UNION CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee transportation officials have revived portions of the Interstate 69 project intended to connect the region with Canada and Mexico.
The Commercial Appeal (http://memne.ws/2dXXa9F ) reports officials decided to complete an approximately 45-mile portion of I-69 from the Kentucky line to Dyersburg, Tennessee. There it will connect with I-155, a spur crossing the Mississippi River and extending to I-55 near Hayti, Missouri.
TDOT spokeswoman Nichole Lawrence says remaining portions of the planned I-69 route through West Tennessee, including parts in Lauderdale, Tipton and Shelby counties, will continue in a “held status until there is dedicated federal funding.”
I-69 was laid out to follow a route from the Canadian border to the Mexican border. Along the way, it would run through West Tennessee, continuing through Northwest Mississippi, southeastern Arkansas and northwestern Louisiana.
