Interstate 69 in Texas

Interstate 69
	Opened sections of I-69 highlighted in red; proposed sections in pink
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	74.9 mi (120.5 km)
Existed	2011–present
Major junctions
South end	US 59 in Rosenberg
	I-45 in Houston; I-10 / US 90 in Houston
North end	US 59 near Cleveland
Location
Counties	Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Liberty
Highway system

Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Texas that is planned to pass through the eastern part of the state and along the Gulf Coast to Victoria, where it will split into multiple segments with I-69E terminating in Brownsville, I-69C terminating in Pharr, and I-69W terminating in 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 53 miles (85 km) of US 77 from Brownsville to Raymondville 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.[1] By March 2015, a 74.9 mile section of US-59 had been completed and designated as I-69 through the Houston Metropolitan Area.

Route description

The congressionally designated I-69 corridor begins at the Mexican border with 3 auxiliary routes:

I-69W begins at the entrance to the World Trade International Bridge, which connects to Mexican Federal Highway 85D (Fed. 85D), near the border in Laredo. It is co-signed with both US 59 and Loop 20 (Bob Bullock Loop) and extends 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to I-35 (which connects to Fed. 85 south of the border). It will continue on US 59 east to George West, where it will intersect I-69C, it will then intersect I-37 east of George West, and it will then continue east to Victoria.
I-69C (with connections to Fed. 97) begins in Pharr at I-2 and is designated for 18 miles (29 km) through Edinburg and co-signed with US 281. It will continue north along US 281 to George West, where it will intersect I-69W and terminate at this point.
I-69E begins just north of the Veterans International Bridge, which connects to both Fed. 101 and Fed. 180, near the border in Brownsville and continues for 53.3 miles (85.8 km) through Olmito, where it intersects I-169 and through Harlingen, where it intersects I-2 and past Raymondville and co-signed with US 77, it is also co-signed with US 83 from Brownsville to Harlingen. The route will follow the US 77 corridor north to Corpus Christi, where a 7.8-mile (12.6 km) segment is already designated as I-69E and co-signed with US 77 and also intersects I-37, and it will then continue north to Victoria.

I-69/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, Texas, where mainline I-69 will follow US 59 northeast to Fort Bend County. In the Houston area, 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 Liberty-Montgomery county line. The segment of US 59 inside Loop I-610, 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.[2]

I-69 will follow US 59 to the north, serving Cleveland, Shepherd, Livingston, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, and Tenaha. In Tenaha, I-69 will head into Louisiana along the US 84 corridor. The segment of US 59 from Tenaha to Texarkana will be signed as I-369.

Since the first section of US 77 between Corpus Christi and Robstown was signed as I-69, it implied that the I-69 mainline would follow the coastal (US 77) route from Victoria to Brownsville. This also implied that the branch along US 59 from Victoria to Laredo and the branch along US 281 from George West to Pharr would be signed as either three-digit spurs of I-69 (I-x69) or as separate two-digit Interstate Highways. While 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 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Special Committee on Route Numbering rejected the Texas Department of Transportation'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 Federal Highway Administration during the AASHTO Spring Meeting on May 7, 2013. During this same meeting, the section of US 83 between Harlingen and Penitas 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 SH 44) outside transition zones in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Houston, and Texarkana.[3]

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. However, on June 26, 2008, TxDOT announced that they had approved a proposal by Zachry American and ACS Infrastructure to develop the I-69 corridor in Texas, beginning with upgrades to the US 77 corridor between Brownsville and I-37; the Zachry/ACS plan calls for the majority of the freeway to be toll-free; the only two tolled sections would be bypasses of Riviera and Driscoll.[4]

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.

History

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 carriageway to the existing roadway.

