Interstate 69E

Interstate 69E (I-69E) is a north-south freeway running through South Texas. Once complete the freeway will begin in Brownsville and head northward before terminating near Victoria as both I-69W and I-69E intersect into Interstate 69 toward Houston. For its entire length, I-69E shares its alignment with US 77.

Interstate 69E
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-69
Maintained by TxDOT
ExistedDecember 5, 2011 (2011-12-05) (as I-69)–present
East Rio Grande Valley segment
Length51.294 mi[1][2] (82.550 km)
South end US 77 / US 83 in Brownsville
Major
junctions		 I-169 / SH 550 Toll in Olmito
I-2 / US 83 in Harlingen
North end
US 77 / Bus. US 77 near Raymondville
Corpus Christi area segment
Length7.672 mi (12.347 km)
South end US 77 / FM 2826 in Robstown
North end I-37 / US 77 in Corpus Christi
Location
CountiesCameron, Willacy; Nueces
Highway system

History
The interchange between I-37 and I-69E/US 77 in Corpus Christi.

A stated goal of 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."[3] 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.

Texas Department of Transportation submitted an application to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to designate 75 miles of US 59 in the Houston area and 8 miles 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 FHWA for a six-mile segment of US 77 between I-37 and SH 44 near Corpus Christi, and was approved by the AASHTO in October 2011.[4] Officials held a ceremony on December 5, 2011 to unveil I-69 signs on the Robstown-Corpus Christi section.[5]

The Federal Highway Administration approved the designation for the East Rio Grande Valley Segment on May 24, 2013,[6] and the Texas Transportation Commission followed suit on May 30, 2013.[7] 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 Interstate 2 (I-2), which is a 46.8-mile (75.3 km) freeway that runs from Penitas to Harlingen and connects with I-69C and I-69E.[6] These approvals added over 100 miles (160 km) to the Interstate Highway System in the Rio Grande Valley.[8] The signage was installed in summer 2013.[9]

As of June 2013, the cluster consisting of the recently designated portions of I-69E, I-69C, and I-2 in the 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, and to complete the southern end of the previously signed portion of the I-69 corridor connecting with I-37 west of Corpus Christi. Environmental Protection Agency 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;[10] funding for the various projects to effect the upgrades is slated to become available after 2015.[11] During its 2019 Annual Meeting in October 2019, AASHTO approved an extension of the I-69E designation along US-77 from FM 892 to FM 2826 in Nueces County. The 3.3 mile extension completes I-69E from I-37 in Calallen to the north end of the Driscoll Bypass that is currently under construction.

Exit list
CountyLocationmi[2]kmExit[12]DestinationsNotes
CameronBrownsville0.0000.000To Veterans International BridgeBridge over the Río Grande to Mexico; south end of US 77/US 83 concurrency
Brownsville Veterans Port of Entry
0.2100.338University Boulevard / East AvenueTraffic controlled level intersection
Southern end of the freeway
0.3210.5170Polk StreetSouthbound exit only
0.607–
1.491		0.977–
2.400		1A SH 4 (International Boulevard) – International Airport, Gateway International Bridge
1.727–
1.780		2.779–
2.865		1B12th Street / 14th StreetSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
2.3223.7371C6th StreetSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
1.989–
3.328		3.201–
5.356		2 SH 48 (Boca Chica Boulevard) – Airport
2.594–
4.440		4.175–
7.145		3Price Road / Old Alice Road
3.597–
5.702		5.789–
9.176		4
Bus. US 77 south / FM 802 (Ruben M. Torres Sr. Boulevard)		To Brownsville Baptist Medical Center
4.450–
6.472		7.162–
10.416		5Pablo Kisel Boulevard / Morrison Road
5.854–
7.022		9.421–
11.301		6 FM 3248 (Alton Gloor Boulevard)To Valley Regional Medical Center
7.193–
7.913		11.576–
12.735		7Stillman Road / Old Alice Road
8.233–
8.988		13.250–
14.465		8Merryman Road
9.083–
9.843		14.618–
15.841		9 FM 1732 – Olmito
9.962–
11.032		16.032–
17.754		10A SH 550 to FM 511 – Port of Brownsville
10.725–
10.857		17.260–
17.473		10B I-169 east / SH 550 Toll east – Port of BrownsvilleSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
11.177–
12.304		17.988–
19.801		11 FM 803 – Rancho Viejo
12.502–
13.356		20.120–
21.494		12Carmen Avenue
13.525–
14.273		21.766–
22.970		13Roberta Road
14.629–
15.395		23.543–
24.776		14 SH 100 / FM 1421 – South Padre Island
15.761–
17.254		25.365–
27.768		16Frontage Road
16.400–
17.254		26.393–
27.768		Parking Area
​16.400–
17.151		26.393–
27.602		17
Bus. US 77 north / FM 732 – San Benito		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
San Benito17.953–
18.748		28.893–
30.172		18 FM 510 / FM 732 – San Benito
18.964–
20.708		30.520–
33.326		19AMcCulloch StreetNo direct southbound exit (signed at exit 19B)
19.532–
20.512		31.434–
33.011		19B SH 345 (Sam Houston Boulevard north) / FM 2520 (Sam Houston Boulevard south) / Ratliff StreetRatliff Street signed at exit 21 southbound
20.512–
21.844		33.011–
35.155		21 Spur 486 (Williams Road) / Ratliff Street
21.973–
22.724		35.362–
36.571		22 FM 509 (Paso Real Highway)
Harlingen22.887–
23.903		36.833–
38.468		23A Loop 499 east (Ed Carey Drive) / FM 801 west – AirportTo Valley Baptist Medical Center
24.194–
24.805		38.936–
39.920		23BNew Hampshire StreetNo direct northbound exit (signed at exit 23A)
24.191–
25.732		38.932–
41.412		24 FM 1479 (Rangerville Road) / F Street
25.20240.55925M StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
25.756–
25.791		41.450–
41.507		26ALincoln AvenueNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
26.178–
27.277		42.129–
43.898		26B I-2 / US 83 west – 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
26.348–
26.975		42.403–
43.412		26C
Bus. US 83 west (Harrison Avenue) / Tyler Avenue (Spur 206 east) – Downtown		Eastern terminus of eastbound Bus. US 83; north end of northbound Bus. US 83 concurrency; Bus. US 83 not signed southbound
27.441–
27.636		44.162–
44.476		27 Spur 54 west / Fairpark Boulevard east

