40.6– 41.7 | 65.3– 67.1 | 136 | Crosstimbers Road / Kelley Street | Kelley Street was formerly Loop 137 | |||
| 42.5 | 68.4 | 137A | Laura Koppe Road | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 137B) | |||
| 43.0 | 69.2 | 137B | Tidwell Road / Laura Koppe Road | Signed as exit 137 southbound | |||
| 43.8 | 70.5 | 138 | Parker Road / Jensen Drive / Saunders Road | ||||
| | 44.6 | 71.8 | 139 | Little York Road / Hopper Road | |||
| | 45.3 | 72.9 | 140A | Hopper Road | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 139) | ||
| | 46.2 | 74.4 | 140B | East Mount Houston Road | Signed as exit 140 northbound | ||
| | 47.1 | 75.8 | 141 | Aldine Mail Route / Lauder Road | |||
| | 47.6 | 76.6 | 142 | Lauder Road | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 141) | ||
| | 48.7 | 78.4 | 143A | Old Humble Road / Lee Road (FM 525 Spur) / Homestead Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| Houston | 49.1 | 79.0 | 143B |  FM 525 (Aldine Bender Road) | Signed as exit 143 southbound | ||
| 49.8 | 80.1 | 144A | Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Parkway) to Sam Houston Tollway | Signed as exit 144 northbound; access to Sam Houston Tollway (not signed) via Beltway 8 east | |||
| 50.0 | 80.5 | 144B | Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) | No direct northbound exit (signed exit 143B) | |||
| 50.7 | 81.6 | 145 | Greens Road | ||||
| Humble | 51.7 | 83.2 | 146 | Rankin Road | |||
| 53.0 | 85.3 | 147 | Will Clayton Parkway – Bush Intercontinental Airport | ||||
| 54.3– 54.6 | 87.4– 87.9 | 149 |   FM 1960 / FM Bus. 1960 – Humble | To Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital; Business FM 1960 was formerly Loop 184 | |||
| 55.6 | 89.5 | 150 | Townsen Boulevard | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 151) | |||
| Montgomery | Houston | 56.6 | 91.1 | 151 |  Loop 494 north / Hamblen Road / Sorters-McClellan Road | ||
| 58.1 | 93.5 | 152 | Kingwood Drive | ||||
| 59.3 | 95.4 | 153 | Northpark Drive | ||||
| | 61.8 | 99.5 | 156 |  FM 1314 – Porter, Conroe | |||
| | 62.9 | 101.2 | 157A |   To SH 99 Toll east (Grand Parkway) – Baytown / Community Drive | Southbound exit is via exit 157; access to eastbound Grand Parkway (opened in May 2022) via frontage road | ||
| | 63.5 | 102.2 | 157B |  SH 99 Toll west (Grand Parkway) – Spring | Northbound exit & entrance flyover ramps | ||
| | 63.6 | 102.4 | 157 | To SH 99 Toll (Grand Parkway) – Spring, Baytown | Southbound exit & entrance; southbound access to Grand Parkway via frontage road; SH 99 east of I-69/US 59 (Eastex Freeway) opened in May 2022 | ||
| | 64.0 | 103.0 | 159A |  FM 1485 – New Caney | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| | 65.5 | 105.4 | 159B | Loop 494 south / Roman Forest Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| | 65.6 | 105.6 | 159 | FM 1485 / Loop 494 – New Caney | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; Loop 494 access requires u-turn to go under freeway | ||
| Woodbranch | 66.9 | 107.7 | 160 | Roman Forest Boulevard | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| Woodbranch–Patton Village line | 68.5 | 110.2 | 161 |   SH 242 west | |||
| Patton Village | 69.7 | 112.2 | 163 | Creekwood Lane | |||
| Splendora | 71.6 | 115.2 | 165 |  FM 2090 – Splendora | |||
| 73.1 | 117.6 | 166 | East River Drive | ||||
| | 74.60 | 120.06 | 167 | Fostoria Road | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 171). | ||
| Liberty | | 74.61 | 120.07 | – | US 59 north | Current northern terminus of I-69 is 1,640 feet/500 meters up, opened March 2022; US 59 continues north | |
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | 169A | Mandell Road / Fostoria Road[37] and southbound access to County Road 377 | Exit opened in March 2023; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | ||
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | 169 | County Road 377 / County Road 381 / County Road 383[37] | Northbound exit; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19][37] | ||
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | 170 | County Road 381 / County Road 383[37] | Exit opened in March 2023; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19][37] | ||