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".[5] 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 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 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 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.[6] Officials held a ceremony on December 5, 2011, to unveil I-69 signs on the Robstown–Corpus Christi section.[7] On May 29, 2013, the Robstown–Corpus Christi section of I-69 was re-signed 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 Federal Highway Administration.[8] FHWA later granted concurrence and with the final approval of the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC), the 35-mile (56 km) stretch was officially designated as I-69.[9] It was announced on February 6, 2013, that 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,[10][11] The TTC gave final approval later that month and signage was erected on April 3, 2013.[12][13] 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 TTC on March 25, 2015. The south terminus of the I-69 designation is to be extended to the Fort Bend-Wharton county line; this project is scheduled to be completed by September 2020.[14]

On May 29, 2013, the TTC 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.[15] 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.[16]

On November 20, 2014, The TTC voted to add two new sections totaling 6.1 miles (9.8 km) to I-69 in South Texas.[17] 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[17] 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 co-designated as I-69C/US 281.[17] The designations were approved by the Federal Highway Administration and by AASHTO.[17] 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 the Texas Senate approved a 10-year extension of highway funding needed for I-69.[18]

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Fort Bend		0.0	0.0	*	US 59 south	Freeway under construction
		0.0	0.0	*	Spur 541	Freeway under construction
	Kendleton	0.0	0.0	83	FM 2919 – Kendleton	Freeway under construction
		0.0	0.0	84	Loop 541 – Kendleton	Freeway under construction
		0.0	0.0	86	Doris Road	proposed
	Beasley			89	FM 360 / Loop 540 – Needville	interchange; southbound entrance and northbound exit
				90	Isleib Road	interchange
				91	Loop 540 – Beasley	No southbound exit
	Rosenberg			93	Spur 10 (Patton Road, Hartledge Road)	interchange
		0.0	0.0	95	US 59 south / Spur 529 north – Victoria	Freeway under construction
		2.3	3.7	96	Bamore Road	Southbound traffic exits here; freeway over.Freeway under construction
		2.9	4.7	97	SH 36 – Rosenberg, Needville
		4.9	7.9	99	FM 2218 – Richmond (B.F. Terry Boulevard)
		6.2	10.0	100	Reading Road	No northbound entrance
		6.8	10.9	101	FM 762 – Richmond, Rosenberg
		8.7	14.0	103	Williams Way Boulevard	To Oak Bend Medical Center
	Sugar Land	10.4	16.7	105	SH 99 (Frontage Road) / FM 2759 (Crabb River Road)	To Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital
		11.8	19.0	106	Brazos River Turnaround
		13.3	21.4	107	University Boulevard
		14.3	23.0	108	First Colony Boulevard / Sweetwater Boulevard	To Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
		15.3	24.6	109	SH 6 – Sugarland Airport
		16.1	25.9	110	Sugar Lakes Drive / Williams Trace Boulevard	To St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital
		17.3	27.8	111	Dairy Ashford Road / Sugar Creek Boulevard
		18.0	29.0	112	Alt. US 90 – Sugar Land, Stafford
Fort Bend–Harris county line	Stafford	19.0	30.6	113	Kirkwood Road / West Airport Boulevard	Signed as exit 114 southbound
Harris	Houston	20.4	32.8	114	Wilcrest Drive / Murphy Road (FM 1092 south) / West Bellfort Avenue	Signed as exit 115A southbound
		21.1	34.0	115	Sam Houston Tollway	Signed as exit 115B southbound
		21.5	34.6	115C	Beltway 8 (Frontage Road)	No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 114)
		22.5	36.2	117	Bissonnet Street
		23.6– 23.9	38.0– 38.5	118	South Gessner Road / Beechnut Street	To Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
		24.7– 25.1	39.8– 40.4	119	Fondren Road / Bellaire Boulevard
		26.3	42.3	121A	Hillcroft Avenue
		27.1	43.6	121B	Westpark Tollway east	Northbound access to eastbound tollway, southbound access to westbound tollway only
		27.3	43.9	121C	Westpark Drive	No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 121A)
		27.5	44.3	122B	Fountainview Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		27.9	44.9	122A	Chimney Rock Road	Signed as exit 122 northbound
		28.9	46.5	123	I-610 – IAH Airport, Hobby Airport	Exit 8A on I-610; stack interchange
		29.5	47.5	124	Newcastle Drive	No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 125A)
		30.1	48.4	125A	Weslayan Road
		30.6	49.2	125B	Edloe Street – Buffalo Speedway	Northbound and southbound are signed differently
		31.5	50.7	126A	Kirby Drive
		31.8– 32.0	51.2– 51.5	126B	Greenbriar Drive / Shepherd Drive
		33.3	53.6	127B	Richmond Avenue – Downtown Houston	Via Louisiana Street (Spur 527); northbound left exit and southbound entrance
		33.5	53.9	127A	Main Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; to Texas Medical Center
