Ultimate Interstates:Corridor 69

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Corridor 69 Overview

Ultimate Interstate 69 is a planned Canamex corridor and southward extension of I‑69, carrying the route from its former southern terminus in Indianapolis, Indiana to the Mexican Border in two locations, one in Laredo, Texas via the I-69W spur and the other in Brownsville, Texas via the I-69E spur. A third southern terminus will end at Interstate 2 in Pharr, Texas via the I-69C spur.

Current I-69 Status and Development

Interstate 45 is currently fully complete and open to traffic from Evansville, Indiana north to Port Huron, Michigan. Indiana and Kentucky have nearly completed their sections of I-69 with the only section remaining being the new Ohio River Crossing (ORX) toll bridge that will complete the corridor in both states. Some states have completed several shorter segments of the corridor that have opened to traffic, while other states sections that are proposed but have not yet started construction of their sections of the corridor.

Indyroads Conceptual Improvements

Purpose and Need

The purpose and need of the project has been clearly identified by proponents of the corridor and were part of the NAFTA system of free trade routes that were proposed with the High Priority Corridor proposased from ISTEA in 2007. (research needed)

Auxiliary Routes

Ultimate Interstate 269 (MS/TN) is a partially completed Interstate loop route in the Memphis metro area, starting from the I-69/I-55 junction in Hernando, MS and looping around the east and to the north ending at the proposed I-69 in Millingson, TN.

Ultimate Interstate 369 (TX) is an auxiliary interstate route in Texas that would connect from the proposed I-69 routing in Tenaha, TX to I-30 in Texarkana, TX

Ultimate Interstate 369 (KY) is a proposed auxiliary interstate route in Kentucky that would connect from I-69 routing in Henderson, KY to the Wendell Ford Parkway in Owensboro, KY utilizing the existing Audubon Parkway with is nearly up to interstate standards, it is unknown whether it will connect to I-165 (former William H. Natcher Parkway) that was completed in March 2019.

Ultimate Interstate 169 (KY) is a completed auxiliary interstate route that connects from I-69 and proposed I-569 in Nortonville, KY to I-24 south of Hopkinsville, KY. This route was formerly the southern portion of the "Pennyrile Parkway" and was fully designated and completed as of December 2024.

Ultimate Interstate 569 (KY) is an auxiliary interstate route in Kentucky that would designate 38.4 miles of the remaining Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway from I-69/I-169 junction in Nortonville, KY to I-165 junction near Beaver Dam, KY ad I-569. Eventually the route will likely be extended to I-65 at Elizabethtown, KY as the entire highway is near interstate standards.