Interstate 69

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## Location

### States

**Current:** Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas**Future:**Arkansas, Louisiana

**Interstate 69** is a north-south highway running from Port Huron, Michigan to Brownsville, Texas, Laredo, Texas, and Pharr, Texas. It is one of America's newest highways, but it is still being built in most areas, mainly Brownsville, Laredo, and Pharr to Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi to Houston, Houston to Memphis, and Memhpis to Mayfield, Kentucky, as well as smaller sections such as Henderson, Kentucky to Evansville, Indiana, and Indianapolis. I-69 will connect Brownsville, Texas, Laredo, Texas, Pharr, Texas, McAllen, Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, Houston, Texas, Shreveport, Louisiana, Memphis, Tennessee, Evansville, Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Lansing, Michigan, and Port Huron, Michigan together, as well as London, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario via Ontario 402 and 401, as well as Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, as well as Monterrey, Nuevo Leon (via Mexico 85).

## Route Description (as of 2023)

### Michigan

I-69 begins at the Blue Water Bridge, as well as a concurrency with I-94. I-69 and I-94 passes around Port Huron to the north, then splits off with I-94. I-94 continues south towards Detroit, and I-69 continues west towards Flint and Lansing. It passes Goodells, Emmett, Capac, Imlay City, Attica, Lapeer, Elba, Davisaon, and Burton, then enters Flint. It passes M54 (South Dort Highway), Interstate 475, Saginaw Street, West 9th Street, West 8th Street, Hammerberg Road, then meets US 23 and I-75 and leaves Flint. I-75 and US 23 go south towards Detroit and Ann Arbor, and go north towards Saginaw, and I-69 goes west towards Lansing.

I-69 passes the Bishop International Airport near Flint, Swartz Creek, Durand, and Perry, then enters Lansing, acting as a loop around the city. I-69 meets I-69 Business near Bath Township, US 127 near Bath Township, Old US 27 in DeWitt, South DeWitt Drive in DeWitt, Airport Road in DeWitt, then begins a concurrency with I-96 near Watertown Township, also meeting I-96 Business. Fun Fact: This concurrency is one of the only junctions in America where the numbers are the opposite (I-96 I-69). I-96 and I-69 meet M43 near Waverly, I-496 in Delta Charter Township, then splits with I-96 near the GM Lansing Delta Assembly plant. I-96 continues southeast towards Detroit, and I-69 goes south towards Charlotte and Fort Wayne. I-69 passes Potterville, Charlotte, Olivet, then meets I-94 in Marshall. I-94 goes east towards Detroit and Ann Arbor, or west towards Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, and I-69 continues south towards Fort Wayne and Angola. I-69 passes around Marshall, then passes Tekonsha, Coldwater, and Kinderhook, then enters Indiana.

### Indiana

I-69 passes Jamestown, then meets I-90, I-80, and the Indiana Toll Road near Angola. I-69 passes around Angola, meeting US 20, then passes Ashley, Waterloo and US 6, Auburn and State Route 8, then enters Fort Wayne, passing Indiana 1, I-469, Coldwater Road, US 27/Lima Road, US 30/US 33/Goshen Road, IN 14/Illinois Road, US 24/West Jefferson Blvd, Airport Expressway, then meets I-469 again and leaves Fort Wayne.

I-69 passes Markle, east of Marion, west of Muncie, Pendleton and Huntsville, and Fishers. I-69's shield disappears from the junction with I-465 and Binford Road to I-465 and South Harding Street. I-69 will one day follow a concurrency with I-465 around Indianapolis to the east, passing US 36, I-70, US 40, US 52, I-74, I-65, and US 31, then breaks off at a diamond intersection, which will one day be upgraded, then becomes an at-grade road from I-465 to the junction with West Edgewood Avenue. To learn more about this, I highly recommend visiting I-69 Finish Line's website. It covers the construction of I-69 in the state of Indiana, specifically Indianapolis and Evansville's upgrades.

I-69 passes Smith Valley, Waverly, Martinsville, Bloomington, Washington, Petersburg, Oakland City, then meets I-64 in Elberfeld. I-64 goes east towards Louisville and west towards Illinois, and I-69 continues south into Evansville. It meets IN 57, East Boonville-New Harmony Road, Lynch Road, IN 62, IN 66, IN 662, then ends at a junction with US 41 near Evansville. I-69 turns into the Veterans Memorial Highway. US 41 from Veterans Memorial Parkway to Kentucky will be turned into I-69, but for now it is US 41. It is a very old bridge that crosses the Ohio River, that desperately needs to be upgraded.