		33.6	54.1	128A	Fannin Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; to Texas Medical Center
		34.3	55.2	128B	SH 288 south – Lake Jackson, Freeport
		34.9	56.2	129A	McGowen Avenue / Tuam Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; to St. Joseph Medical Center
		35.2	56.6	129B	Gray Avenue / Pierce Avenue – Downtown Destinations	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; to St. Joseph Medical Center
		35.3	56.8	129A 129B	I-45 – Dallas, Galveston	Exit 46 on I-45; to Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport
		35.7	57.5	130	Polk Street – Downtown Destinations	Northbound exit only
		36.9	59.4	131	Jackson Street – Downtown Destinations	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		37.4	60.2	132	I-10 (US 90) – San Antonio, Beaumont	Exit 770 on I-10
		37.8– 38.5	60.8– 62.0	132B	Lyons Avenue / Quitman Street	Signed as exit 133A southbound
		39.2	63.1	133B	Collingsworth Street / Kelley Street	Signed as exit 133A northbound
		39.7	63.9	134	Cavalcade Street	No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 133B)
		40.2	64.7	134-135B	I-610	Signed as exits 135A (west) & 135B (east) southbound, exit 134 northbound; exit 20 on I-610
		40.6– 41.7	65.3– 67.1	136	Crosstimbers Road / Kelley Street
		42.5	68.4	137A	Laura Koppe Road	No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 137B)
		43.0	69.2	137B	Tidwell Road	Signed as exit 137 southbound
		43.8	70.5	138	Parker Road / Jensen Drive / Saunders Road
		44.6	71.8	139	Little York Road
		45.3	72.9	140A	Hopper Road	No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 139)
		46.2	74.4	140B	East Mount Houston Road	Signed as exit 140 northbound
		47.1	75.8	141	Aldine Mail Route
		47.6	76.6	142	Lauder Road	No direct northbound exit (signed at exit 141)
		48.7	78.4	143A	Old Humble Road / Lee Road (FM 525 Spur)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Houston	49.1	79.0	143B	FM 525 (Aldine Bender Road)	Signed as exit 143 southbound
		49.8	80.1	144A	Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Parkway)	Signed as exit 144 northbound
		50.0	80.5	144B	Beltway 8 (Frontage Road)	No direct northbound exit (signed exit 143B)
		50.7	81.6	145	Greens Road
	Humble	51.7	83.2	146	Rankin Road
		53.0	85.3	147	Will Clayton Parkway – Bush Intercontinental Airport
		54.3– 54.6	87.4– 87.9	149	FM 1960 / Bus. FM 1960 – Humble	To Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
		55.6	89.5	150	Townsen Boulevard	No direct southbound exit (signed at exit 151)
Montgomery	Houston	56.6	91.1	151	Loop 494 / Hamblen Road / Sorters-McClellan Road
		58.1	93.5	152	Kingwood Drive
		59.3	95.4	153	Northpark Drive
		61.8	99.5	156	FM 1314 – Porter, Conroe
		62.9	101.2	157A	Community Drive	Southbound exit is via exit 157
		63.5	102.2	157B	SH 99 Toll west (Grand Parkway) – Spring	Northbound exit and entrance flyover ramps
		63.6	102.4	157	SH 99 Toll (Grand Parkway) – Spring	Southbound exit and entrance
		64.0	103.0	159A	FM 1485 – New Caney	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		65.5	105.4	159B	Loop 494 / Roman Forest Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		65.6	105.6	159	FM 1485 / Loop 494 – New Caney	Southbound exit and northbound entrance; Loop 494 access requires u-turn to go under freeway
	Woodbranch	66.9	107.7	160	Roman Forest Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Woodbranch–Patton Village line	68.5	110.2	161	SH 242 west
	Patton Village	69.7	112.2	163	Creekwood Lane
	Splendora	71.6	115.2	165	FM 2090 – Splendora
	Splendora	73.1	117.6	166	East River Drive
		74.60	120.06	167	Fostoria Road
Liberty		74.61	120.07	–	US 59 north	Current northern terminus of I-69; US 59 continues north
				169A	Mandell Road / Fostoria Road[19][20]	Future southbound interchange[19][20] and southbound access to County Road 377
				169	County Road 377 / County Road 381 / County Road 383[19][20]	Future northbound interchange[19][20]
				169B	County Road 381 / County Road 383[19][20]	Future southbound interchange[19][20]
	Cleveland			171	SH 105 / Gladstell Road – Conroe, Beaumont[19][20]	Future interchange
				172A	Loop 573 (Washington Avenue)[19][20]	Future interchange
				172B	Bus. SH 105 – Cleveland, Conroe[19][20]	Future interchange
				173	FM 2025 – Coldspring[20]	Future interchange
				174	Loop 573 (Washington Avenue)[20]	Future northbound exit[20]
				*	Frontage Road[21][22]	Future northbound interchange[21][22]
San Jacinto				174	Loop 573 (Washington Avenue)[21][22]	Future southbound interchange[21][22]
				175	Red Road[21][22]	Future northbound interchange; Sherwood Drive would take this exit and take U-Turn at Red Road[21][22]
				175	Frontage Road / Sherwood Drive[21][22]	Future southbound interchange; northbound Sherwood Drive access via Red Road exit[21][22]
				177	FM 2914[21][22]	Future northbound interchange
				*453A-B	FM 3460	Future interchange; *temporary exit numbers
				*451	FM 223	Future interchange; *temporary exit numbers
				–	US 59 north	Future northern terminus of I-69
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Tolled Unopened

