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List of other Interstate Proposals
[edit]Interstate 67
[edit].svg){kind=small} Future Interstate 67 | |
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Interstate 67 has been a proposed number for at least two highways.
Indiana has proposed using the I-67 designation for the freeway upgrade of US 31 currently under construction between Indianapolis and South Bend, possibly continuing northward via the US 31 freeway to Benton Harbor, Michigan, and going northward from there along existing I-196 to Grand Rapids. The Indiana Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling for federal funding for this proposal and the I-67 designation in 2003.[1] Meanwhile, Indiana expedited the upgrading of three major sections on US 31 between Indianapolis and South Bend including the Kokomo Bypass. This was done using funds received through the 2006 Major Moves deal. Such a proposal would put I-67 in the proper place in the grid (it is the only number available for that route).[citation needed]
A second, much shorter, proposal in 2011 by the I-67 Development Corporation from the Owensboro, Kentucky, area involves continuing the proposed I-67 in Indiana along a route parallel to US 231 from Crane, Indiana, to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Much of the proposed route already exists and is close to Interstate grade. Only the northern third from Dale, Indiana, to Crane remains unfinished. It would use the Natcher Bridge to cross the Ohio River, Kentucky's I-165 and Indiana's Lincoln Parkway, an expressway facility that would need to be fully upgraded to Interstate standards. It would go around the cities of Jasper and Huntingburg in Indiana as well as Owensboro, Hartford, and Morgantown, Kentucky, and end at Bowling Green. It could also be linked to the first proposal by overlapping I-67 with the currently under construction I-69 from Indianapolis to Crane.[2]
Interstate 99 (North Carolina-Delaware)
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| Location | Wilson, NC–Christiana, DE |
In 2006, the Virginia General Assembly directed the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a study to determine the interest of affected states in the construction of a new Interstate highway (I-99).[3][4][5] I-99 would allow long-distance travelers to bypass the I-95 bottleneck in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. This would be separate from the existing Interstate 99 in New York and Pennsylvania, and unlike the current route, would fall into its place on the numbering grid.[4]
I-99 would travel from I-95 in Wilson, North Carolina, to another point on I-95 in Christiana, Delaware (12 miles (19 km) from Wilmington, Delaware). It would renumber the controlled access Delaware Route 1 and would parallel (or utilize an upgraded version of) U.S. Route 13 (US 13) through the Delmarva Peninsula and use the existing Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel. It would travel through Norfolk, Virginia, traveling concurrently with existing interstates where possible. I-99 would continue to travel parallel to US 13 until it enters North Carolina (which is itself in the process of being upgraded to an Interstate), where it would travel parallel to US 258 until ending on I-95 in Wilson.[4]
Another option is for I-99 to parallel (or utilize upgraded versions of) US 17 in North Carolina, and have it end in Charleston, South Carolina (or Pocotaligo, South Carolina where it could rejoin I-95). Much of US 17 is a four-lane divided highway, but only short sections are currently freeway standard. One option that was never fully planned was to connect the proposed Christiana, Delaware, I-99 east coast section and the existing Bedford, Pennsylvania, I-99 section by having I-99 travel concurrently with existing interstates including I-476 and I-76.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Zakas' Resolution Passes Senate Unanimously; Bill supports efforts of Indiana Congressional Delegation to seek federal funding for US 31 freeway project" (Press release). State of Indiana Senate District 11. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
- ^ GO-EDC (January 13, 2012). "Facts about Interstate 67 as Owensboro's interstate". Owensboro Economic Development Blog. Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ^ "I-99". vahighways.com. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ a b c d Homer, Piere R. (November 2006). Construction of I-99: Report to the Chairmen of House Committees on Transportation and Appropriations and Senate Committees on Transportation and Finance (PDF). Richmond: Virginia Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ^ Virginia Department of Transportation (January 2008). Interstate Compact: Report to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems (PDF). Richmond: Virginia Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 31, 2018.