Interstate 69 in Texas

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This article is about the section of Interstate 69 in Texas. For the entire route, see Interstate 69.
Not to be confused with U.S. Route 69 in Texas.

Interstate 69

Opened sections of I-69 highlighted in red; proposed sections in pink
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length75.3 mi (121.2 km)
Existed2011 (2011)–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
South end US 59 / Spur 529 in Rosenberg
Major intersections I-45 in Houston
I-10 / US 90 in Houston
North end US 59 near Cleveland
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountiesFort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Liberty
Highway system
← SH 68→ I-69C

Interstate 69 (I-69[a]) is an Interstate Highway that is in the process of being built in the U.S. 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 U.S. Highway 77 (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 2024, short segments near the southern terminuses of the three branch routes (I-69E, I-69C, and I-69W) have also all been completed. These branches are planned to be connected to the rest of the Interstate Highway System.

Route description

The congressionally designated I-69 corridor begins at the Mexico–U.S. border with three suffixed routes:

I-69 (along with US 59) in Houston looking east
What is now I-69/US 59 (Southwest Freeway) in 1972

I-69W and I-69E will merge just south of Victoria, 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]

From Houston, I-69 will follow US 59 to the north, serving Cleveland, Shepherd, Livingston, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, and Tenaha. From Tenaha, the I-69 mainline will head east into Louisiana along the US 84 corridor. In Texas, an Interstate route designated I-369 will proceed north along US 59 from Tenaha to Texarkana, serving Carthage, Marshall, and Atlanta.[4][5][6]

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.[7]

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. On June 26, 2008, however, TxDOT announced that they had approved a proposal by Zachry American and ACS Group to develop the I-69 corridor in Texas, beginning with upgrades to the US 77 corridor between Brownsville and I-37; the Zachry American/ACS Group plan calls for the majority of the freeway to be toll-free; the only two tolled sections would be bypasses of Riviera and Driscoll.[8]

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 roadway 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".[9] 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.[10] Officials held a ceremony on December 5, 2011, to unveil I-69 signs on the Robstown–Corpus Christi section.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] 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;[14][15] the transportation commission gave final approval later that month and signage was erected on April 3, 2013.[16][17] 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.

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.[18] 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.[19]

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.[20] The first section is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) of newly finished freeway near Robstown in Nueces County and was co-designated as I-69E/US 77,[20] 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.[20] The designations were approved by the FHWA and by AASHTO.[20] 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 Senate approved a 10-year extension of highway funding needed for I-69.[21]

The southern 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.[22] The northern terminus of I-69 will also be extended to Cleveland. This project was scheduled for completion in by end of 2022[23] but got delayed to 2023 due to weather and supply chain issues.[24] Both of these segments have since been completed and are awaiting approval to be designated as I-69.[25] Although the Riggs Cemetery, established in 1892, lies in the path the freeway in Liberty County, TxDOT is choosing to preserve it.[26] Work to extend I-69 northward to Shepherd and south to Victoria are in various stages of planning, development, design, and construction.[27]

There is no timeline of when I-69 in Texas will be completed as there no funding to complete it entirely.[28] 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 mid-2025.[29][30] TxDOT also held a public meeting on August 3, 2023, on the planned $115-million reconfiguration of the US 59 and US 259/Business US 59-F (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.[31] A bypass for Diboll is under construction and is scheduled for completion in 2025.[32][33] US 59 was redesignated on the unfinished bypass on May 25, 2023 with the former alignment becoming Bus. US 59-H.[34] The bypass for Corrigan started construction in late 2022 and is scheduled for completion in 2028.[35][36]

Exit list

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
WhartonLouise—
 US 59 south / Loop 523 / FM 647 – Victoria, Louise[37]		Completed; I-69 will continue south along US 59 south to Victoria
52County Road 319[37]
54 Loop 523 / FM 1160 – Louise[37]Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
Hillje57 Loop 524 / FM 441 – Hillje[37]Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
El Campo59
 Bus. US 59-S – El Campo[37]		Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
60 FM 1163[37]Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
61 SH 71 – Columbus, Palacios[37]Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
62 FM 1162[37]Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
64

 Bus. US 59-S / FM 960 south – El Campo[37]		Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
Pierce66 Loop 526 – Pierce[37]
Wharton70