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References

Clark, Steve (May 29, 2013). "SH 550 Ribbon-Cutting crowd Gets big I-69 News". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
Minute Order 5 - March 25, 2015, Texas Transportation Commission
Cross, Mark (June 11, 2008). "TxDOT Recommends Narrowing Study Area for Texas Portion of I-69" (Press release). Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008.
Texas Department of Transportation (June 26, 2008). "Transportation Commission Picks Developer for Texas Portion of I-69". Keep Texas Moving. Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008.
"What's Next for I-69 Texas?". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
"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 August 2, 2011.
Clark, Steve (October 30, 2011). "First I-69 signs going up on U.S. 77 in December". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (May 19, 2012). "Report to SCOH" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 3, 2019.
Alliance for I-69 Texas (July 26, 2012). "35 More Miles of I-69 Route Added to Interstate Highway System" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
Fikac, Peggy & Begley, Dug (February 6, 2013). "Interstate 69 coming, piece by piece". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
Media Relations. "I-69 Designation as an Interstate Means More Jobs for Texas and Economic Development in Growing Communities" (Press release). Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
Alliance for I-69 Texas (February 28, 2013). "Southwest Freeway Now Interstate 69" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
"28 miles of US Hwy. 59 now Interstate 69". Houston, TX: KPRC-TV. April 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
news, elissa rivas, eyewitness news, reporter, anchor, morning news, weekend (February 10, 2018). "Highway construction on I-69 making progress in Fort Bend Co". ABC13 Houston. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
Janes, Jared. "Valley's I-69 signage the latest stop along superhighway dream". The Monitor. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
Essex, Allen (May 30, 2013). "I-69 Comes to the Valley: 111 Miles Added to Interstate System". Valley Morning Star. Harlingen, TX. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
Alliance for I-69 Texas. "6.1 Miles in Two New Sections Added to I-69" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
https://kkyr.com/texas-highway-funding-extended-for-i-69-and-more/
TxDOT (November 19, 2015). "Open House - US 59 in Montgomery and Liberty Counties" (Press release). TxDOT. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
U.S. Route 59 in Texas
TxDOT (September 27, 2016). "Public Hearing - US 59 Upgrade Shepherd to Cleveland (Future I-69)" (Press release). TxDOT. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
TxDOT (May 14, 2019). "Public Hearing - US 59 Upgrade Shepherd to Cleveland (Future I-69)" (Press release). TxDOT. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

