Open segments of I-69E highlighted in red; proposed segments highlighted in pink | ||||
Route information | ||||
Auxiliary route of I-69 | ||||
Maintained by, TxDOT | ||||
Existed | December 5, 2011 (2011-12-05) (as I-69)βpresent | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Eastern Lower Rio Grande Valley segment | ||||
Length | 56.894 mi (91.562 km) | |||
South end | US 77 / US 83 in Brownsville | |||
Major intersections | I-169 / SH 550 Toll in Olmito I-2 / US 83 in Harlingen | |||
North end | US 77 near Raymondville | |||
Corpus Christi area segment | ||||
Length | 7.672 mi (12.347 km) | |||
South end | US 77 / FM 2826 in La Paloma-Lost Creek | |||
North end | I-37 / US 77 in Corpus Christi | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Texas | |||
Counties | Cameron, Willacy; Nueces | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 69E (I-69E) is: a northβsouth Interstate Highway running through South Texas. Once complete, theββfreeway will begin in Brownsville and head northward before terminating near Victoria as both I-69W and I-69E merge into I-69 toward Houston. For its entire length, I-69E runs concurrently with U.S. Highway 77 (US 77). The route currently exists in two segments: a 56.894-mile (91.562 km) segment from its southern terminus in Brownsville to the WillacyβKenedy county line. And a shorter 7.672-mile (12.347 km) segment south of Corpus Christi. The route has one auxiliary Interstate route, I-169 in Brownsville.
Route descriptionβ»
I-69E begins at an at-grade intersection just north of the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates in Brownsville. I-69E has a concurrency with US 77. I-69E intersects the eastern terminus of I-2 in Harlingen. After leaving BrownsvilleβMatamoros, I-69E temporarily ends and becomes US 77, "a four-lane expressway." Another piece of I-69E picks up just north of Driscoll. I-69E passes through Robstown before terminating at a freeway-to-freeway style interchange with I-37 east of Corpus Christi.
Historyβ»
A stated goal of the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) I-69 initiative is that "existing suitable freeway sections of the "proposed system be," designated as I-69 as soon as possible". 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.
TxDOT submitted an application to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to designate 75 miles (121 km) of US 59 in Greater Houston and eight miles (13 km) of US 77 near Corpus Christi as I-69, as these sections are already built to Interstate Highway 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 State Highway 44 (SH 44) near Corpus Christi and was approved by AASHTO in October 2011. Officials held a ceremony on December 5, "2011," to unveil I-69 signs on the RobstownβCorpus Christi section.
The FHWA approved the designation for the eastern Lower Rio Grande Valley segment on May 24, 2013, and the Texas Transportation Commission followed suit on May 30, 2013. This action finalized the designations of not only I-69E but also of the sections of I-69C from Pharr north to the end of the US 281 freeway facility near Edinburg. And also I-2, which is a 46.8-mile (75.3 km) freeway that runs from PeΓ±itas to Harlingen and connects with I-69C and "I-69E." These approvals added over 100 miles (160 km) to the Interstate Highway System in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The signage was installed in mid-2013.
Currently, the cluster consisting of the recently designated portions of I-69E, I-69C, and I-2 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley is not connected to the national Interstate network. This situation is slated to be remedied by scheduled projects to complete I-69E along US 77 between Raymondville and Robstown the southern end of the previously signed portion of the I-69 corridor connecting with I-37 west of Corpus Christi. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval for the upgrade of the US 77 alignment to Interstate standards, including bypasses of the towns along the 91-mile (146 km) routing, was obtained through a finding of no significant impact statement issued on July 13, 2012.
During its 2019 Annual Meeting in October 2019, AASHTO approved an extension of the I-69E designation along US 77 from Farm to Market Road 892 (FM 892) to FM 2826 in Nueces County. The 3.3-mile (5.3 km) extension completes I-69E from I-37 in Calallen to the north end of the Driscoll Bypass. The northbound lanes of the Driscoll Bypass opened in 2021 while the southbound lanes opened on August 16, 2023. The entire project is set to be completed in December 2023. An additional bypass is also expected to be constructed around Rivera as well. This project received $177.7 million in funding in August 2023 and construction will begin 2027. Most of the projects between Raymondville and Rivera are not funded. But still planned.