Bus. US 83		No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 26C)
27.754–
28.709		44.666–
46.203		28 FM 2994 (Wilson Road)
Harlingen–Combes line28.981–
29.826		46.640–
48.000		29A
Bus. US 77 / Loop 499 (Primera Road)		Signed as exit 29 southbound
29.56247.57529B
Bus. US 77 north		Northbound exit only
Combes30.392–
31.187		48.911–
50.191		30 SH 107 / FM 508 – Santa Rosa, Rio Hondo
​32.337–
33.165		52.041–
53.374		32
Bus. US 77 south
​34.447–
35.224		55.437–
56.688		34Orphanage Road / V Road
​36.732–
37.689		59.114–
60.655		36
Bus. US 77 north – Sebastian
WillacySebastian38.033–
38.785		61.208–
62.418		38 Spur 413 west / FM 2629 east
39.007–
39.853		62.776–
64.137		39 FM 1018
​41.86467.37442A FM 498 (Parker Road)No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 42B)
Lyford42.556–
43.589		68.487–
70.150		42B Spur 112 (Broadway Street)
​44.150–
45.251		71.053–
72.824		44 Spur 56
​45.617–
46.385		73.413–
74.649		45 FM 490
Raymondville46.729–
47.584		75.203–
76.579		47 FM 3168
47.793–
48.654		76.915–
78.301		48 SH 186 – Raymondville, Port Mansfield
​49.32479.37949 FM 1762 / Conley RoadNo direct northbound exit (signed at exit 51)
​51.011
517.711		82.094
833.175		51
Bus. US 77 south – Raymondville		Mileposts at northern end of the exit reflect US 77
Gap in route, connection made via US 77
NuecesLa Paloma-Lost Creek430.8693.3— FM 2826
Robstown428.606
141.578		689.774
227.848		—County Road 36Southbound exit and northbound entrance; mileposts at the southern end of the exit reflect US 77
142.693229.642— FM 892Southbound exit and northbound entrance
142.097–
143.986		228.683–
231.723		— SH 44 – Robstown, Corpus Christi, AliceSplit into east and west exits northbound
144.643232.780—County Road 44Northbound exit and southbound entrance
​146.729–
147.360		236.137–
237.153		—
Bus. US 77 south to SH 44 west / CR 48 – Robstown, Alice
Corpus Christi147.939238.085—County Road 52No direct northbound exit (signed at FM 624)
148.429–
148.532		238.873–
239.039		— FM 624 (Northwest Boulevard) / Leopard StreetTo Corpus Christi Medical Center-Northwest; southbound exit and northbound entrance only
148.663–
148.811		239.250–
239.488		— I-37 south – Corpus ChristiExit 14A on I-37 north
149.253240.199—Sharpsburg RoadNorthbound exit only
149.387240.415 I-37 / US 77 north – San Antonio, VictoriaContinues north as I-37/US 77; exit 14 on I-37 south
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also
  • Texas portal
  • U.S. Roads portal

References
  1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 69-E". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  2. Texas Department of Transportation (2018). "Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS)". Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  3. "What's Next for I-69 Texas?". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. "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.
  5. Clark, Steve (October 30, 2011). "First I-69 signs going up on U.S. 77 in December". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  6. Staff (May 30, 2013). "Interstate 69 Comes to Texarkana and the Valley" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  7. Nino, Mark (May 31, 2013). "Texas Transportation Commission Approves Interstate 69 System". Brownsville, TX: KVEO-TV. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  8. 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.
  9. Janes, Jared (July 15, 2013). "Valley's I-69 signage the latest stop along superhighway dream". The Monitor. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  10. Staff (July 13, 2012). "Agency Gives US 77 Upgrades Final Environmental Clearance" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  11. Clark, Steve (August 8, 2011). "Interstate Link to Valley Moves Closer to Reality, Official Says". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  12. Texas Department of Transportation, plans of proposed highway maintenance contract (1.58 GB ZIP file), December 2014

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