### Kentucky

I-69 will enter Kentucky along what is currency The Twin Bridges. US 41 is currently an at-grade road from the junction with KY 414 (Wolf Hills Road) to the junction with US 60. It needs to be upgraded from the Ohio River to the junction with the Audubon Parkway. US 41 continues south as a highway near Henderson, then turns into I-69 at the junction with the Audubon Parkway. I-69 passes Robards, Sebree, Hanson, Madisonville, and Mortons Gap. It meets the Western Kentucky Parkway, where I-69 joins it and goes west towards Paducah, The Western Kentucky Parkway goes east towards Elizabethtown and Lexington, and I-169 goes south towards Hopkinsville and Nashville (via I-24). I-69 passes Dawson Springs, Princeton, and Eddyville, then begins a concurrency with I-24, passing Kuttawa, Grand Rivers, and Calvert City. Then I-24 continues west towards Paducah and Interstate 57, and I-69 continues southwest towards Mayfield and Memphis. I-69 passes Benton, and forms a bypass around Mayfield, then ends at the Purchase Parkway and KY 80. All that is left in Kentucky for this part, is to upgrade the Purchase Parkway to interstate standards.

### Tennessee

I-69 begins at a junction north of Memphis, then goes east, and then south on a concurrency with I-40. I-40 and I-69 pass Chelsea Avenue, TN 14/Jackson Avenue, then splits with I-40 east of Memphis. I-40 continues west towards Downtown Memphis and Arkansas, and I-69 continues south towards Mississippi and I-55. I-69 meets Poplar Ave, Jefferson Ave, Madison Ave, US 51, US 79, US 78, South Parkway East, and Norris Road, then begins a concurrency with I-55 and meets I-240. I-240 forms a bypass around Lenox and East Memphis, and I-55 and I-69 continue south towards Mississippi, passing Memphis Airport, TN 175/East Shelby Drive, then enters Mississippi.

### Mississippi

I-69 enters Mississippi in Southaven, with a concurrency with I-55, meeting Stateline Road West/Main Street, Goodman Road West, and Church Road, then meets I-269 and leaves I-55. I-55 continues south towards Jackson, I-269 heads east as a large loop of Memphis, and I-69 goes west towards Banks, and ends at West Commerce Street. I-69 might get rerouted to Mississippi 304, and follow US 61, but we will have to see.

### Texas

I-69 begins at a junction with TX 573 in Cleveland, with a concurrency with US 59, and goes south towards Houston. It passes Cleveland and TX 105, New Caney and TX 99, Will Clayton Parkway and IAH Airport, and then passes TX 8 near Humble, and enters Houston. It meets Old Humble Road, East Mount Houston Road, Little York Road, Tidwell Road, East Crosstimbers Street, I-610, I-10, Downtown Houston, I-45, TX 288, TX 527, Shepard Drive, Farnham Street, I-610, Westpark Tollway, and then meets TX 8 and leaves Houston. It meets West Airport Boulevard, US 90 Alt, TX 6, and TX 99, then passes Rosenberg, then ends at TX 529/US 59 Frontage Road. The Three Branches of I-69 begin in Brownsville (East), Pharr (Central), and Laredo (West), which will one day end in Victoria (West/East) and George West (Central). To read about these, look at their respective articles, I-69W, I-69C, and I-69E.

## Route Information

### States

Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas

### Junctions

US 60 in Henderson, KentuckyUS 45 in South Fulton, Tennessee
I-155 in Dyersburg, TN
US 412 in Dyersburg, TN
US 61 in Barbee, MS
US 49 in Clarksdale, MS
US 65 in McGehee, AR
US 278 in Monticello, AR
Future I-530 in Monticello, AR
US 63 in Warren, AR
US 167 in Hampton, AR
US 82 near El Dorado, AR
US 79 near Haynesville, LA
 in Haughton, LA
 near Stonewall, LA
US 171 in Stonewall, LA
US 84 in Logansport, LA
US 59 Future 369 in Tenaha, TX
US 69 in Lufkin, TX
US 190 in Livingston, TX
Future 69W Future 69E US 77 in Victoria, TX

### Estimated Completion

**Indiana:** by end of 2024**Full:** likely 2030s

## Future

 Indiana
 Kentucky
 Tennessee
 Mississippi
 Arkansas
 Louisiana
 Texas

### Indiana

I-69 needs to be signed along I-465, and built up to Interstate Standards from Exit 4 on I-465 to West Edgewood Avenue. I-69 is already marked on Google Maps, however it is not at all complete. It also needs to be built from the junction with US 41 and Veterans Memorial Highway, and The Twin Bridges. The Twin Bridges desperately need to be replaced.

### Kentucky

I-69 needs the Twin Bridges to be replaced, and I-69 needs to be built/upgraded from The Twin Bridges to the junction with the Audubon Parkway, and the Purchase Parkway from Mayfield to Fulton.

### Tennessee

To Finish I-69, it needs to be upgraded along US 51 form South Fulton to North Memphis.

### Mississippi

To Finish I-69, it needs to be built from Banks to Benoit, and a bridge needs to be built from Benoit to Arkansas City

### Arkansas

To Finish I-69, it needs to be built from Arkansas City to Forest Grove. ARDOT seems to be optimistic. This also requires a bridge from Mississippi to Arkansas.

### Louisiana

To Finish I-69, it needs to be built from Soco to Logansport.

### Texas

To Finish I-69, it needs to be built from Haslam to Cleveland and Sugar Land to Victoria. To learn more about Future 69W, Future 69C, and Future 69E, check out their articles.