Federal Designations
The U.S. Congress has designated three highway segments in
the Rio South Texas Region as equal parts of the I-69 Priority
Corridor. The Alliance supports the upgrade of all three routes so
they can become part of the Interstate Highway System. In
establishing a long list of national High Priority Corridors, federal
law designates the US 77 route from Brownsville to Victoria, the US
281 route north from McAllen and the US 59 route from Texarkana
to Victoria to Laredo as “I-69.” Additionally, US 83 in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley is at interstate standard and may be designated as
an I-69 spur.
In the Rio South Texas Region the US 77 freeway is completed
to interstate highway standard for 40 miles starting near the Rio
Grande in Brownsville to ending near Raymondville. This section
can now be added to the Interstate System and signed because of
a 2012 change in federal law. A Federal Highway Administration
review of this designation is now underway.
Construction projects are underway or soon will be near
Falfurrias, Lyford, Kingsville, Alice, Robstown and Sinton in South
Texas.
Source: Texas Department of Transportation & Alliance for
I-69 Texas

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