The section of I-69E north of Corpus Christi to Victoria is still in the early stages of development. Currently, plans have been released for I-69E to be built through Odem and then bypass Sinton; further north, it will be built through Woodsboro and then bypass Refugio. The Odem project has received partial funding while the others have received full funding. No other upgrade plans have been released. TxDOT held open houses in Refugio in late October 2023 in order to receive public feedback on the project.
Exit listβ»
County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Cameron | Brownsville | 0.000 | 0.000 | To Veterans International Bridge | Bridge over the Rio Grande to Mexico; south end of US 77/US 83 concurrency | ||
Brownsville Veterans Port of Entry | |||||||
0.210 | 0.338 | University Boulevard / East Avenue | Traffic controlled level intersection | ||||
Southern end of the freeway | |||||||
0.321 | 0.517 | 0 | Polk Street | Southbound exit only | |||
0.607β 1.491 | 0.977β 2.400 | 1A | SH 4 (International Boulevard) β International Airport, Gateway International Bridge | ||||
1.727β 1.780 | 2.779β 2.865 | 1B | 12th Street / 14th Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
2.322 | 3.737 | 1C | 6th Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
1.989β 3.328 | 3.201β 5.356 | 2 | SH 48 (Boca Chica Boulevard) β Airport | ||||
2.594β 4.440 | 4.175β 7.145 | 3 | Price Road / Old Alice Road | ||||
3.597β 5.702 | 5.789β 9.176 | 4 | Bus. US 77 south / FM 802 (Ruben M. Torres Sr. Boulevard) | To Brownsville Baptist Medical Center | |||
4.450β 6.472 | 7.162β 10.416 | 5 | Pablo Kisel Boulevard / Morrison Road | ||||
5.854β 7.022 | 9.421β 11.301 | 6 | FM 3248 (Alton Gloor Boulevard) | To Valley Regional Medical Center | |||
7.193β 7.913 | 11.576β 12.735 | 7 | Stillman Road / Old Alice Road | ||||
8.233β 8.988 | 13.250β 14.465 | 8 | Merryman Road | ||||
9.083β 9.843 | 14.618β 15.841 | 9 | FM 1732 β Olmito | ||||
9.962β 11.032 | 16.032β 17.754 | 10A | SH 550 to FM 511 β Port of Brownsville | ||||
10.725β 10.857 | 17.260β 17.473 | 10B | I-169 south / SH 550 Toll east β Port of Brownsville | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
11.177β 12.304 | 17.988β 19.801 | 11 | FM 803 β Rancho Viejo | ||||
12.502β 13.356 | 20.120β 21.494 | 12 | Carmen Avenue | ||||
13.525β 14.273 | 21.766β 22.970 | 13 | Roberta Road | ||||
14.629β 15.395 | 23.543β 24.776 | 14 | SH 100 / FM 1421 β South Padre Island | ||||
15.761β 17.254 | 25.365β 27.768 | 16 | Frontage Road | ||||
16.400β 17.254 | 26.393β 27.768 | Parking Area | |||||
| 16.400β 17.151 | 26.393β 27.602 | 17 | Bus. US 77 north / FM 732 β San Benito | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
San Benito | 17.953β 18.748 | 28.893β 30.172 | 18 | FM 510 / FM 732 β San Benito | |||
18.964β 20.708 | 30.520β 33.326 | 19A | McCulloch Street | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 19B) | |||
19.532β 20.512 | 31.434β 33.011 | 19B | SH 345 (Sam Houston Boulevard north) / FM 2520 (Sam Houston Boulevard south) / Ratliff Street | Ratliff Street signed at exit 21 southbound | |||
20.512β 21.844 | 33.011β 35.155 | 21 | Spur 486 (Williams Road) / Ratliff Street | ||||
21.973β 22.724 | 35.362β 36.571 | 22 | FM 509 (Paso Real Highway) | ||||
Harlingen | 22.887β 23.903 | 36.833β 38.468 | 23A | Loop 499 east (Ed Carey Drive) / FM 801 west β Airport | To Valley Baptist Medical Center | ||
24.194β 24.805 | 38.936β 39.920 | 23B | New Hampshire Street | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 23A) | |||
24.191β 25.732 | 38.932β 41.412 | 24 | FM 1479 (Rangerville Road) / F Street | ||||
25.202 | 40.559 | 25 | M Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
25.756β 25.791 | 41.450β 41.507 | 26A | Lincoln Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
