Interstate 369 (Texas)

Interstate 369
Interstate 369
	I-369 highlighted in solid red; proposed corridor in pink
Route information
	Auxiliary route of I-69
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	3.5 mi (5.6 km) Total proposed length after completion is 117 miles (188 km)
Existed	September 23, 2013–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	US 59 / SH 93 / Loop 151 in Texarkana
	US 67 in Texarkana; US 82 in Texarkana;
North end	I-30 / US 59 in Texarkana
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Bowie
Highway system
	Interstate Highway System; Main; Auxiliary; Suffixed; Business; Future; Highways in Texas; Interstate; US; State; Toll; Loops; Spurs; FM/RM; Park; Rec;

Interstate 369 (I-369^[a]) is an incomplete north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway currently within Texarkana, Texas. Once complete, the freeway will run approximately 117 miles (188 km) through Northeast Texas beginning at an interchange with I-69/U.S. Highway 84 (US 84) east of Tenaha and head northward to Carthage, Marshall, Jefferson, and Atlanta to its current northern terminus at I-30. For its entire length, I-369 will generally share its alignment with US 59.

Route description

I-369 currently begins at US 59/Loop 151 and goes three miles (4.8 km) north where it currently ends at I-30.^[6] It does not currently connect with I-69.

History

At its meeting on November 15, 2012, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) approved a 118-mile-long (190 km) highway to be numbered I-369, to connect I-69 in Tenaha to I-30 in Texarkana.^[8] The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) approved the designation on May 24, 2013,^[9] and the Texas Transportation Commission followed suit on May 30, 2013.^[10] This action also finalized the designations of other Interstates in Texas.^[9] This action meant that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) could commence the signing of I-369, as well as the other route segments cited, at their discretion. The signage was installed and revealed on September 23, 2013.^[1] New signage that included exit numbers and mileposts^[11] corresponding to the whole proposed length was installed the week of June 22, 2020.^[12]

Future

Plans call for I-369 to begin at US 59/US 84/Future I-69 in Tenaha, then head north along US 59, serving Carthage, Marshall, Jefferson, and Atlanta before entering Texarkana and merging onto its current routing at the western terminus of Loop 151 and terminating at I-30. The status of the Texarkana to Tenaha segment is unfinished; most of it is currently only in the planning and development stage, although a few construction projects have been started.^[13]

The proposed routing of I-369 in the Marshall area has the Interstate running east of the city and using part of the existing Loop 390 corridor.^[14] Construction, which was slated to begin in 2025 before being pushed out to 2026, will be done in three phases.^[15] The first phase (the middle section) will extend Loop 390 southward US 80 east of Marshall southward to I-20. Frontage roads will also be constructed along both I-20 and Loop 390 along with multiple new bridges, underpasses, and roundabouts. The other two phases, both of which are currently unfunded with construction not scheduled to start until 2033 or 2034, will be to extend and upgrade parts Loop 390 to reconnect back to the current US 59 both north and south of Marshall.^[13]

Public feedback on the middle section, which will would require 536 acres (217 ha) of new right-of-way and potentially displace 25 residences, four commercial buildings, and two utility locations, was requested in September 2023.^[16]^[17] Another project to upgrade the US 59/Farm to Market Road 1794 intersection in Grand Bluff to an interchange is currently under construction.^[18]

Studies on upgrades on US 59 between Queen City and Texarkana began in mid-2017 and ended in September 2018.^[19] Public feedback for the upgrades was also requested from late July to mid-August 2018.^[19]^[20]^[21] Although currently unfunded, TxDOT anticipates letting sections of this project in either 2033 or 2034.^[13]

Exit list

County	Location	mi^[3]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Bowie	Texarkana	0.00	0.00		US 59 south / SH 93 / FM 3527 / Loop 151 east to I-49 – Houston	Temporary southern terminus; western terminus of Loop 151; Texarkana Loop exit 111A
		0.91	1.46	111B	Frontage Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		1.34– 1.89	2.16– 3.04	112	US 67 (7th Street)
		2.14– 3.06	3.44– 4.92	113	Westlawn Drive / Redwater Road – Wake Village
		2.93– 3.56	4.72– 5.73	114A	US 82 (New Boston Road)	Signed as exit 114 southbound
		3.59	5.78	114B	FM 559 (Richmond Road)	Northbound exit only
		4.21	6.78		I-30 / US 59 north / University Avenue – Little Rock, Dallas	Northern terminus; northern end of US 59 concurrency; I-30 exit 220A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

Notes

^ Some sources use "IH-369", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Alliance for I-69 Texas (September 25, 2013). "Texarkana Freeway Added to Interstate 69 System" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Texas Department of Transportation (2018). "Statewide Planning Map LRS Readout (ArcGIS)". Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 467. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2018). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2018 ed.). 1:72,224. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 509. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Texarkana Freeway Added to Interstate 69 System". i69texasalliance.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Highway Designations Glossary". Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (November 16, 2012). "SCOH Report from Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering Annual Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Alliance for I-69 Texas (May 30, 2013). "Interstate 69 Comes to Texarkana and the Valley" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2013.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Nino, Mark (May 31, 2013). "Texas Transportation Commission Approves Interstate 69 System". Brownsville, Texas: KVEO-TV. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
^ "TxDOT I-369 reference markers". TxDOT Reference Markers. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
^ "Lane/Ramp Closures Planned for I-369/Loop 151 in Texarkana". Four States News. June 22, 2020. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "I-69 System Status Tabloids" (PDF). txdot.com. TXDOT. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
^ Texas Department of Transportation. "I-69 System (I-369) Harrison County/Marshall Route Study" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ Veigel, Wyndi (September 5, 2021). "Citizens get look at future I-369 project; TxDOT seeks feedback". The Marshall News Messenger. Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
^ Harker, Jessica (September 8, 2023). "Proposed I-369 project detailed in Marshall". Marshall News Messenger. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ "Public meeting on future I-369 route planned in Marshall". Marshall News Messenger. September 3, 2023. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ Shamburger, Meredith (May 23, 2022). "Carthage Loop widening, new U.S. 59 overpass part of TxDOT's plans in Panola County". Panola Watchman. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "US-59 Texarkana to Queen City". www.txdot.gov. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^ "Public Meeting - US 59 Texarkana-Queen City Route Study". www.txdot.gov. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^ "Public Meeting - US 59 Texarkana-Queen City Route Study". www.txdot.gov. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.