 Bus. US 59-R / FM 961 north / SH 60 – Wharton, Bay City[37]		Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
72 FM 102 – Wharton, Eagle Lake[37]Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.
​75
 Bus. US 59-R / SH 60 – Wharton, Bay City, Hungerford, Sealy[37]		Partially completed; To be southbound exit only and northbound entrance only
Hungerford77 FM 1161 – Spanish Camp[37]Partially completed; Redesign interchange
79
 Bus. US 59-R – Hungerford[37]		Interchange under construction
​82County Road 212[37]Interchange under construction
Fort BendKendleton0.00.083 FM 2919 – KendletonAwaiting approval for I-69 desigination.[25]
0.00.084 Loop 541 – KendletonClosed; replaced by exit 86
0.00.086 Loop 541 (Doris Road) – KendletonAwaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
Beasley0.00.089 FM 360 / Loop 540 – NeedvilleAwaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
0.00.090Isleib RoadAwaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
0.00.092 Loop 540 – BeasleySouthbound exit only; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
Rosenberg0.00.093 Spur 10 (Patton Road, Hartledge Road)Awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
0.00.094

 US 59 south / Spur 529 north – Victoria/Kroesche Rd		Current southern terminus of I-69; US 59 continues south
2.33.796Bamore Road
2.94.797 SH 36 – Rosenberg, Needville
4.97.999 FM 2218 (B.F. Terry Boulevard) – Richmond
6.210.0100Reading Road
​6.810.9101 FM 762 – Richmond, Rosenberg
​8.714.0103 Williams Way BoulevardTo Oak Bend Medical Center
Sugar Land10.416.7104

 SH 99 north (Frontage Road) / FM 2759 south (Crabb River Road)		To Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital
11.819.0106Brazos River Turnaround
13.321.4107University Boulevard
14.323.0108 First Colony Boulevard / Sweetwater BoulevardTo Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
15.324.6109 SH 6 – Sugarland AirportFormer FM 1960
16.125.9110 Sugar Lakes Drive / Williams Trace BoulevardTo St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital
17.327.8111Dairy Ashford Road / Sugar Creek BoulevardDairy Ashford Road was formerly Spur 41[38][39]
18.029.0112
 US 90 Alt. – Sugar Land, Stafford
Fort Bend–Harris
county line		Stafford19.030.6113Kirkwood Road / West Airport BoulevardSigned as exit 114 southbound
HarrisHouston20.432.8114Wilcrest Drive / Murphy Road (FM 1092 south) / West Bellfort AvenueSigned as exit 115A southbound
21.134.0115 Sam Houston TollwaySigned as exit 115B southbound
21.534.6115C Beltway 8 (Frontage Road)No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 114)
22.536.2117Bissonnet Street
23.6–
23.9		38.0–
38.5		118 South Gessner Road / Beechnut StreetTo Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
24.7–
25.1		39.8–
40.4		119Fondren Road / Bellaire Boulevard
26.342.3121AHillcroft Avenue / Westpark Drive
27.143.6121B
 Westpark Tollway east		Northbound access to eastbound tollway, southbound access to westbound tollway only
27.343.9121CWestpark DriveNo direct northbound exit (signed at exit 121A); no access to or from HOV lane (access is via Edloe Street)
27.544.3122BFountainview DriveSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
27.944.9122AChimney Rock Road / Sage Road / South Rice AvenueSigned as exit 122 northbound
28.946.5123 I-610 (West Loop Freeway) – IAH Airport, Hobby AirportExits 8A-B on I-610; redesigned stack interchange
29.547.5124Newcastle DriveNo direct northbound exit (signed at exit 125A)
30.148.4125AWeslayan Road
30.649.2125BEdloe Street – Buffalo SpeedwayNorthbound and southbound are signed differently
31.550.7126AKirby Drive
31.8–
32.0		51.2–
51.5		126BGreenbriar Drive / Shepherd Drive
33.353.6127BRichmond Avenue – Downtown HoustonVia Louisiana Street (Spur 527); northbound left exit and southbound entrance
33.553.9127A Main StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance; to Texas Medical Center
33.654.1128A Fannin StreetSouthbound exit and northbound entrance; to Texas Medical Center
34.355.2128B

