Interstate 69 in Louisiana

Future Interstate 69
Proposed I-69 corridor highlighted in pink
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length	100 mi (160 km)
Status	In design; environmental studies complete (Segments 14 and 15). Pending start of Tier II environmental study (Segment 16).
Major junctions
South end	I-69 / US 84 at Texas state line
Major intersections	US 171 south of Stonewall I-49 east of Stonewall LA 3132 in Shreveport LA 1 southeast of Shreveport US 71 in Taylortown I-20 east of Fillmore US 371 in Webster Parish
North end	I-69 at Arkansas state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Louisiana State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic

Interstate 69 (I-69) is a proposed Interstate Highway that will pass through the northwestern part of the US state of Louisiana.

Route description

In Louisiana, I-69 would head from the Texas state line near Logansport in a northeasterly direction to intersect I-49 near Stonewall in DeSoto Parish, north of Mansfield. It will then head north to the east of Shreveport to skirt along the southern and eastern edges of Barksdale Air Force Base. It will then intersect I-20 near Haughton in Bossier Parish and then turn northeast and pass Minden, Haynesville, and Shongaloo. Among officials working for this route was Mayor Dennis Freeman of Logansport in DeSoto Parish, who served from 1984 until his death in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Sections

I-69 has been divided into a number of sections of independent utility (SIUs).

SIU 14

From I-20 near Haughton, Louisiana, I-69 will probably be built on a new alignment toward Haynesville. From Haynesville, the freeway will enter Arkansas and run northeast to U.S. Highway 82 (US 82) west of El Dorado.^[1][2]

SIU 15

SIU 15 continues around the south and east sides of the Shreveport area, crossing I-49 and ending at I-20 near Haughton.^[3] The project would provide a divided, four-lane, limited-access highway on new location between US 171 near the town of Stonewall in DeSoto Parish, and I-20 near the town of Haughton in Bossier Parish, a distance of approximately 35 miles (56 km). The project study area encompasses portions of Bossier, Caddo, and DeSoto parishes.^[4][5] Louisiana Highway 3132 is planned to be extended to I-69 between I-49 and LA 1.^[6] A frontage road between I-49 and LA 1 is also planned to be built. Depending on funding, the frontage road could be built before the mainline I-69 is built.^[7][8]

SIU 16

As well as covering the part in Texas northeast of Nacogdoches, SIU 16 also extends into Louisiana, ending at US 171 south of Stonewall. Texas is leading the environmental studies on segment 16, with support from Louisiana for the portion within that state. Originally envisioned to be incorporated into the Trans-Texas Corridors (TTC), the tier-one environmental impact statement (EIS) was approved, and a Record of Decision was issued in 2010, favoring the "No-Build" option that abandoned the TTC concept in lieu of upgrading existing U.S. and state highways in the corridor. As a result of the tier-one "No-Build" Record of Decision issued for the TTC concept, a new environmental study will be required for segment 16, which has not been started.^{[citation needed]}

Exit List

Parish	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
DeSoto	Stonewall				US 171[9]	Proposed
	Shreveport				I-49[9]	Proposed
					LA 3132[10]	Proposed
					LA 1[9]	Proposed
Caddo	​				US 71[9]	Proposed
					LA 157[9]	Proposed
Bossier					I-20[9]	Proposed
Webster					US 371[11]	Proposed
					LA 159[11]	Proposed
Claiborne					LA 2[11]	Proposed
					LA 2[11]	Proposed
					US 79[11]	Proposed
					I-69 north	Continuation in Arkansas[11]
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

•  U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

• Media related to Interstate 69 in Louisiana at Wikimedia Commons

Interstate 69
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This page was last edited on 15 March 2024, at 19:48