| Cleveland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 171 |  SH 105 / Gladstell Road – Conroe, Beaumont[37] | Exit opened April 2023; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 172A |  Loop 573 (Washington Avenue)[37] | Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | |||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 172B | Bus. SH 105 – Cleveland, Conroe[37] | Exit opened in February 2023; former SH 105; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[19] | |||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 173 |  FM 2025 – Coldspring | Exit opened April 2023. | |||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 174 | Loop 573 (Washington Avenue) | Future northbound interchange | |||
| | * | Frontage Road[38][39] | Future northbound exit[38][39] | ||||
| San Jacinto | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 174 | Loop 573 (Washington Avenue)[38][39] | Future southbound interchange[38][39] | |
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | 175 | Red Road[38][39] | Future northbound interchange; Sherwood Drive would take this exit and take U-Turn at Red Road[38][39] | ||
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | 175 | Frontage Road / Sherwood Drive[38][39] | Future southbound interchange; northbound Sherwood Drive access via Red Road exit[38][39] | ||
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | 177 |   FM 2914 / FM 3460[38][39] | Completed | ||
| Shepherd | *453A* |  Loop 424 / FM 3460 – Shepherd | interchange; *temporary exit number*; signed as *453B* northbound | ||||
| *451C* | Frontage Road | Southbound exit only | |||||
| *451B* |   SH 150 / FM 223 – Rye, Shepherd, Coldspring | interchange; signed as exit *451B* northbound; not signed southbound | |||||
| Loop 424[40] | no left turn northbound; intersection to be removed | ||||||
| | — |   FM 1127 east[40] | Future interchange | ||||
| | — | Frontage Road[40] | Future interchange; northbound exit only | ||||
| Trinity River | US 59 Trinity River Bridge | ||||||
| See US 59 for interchanges between Shepherd and Tenaha. | |||||||
| Shelby | Tenaha | — |     I-369 north / US 59 north / US 84 east / US 96 south – Texarkana, Beaumont | Future north end of US 59 concurrency; I-69 will continue north along US 84 east into Louisiana towards Shreveport; northern terminus of US 96; interchange is currently open for US 59/US 84/US 96 traffic | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Notes
- Some sources use "IH-69", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by the Texas Department of Transportation for Interstate Highways.[1]
References
- Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Highway Designations Glossary". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- Clark, Steve (May 29, 2013). "SH 550 Ribbon-Cutting crowd Gets big I-69 News". Brownsville Herald. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- "Minute Order 113100" (PDF). ftp.dot.state.tx.us. Texas Transportation Commission. March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
- "U.S. 59 Texas city bypass project clears route for future I-69". Land Line. December 6, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- Cross, Mark (June 11, 2008). "TxDOT Recommends Narrowing Study Area for Texas Portion of I-69" (Press release). Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008.
- Texas Department of Transportation (June 26, 2008). "Transportation Commission Picks Developer for Texas Portion of I-69". Keep Texas Moving. Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008.
- "What's Next for I-69 Texas?". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- "Portion of US 77 Approved as Part of U.S. Interstate System" (Press release). Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on November 2, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- Clark, Steve (October 30, 2011). "First I-69 signs going up on U.S. 77 in December". Brownsville Herald. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
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External links
https://www.txdot.gov/projects/projects-studies/statewide/interstate-69-system-in-texas.html