 SH 288 south (South Freeway) to SH 288 Toll (Brazoria County Expressway) – Lake Jackson, Freeport
34.956.2129A McGowen Avenue / Tuam AvenueSouthbound exit and northbound entrance; to St. Joseph Medical Center
35.256.6129B Gray Avenue / Pierce Avenue – Downtown DestinationsNorthbound exit and southbound entrance; to St. Joseph Medical Center
35.356.8129A I-45 (Gulf Freeway) – Dallas, GalvestonExit 46 on I-45; to Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport; signed as exit 129B southbound
35.757.5130Polk Street – Downtown DestinationsNorthbound exit only
Texas Avenue; Capitol AvenueClosed; was southbound exit and northbound entrance
Runnels Street, Canal StreetClosed; was southbound exit and northbound entrance
36.959.4131Jackson Street – Downtown DestinationsSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
37.460.2132 I-10 (Baytown East Freeway & US 90) – San Antonio, BeaumontExit 770 on I-10;
37.8–
38.5		60.8–
62.0		132BLyons Avenue / Quitman Street / Liberty RoadSigned as exit 133A southbound
39.263.1133BCollingsworth Street / Kelley StreetSigned as exit 133A northbound
39.763.9134Cavalcade StreetNo direct northbound exit (signed at exit 133B)
40.264.7134-135B
 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		136Crosstimbers Road / Kelley StreetKelley Street was formerly Loop 137
42.568.4137ALaura Koppe RoadNo direct southbound exit (signed at exit 137B)
43.069.2137BTidwell Road / Laura Koppe RoadSigned as exit 137 southbound
43.870.5138Parker Road / Jensen Drive / Saunders Road
​44.671.8139Little York Road / Hopper Road
​45.372.9140AHopper RoadNo direct northbound exit (signed at exit 139)
​46.274.4140BEast Mount Houston RoadSigned as exit 140 northbound
​47.175.8141Aldine Mail Route / Lauder Road
​47.676.6142Lauder RoadNo direct northbound exit (signed at exit 141)
​48.778.4143AOld Humble Road / Lee Road (FM 525 Spur) / Homestead RoadNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Houston49.179.0143B FM 525 (Aldine Bender Road)Signed as exit 143 southbound
49.880.1144A
 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
50.080.5144B Beltway 8 (Frontage Road)No direct northbound exit (signed exit 143B)
50.781.6145Greens Road
Humble51.783.2146Rankin Road
53.085.3147 Will Clayton Parkway – Bush Intercontinental Airport
54.3–
54.6		87.4–
87.9		149 FM 1960 / FM Bus. 1960 – HumbleTo Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital; Business FM 1960 was formerly Loop 184
55.689.5150Townsen BoulevardNo direct southbound exit (signed at exit 151)
MontgomeryHouston56.691.1151
 Loop 494 north / Hamblen Road / Sorters-McClellan Road
58.193.5152Kingwood Drive
59.395.4153Northpark Drive
​61.899.5156 FM 1314 – Porter, Conroe
​62.9101.2157A

 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
​63.5102.2157B
 SH 99 Toll west (Grand Parkway) – Spring		Northbound exit & entrance flyover ramps
​63.6102.4157
 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
​64.0103.0159A FM 1485 – New CaneyNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
​65.5105.4159B
 Loop 494 south / Roman Forest Boulevard		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
​65.6105.6159 FM 1485 / Loop 494 – New CaneySouthbound exit and northbound entrance; Loop 494 access requires U-turn to go under freeway
Woodbranch66.9107.7160Roman Forest BoulevardSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Woodbranch–Patton Village line68.5110.2161
 SH 242 west
Patton Village69.7112.2163Creekwood Lane
Splendora71.6115.2165 FM 2090 – Splendora
73.1117.6166East River Drive
​74.60120.06167Fostoria RoadNo direct southbound exit (signed at exit 171).
Liberty​74.61120.07–
 US 59 north		Current northern terminus of I-69 is 1,640 feet/500 meters up, opened March 2022; US 59 continues north
​0.00.0169AMandell Road / Fostoria Road[40] and southbound access to County Road 377Exit opened in March 2023; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
​0.00.0169County Road 377 / County Road 381 / County Road 383[40]Northbound exit; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25][40]
​0.00.0170County Road 381 / County Road 383[40]Exit opened in March 2023; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25][40]
Cleveland0.00.0171 SH 105 / Gladstell Road – Conroe, Beaumont[40]Exit opened April 2023; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
0.00.0172A Loop 573 (Washington Avenue)[40]Completed; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
0.00.0172B
 Bus. SH 105 – Cleveland, Conroe[40]		Exit opened in February 2023; former SH 105; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
0.00.0173 FM 2025 – ColdspringExit opened April 2023; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[25]
0.00.0174 Loop 573 (Washington Avenue)[41][42]Exit opened; awaiting approval for I-69 designation.[41][42]
San Jacinto0.00.0175Red Road[41][42]Future northbound interchange; Sherwood Drive would take this exit and take U-Turn at Red Road[41][42]
​0.00.0175Frontage Road / Sherwood Drive[41][42]Future southbound interchange; northbound Sherwood Drive access via Red Road exit[41][42]
​0.00.0177 FM 2914 / FM 3460[41][42]Completed
Shepherd*453A* Loop 424 / FM 3460 – Shepherdinterchange; *temporary exit number*; signed as *453B* northbound
*451C*Frontage RoadSouthbound exit only
*451B* SH 150 / FM 223 – Rye, Shepherd, Coldspringinterchange; signed as exit *451B* northbound; not signed southbound
Loop 424[43]no left turn northbound; intersection to be removed
​—
 FM 1127 east[43]		Future interchange
​—Frontage Road[43]Future interchange; northbound exit only
Trinity RiverUS 59 Trinity River Bridge
See US 59 for interchanges between Shepherd and Tenaha.
ShelbyTenaha—



 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

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources use "IH-69", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.[1]

References

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