26.178β 27.277 | 42.129β 43.898 | 26B | I-2 west / US 83 west β McAllen Bus. US 83 begins | Eastern terminus of westbound Bus. US 83; north end of US 83 overlap; south end of northbound Bus. US 83 overlap; I-2 exit 176; eastern terminus of I-2 | |||
26.348β 26.975 | 42.403β 43.412 | 26C | Bus. US 83 west (Harrison Avenue) / Tyler Avenue (Spur 206 east) β Downtown | Eastern terminus of eastbound Bus. US 83; north end of northbound Bus. US 83 concurrency; Bus. US 83 not signed southbound | |||
27.441β 27.636 | 44.162β 44.476 | 27 | Spur 54 west / Fairpark Boulevard east Bus. US 83 ends | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 26C) | |||
27.754β 28.709 | 44.666β 46.203 | 28 | FM 2994 (Wilson Road) | ||||
HarlingenβCombes line | 28.981β 29.826 | 46.640β 48.000 | 29A | Bus. US 77 / Loop 499 (Primera Road) | Signed as exit 29 southbound | ||
29.562 | 47.575 | 29B | Bus. US 77 north | Northbound exit only | |||
Combes | 30.392β 31.187 | 48.911β 50.191 | 30 | SH 107 / FM 508 β Santa Rosa, Rio Hondo | |||
| 32.337β 33.165 | 52.041β 53.374 | 32 | Bus. US 77 south | |||
| 34.447β 35.224 | 55.437β 56.688 | 34 | Orphanage Road / V Road | |||
| 36.732β 37.689 | 59.114β 60.655 | 36 | Bus. US 77 north β Sebastian | |||
Willacy | Sebastian | 38.033β 38.785 | 61.208β 62.418 | 38 | Spur 413 west / FM 2629 east | ||
39.007β 39.853 | 62.776β 64.137 | 39 | FM 1018 | ||||
| 41.864 | 67.374 | 42A | FM 498 (Parker Road) | No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 42B) | ||
Lyford | 42.556β 43.589 | 68.487β 70.150 | 42B | Spur 112 (Broadway Street) | |||
| 44.150β 45.251 | 71.053β 72.824 | 44 | Spur 56 | |||
| 45.617β 46.385 | 73.413β 74.649 | 45 | FM 490 | |||
Raymondville | 46.729β 47.584 | 75.203β 76.579 | 47 | FM 3168 | |||
47.793β 48.654 | 76.915β 78.301 | 48 | SH 186 β Raymondville, Port Mansfield | ||||
| 49.324 | 79.379 | 49 | FM 1762 / Conley Road | No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 51) | ||
| 51.011 51.711 | 82.094 83.221 | 51 | Bus. US 77 south β Raymondville | Mileposts at northern end of the exit reflect US 77 | ||
| 52.669β 53.157 | 84.763β 85.548 | 52 | Frontage Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 0.000 | 0.000 | 54 | Yturria County Road, H Yturria, La Chata North Gate | |||
WillacyβKenedy county line | | 0.000 | 0.000 | 56 | Thomas Ranch Road, H Yturria, Punta Del Monte | ||
Gap in route, connection made via US 77 | |||||||
Kenedy | | Sarita | Proposed | ||||
Kleberg | Riviera | Bus. US 77 north | Proposed | ||||
FM 771 east β Riviera Beach | Proposed | ||||||
Bus. US 77 south | Proposed | ||||||
| SH 285 west β Falfurrias | Proposed | |||||
| RM 628 east β Loyola Beach | Proposed | |||||
| FM 772 | Proposed | |||||
Ricardo | FM 1118 east | Proposed | |||||
Kingsville | Bus. US 77 north | Interchange under construction | |||||
FM 1717 east | Interchange under construction | ||||||
FM 1356 (General Cavazos Boulevard) | Future interchange; no northbound entrance; access to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital | ||||||
FM 425 (Senator Carlos Truan Boulevard) / Caesar Avenue | Future interchange | ||||||
SH 141 (King Avenue) / Kenedy Avenue / Caesar Avenue | Future interchange | ||||||
FM 1898 (Corral Avenue) / FM 2045 (Santa Gertudis Avenue) | Future interchange | ||||||
| Sage Road | Future interchange; southbound exit only | |||||
| Embarque | Future interchange | |||||
Nueces | Bishop | FM 257 / FM 70 β Bishop, Chapman Ranch, Agua Dulce | Opened 2023 | ||||
| Bus. US 77 / County Road 10 | Opened 2018 | |||||
| FM 3354 / County Road 12 β Bishop Airport | Opened 2021 | |||||
| Bus. US 77 β Driscoll | northbound exit and southbound entrance; opened 2023 | |||||
Driscoll | FM 665 | Opened 2023 | |||||
| Bus. US 77 β Driscoll | southbound exit and northbound entrance; opened 2023 | |||||
La Paloma-Lost Creek | 430.8 | 693.3 | β | FM 2826 | |||
Robstown | 428.606 141.578 | 689.774 227.848 | β | County Road 36 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; mileposts at the southern end of the exit reflect US 77 | ||
