I-69 Designed Corridor Of The Future

The Illiana Expressway didn't win designation as a Corridor of the Future, but another Indiana highway that could potentially link Canada with Mexico -- I-69 -- did.

From Inside Indiana Business:

Interstate 69 begins at the U.S./Canadian border north of Detroit and extends southward to Indianapolis. The corridor is then in various stages of development and construction from Indianapolis south through Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas before reaching the Mexican border near Laredo. All eight states from Michigan to Texas are part of the I-69 Steering Committee that was formed in 1993 to oversee the development of the route. Hoosier Voices for I-69, the statewide advocacy organization in Indiana, has worked closely with the Steering Committee and the Mid-Continent Highway Coalition to ensure national recognition of the Indiana segments of the highway.

In Indiana, the I-69 extension from Indianapolis to Evansville is currently in the Tier 2 study process and is on a current timetable for a ground-breaking in 2008.

Copyright 2007, Christopher Hedges, All Rights Reserved.


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