External links

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[1] Clark, Steve (May 29, 2013). "SH 550 Ribbon-Cutting crowd Gets big I-69 News". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[2] Minute Order 5 - March 25, 2015, Texas Transportation Commission

[3] Cross, Mark (June 11, 2008). "TxDOT Recommends Narrowing Study Area for Texas Portion of I-69" (Press release). Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008.

[4] Texas Department of Transportation (June 26, 2008). "Transportation Commission Picks Developer for Texas Portion of I-69". Keep Texas Moving. Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008.

[5] "What's Next for I-69 Texas?". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

[6] "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 August 2, 2011.

[7] Clark, Steve (October 30, 2011). "First I-69 signs going up on U.S. 77 in December". Brownsville Herald. Retrieved January 1, 2012.

[8] Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (May 19, 2012). "Report to SCOH" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 3, 2019.

[9] Alliance for I-69 Texas (July 26, 2012). "35 More Miles of I-69 Route Added to Interstate Highway System" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved January 29, 2013.

[10] Fikac, Peggy & Begley, Dug (February 6, 2013). "Interstate 69 coming, piece by piece". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 12, 2013.

[11] Media Relations. "I-69 Designation as an Interstate Means More Jobs for Texas and Economic Development in Growing Communities" (Press release). Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[12] Alliance for I-69 Texas (February 28, 2013). "Southwest Freeway Now Interstate 69" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[13] "28 miles of US Hwy. 59 now Interstate 69". Houston, TX: KPRC-TV. April 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.

[14] ws, elissa rivas, eyewitness news, reporter, anchor, morning news, weekend (February 10, 2018). "Highway construction on I-69 making progress in Fort Bend Co". ABC13 Houston. Retrieved August 26, 2018.

[15] Janes, Jared. "Valley's I-69 signage the latest stop along superhighway dream". The Monitor. Retrieved July 16, 2013.

[16] Essex, Allen (May 30, 2013). "I-69 Comes to the Valley: 111 Miles Added to Interstate System". Valley Morning Star. Harlingen, TX. Retrieved June 3, 2013.

[6_1_miles-17] Alliance for I-69 Texas. "6.1 Miles in Two New Sections Added to I-69" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved December 2, 2014.

[18] ttps://kkyr.com/texas-highway-funding-extended-for-i-69-and-more/

[Montgomery-Liberty-19] TxDOT (November 19, 2015). "Open House - US 59 in Montgomery and Liberty Counties" (Press release). TxDOT. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[59-Texas-20] U.S. Route 59 in Texas

[San_Jacinto-2016-21] TxDOT (September 27, 2016). "Public Hearing - US 59 Upgrade Shepherd to Cleveland (Future I-69)" (Press release). TxDOT. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[San_Jacinto-2019-22] TxDOT (May 14, 2019). "Public Hearing - US 59 Upgrade Shepherd to Cleveland (Future I-69)" (Press release). TxDOT. Retrieved April 27, 2019.