Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States consisting of disjointed parts with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, at 355.8 miles. The remaining separated parts are variously completed and posted or unposted parts of a long-distance extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas. Of this extension – nicknamed the NAFTA Superhighway because it would help trade with Canada and Mexico spurred by the North American Free Trade Agreement – five pieces—a 6.2-mile (10.0 km) section near Corpus Christi, Texas signed as I-69E, two sections totaling 63 miles (101 km) near Houston, Texas, a 42-mile (68 km) section in northwestern Mississippi and in the Memphis, Tennessee area and a 67-mile (108 km) segment near Evansville, Indiana—have been newly built and/or upgraded and signposted as I-69 (see Interstate 69 in Texas, in Mississippi, and in Indiana). A sixth segment of I-69 through Kentucky, 145 miles (233 km) long, utilizing that state's existing parkway system and a section of Interstate 24, was established by federal legislation in 2008, but the Federal Highway Administration did not authorize the parkways to be signposted as I-69 until upgrades of certain sections are complete. A 55-mile (89 km) section of the previously existing Western Kentucky Parkway from Eddyville to Nortonville was approved and signposted in late 2011. This brings the total length to 589 miles.The proposed extension evolved from the combination of Corridors 18 and 20 of the National Highway System as designated in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, but the federally recognized corridor also includes connecting and existing infrastructure, including Interstate 94 between Chicago and Port Huron and several spurs from I-69. Among these proposed spurs are an extension of Interstate 530 from Pine Bluff, Arkansas (known as "the Dickey Split," for its champion, congressman Jay Dickey), an upgrade of U.S. Route 59 from Texarkana, Texas, and a split in southern Texas to serve three border crossings at Laredo, Pharr, and Brownsville.In August 2007, I-69 was selected by the USDOT as one of six Corridors of the Future, making it eligible for additional federal funding (which has since been withheld causing some states to suspend construction indefinitely) and streamlined planning and review.. }
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- Interstate_69 abstract "Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States consisting of disjointed parts with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, at 355.8 miles. The remaining separated parts are variously completed and posted or unposted parts of a long-distance extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas. Of this extension – nicknamed the NAFTA Superhighway because it would help trade with Canada and Mexico spurred by the North American Free Trade Agreement – five pieces—a 6.2-mile (10.0 km) section near Corpus Christi, Texas signed as I-69E, two sections totaling 63 miles (101 km) near Houston, Texas, a 42-mile (68 km) section in northwestern Mississippi and in the Memphis, Tennessee area and a 67-mile (108 km) segment near Evansville, Indiana—have been newly built and/or upgraded and signposted as I-69 (see Interstate 69 in Texas, in Mississippi, and in Indiana). A sixth segment of I-69 through Kentucky, 145 miles (233 km) long, utilizing that state's existing parkway system and a section of Interstate 24, was established by federal legislation in 2008, but the Federal Highway Administration did not authorize the parkways to be signposted as I-69 until upgrades of certain sections are complete. A 55-mile (89 km) section of the previously existing Western Kentucky Parkway from Eddyville to Nortonville was approved and signposted in late 2011. This brings the total length to 589 miles.The proposed extension evolved from the combination of Corridors 18 and 20 of the National Highway System as designated in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, but the federally recognized corridor also includes connecting and existing infrastructure, including Interstate 94 between Chicago and Port Huron and several spurs from I-69. Among these proposed spurs are an extension of Interstate 530 from Pine Bluff, Arkansas (known as "the Dickey Split," for its champion, congressman Jay Dickey), an upgrade of U.S. Route 59 from Texarkana, Texas, and a split in southern Texas to serve three border crossings at Laredo, Pharr, and Brownsville.In August 2007, I-69 was selected by the USDOT as one of six Corridors of the Future, making it eligible for additional federal funding (which has since been withheld causing some states to suspend construction indefinitely) and streamlined planning and review.".