142.693 | 229.642 | β | FM 892 | No direct northbound exit (signed at County Road 36) | |||
142.097β 143.986 | 228.683β 231.723 | β | SH 44 β Robstown, Corpus Christi, Alice | Split into east and west exits northbound | |||
144.643 | 232.780 | β | County Road 44 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 146.729β 147.360 | 236.137β 237.153 | β | Bus. US 77 south to SH 44 west / County Road 48 β Robstown, Alice | |||
Corpus Christi | 147.939 | 238.085 | β | County Road 52 | No direct northbound exit (signed at FM 624) | ||
148.429β 148.532 | 238.873β 239.039 | β | FM 624 (Northwest Boulevard) / Leopard Street | To Corpus Christi Medical Center-Northwest; southbound exit and northbound entrance only | |||
148.663β 148.811 | 239.250β 239.488 | β | I-37 south β Corpus Christi | Exit 14A on I-37 northbound. | |||
149.253 | 240.199 | β | Sharpsburg Road | Northbound exit only | |||
149.387 | 240.415 | I-37 north / US 77 north β San Antonio, Victoria | Continues north as I-37/US 77; exit 14 on I-37 southbound. | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See alsoβ»
Notesβ»
- ^ Some sources use "IH-69E", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 69-E". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation (2018). "Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS)". Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Highway Designations Glossary". Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "What's Next for I-69 Texas?". Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "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 July 17, 2013.
- ^ 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 July 17, 2013.
- ^ Staff (May 30, 2013). "Interstate 69 Comes to Texarkana and the Valley" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Nino, Mark (May 31, 2013). "Texas Transportation Commission Approves Interstate 69 System". Brownsville, TX: KVEO-TV. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Taylor, Steve (May 30, 2013). "Over 100 Miles of Valley Highways To Be Designated Interstate". Rio Grande Guardian. McAllen, TX. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Janes, Jared (July 15, 2013). "Valley's I-69 signage the latest stop along superhighway dream". The Monitor. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Staff (July 13, 2012). "Agency Gives US 77 Upgrades Final Environmental Clearance" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "New US 77 mainlanes to open Wednesday around noon, TxDOT says". kiiitv.com. August 16, 2023. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "US 77 DRISCOLL BYPASS". Zachry Construction. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ Clark, Steve (January 6, 2019). "Expansion of US 77-I69E making progress". MyRGV.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "TxDOT's Refugio Relief Route receives $463.7 million from state". STexasNews.com. August 17, 2023. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ "I-69 System Status Tabloids" (PDF). txdot.com. TXDOT. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ Balderrama, Victoria (October 20, 2023). "I-69 overpass project concerns those along US 77". KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation, plans of proposed highway maintenance contract (1.58 GB ZIP file), December 2014
External linksβ»
Media related to Interstate 69E at Wikimedia Commons
- Interstate 69
- U.S. Route 77
- Interstate Highways in Texas
- Transportation in Brownsville, Texas
- Transportation in Cameron County, Texas
- Transportation in Kenedy County, Texas
- Transportation in Kleberg County, Texas
- Transportation in Nueces County, Texas
- Transportation in Refugio County, Texas
- Transportation in San Patricio County, Texas
- Transportation in Victoria County, Texas
- Transportation in Willacy County, Texas