Interstate 69C
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by TxDOT | |
| Existed: | May 30, 2013 – present |
| Central Rio Grande Valley segment | |
| Length: | 18 mi[1] (29 km) |
| South end: |    I-2 / US 83 / US 281 in Pharr |
| North end: |     US 281 / Bus. US 281 near Edinburg |
| Unbuilt Section | |
| South end: | US 281 south / Bus. US 281 near Edinburg |
| North end: |    I-69W / US 59 / US 281 north / I-37 in George West |
| Highway system | |
Interstate 69C (I-69C) is a south–north freeway running through South Texas. Once complete the freeway (with connections to Mexican Federal Highway 97) will begin at Interstate 2/U.S. Highway 83 in Pharr and head northward before terminating at I-69W/US 59 in George West near I-37. For its entire length, I-69C shares its alignment with US 281.
History
The Federal Highway Administration approved the designation for the South Rio Grande Valley Segment on May 24, 2013,[2] and the Texas Transportation Commission followed suit on May 30, 2013.[3] This action finalized the designations of not only I-69C, but also of the sections of Interstate 69E (I-69E) from Brownsville north to north of Raymondville, and also Interstate 2 (I-2) which is a 46.8-mile (75.3 km) freeway connecting with I-69C and I-69E in Mission and Harlingen.[2] These approvals added over 100 miles (160 km) to the Interstate Highway System in the Rio Grande Valley.[4] The signage was installed in summer 2013.[5]
As of June 2013[update], the cluster consisting of the recently designated portions of I-69C, I-69E, and I-2 in the Rio Grande Valley is not connected to the national Interstate network. This situation is slated to be remedied by scheduled projects to complete I-69E along US 77 between Raymondville and Robstown, and to complete the southern end of the previously signed portion of the I-69 corridor connecting with I-37 west of Corpus Christi. Environmental Protection Agency approval for the upgrade of the US 77 alignment to Interstate standards, including bypasses of the towns along the 91-mile (146 km) routing, was obtained through a Finding of No Significant Impact statement issued on July 13, 2012;[6] funding for the various projects to effect the upgrades is slated to become available after 2015.[7] During August 2014, exit numbering began on the south most segment in Edinburg.
Exit list
The entire route is in Hidalgo County.
| Location | mi | km | Exit[8] | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Pharr | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | I-2 / US 83 – McAllen, Harlingen |
signed as exits 1A (west) and 1B (east); I-2 exits 146A-B | |
| 0.8 | 1.29 | 1C |  US 281 south / SH 495 – Pharr |
South end of US 281 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 1.2 | 1.9 | 1D | Sioux Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 1.5 | 2.4 | 1E | FM 3461 (Nolana Loop) | |||
| Pharr–Edinburg line | 2.5 | 4.0 | 2 |  Bus. US 281 north / Owassa Road – Edinburg |
Access to Doctors Hospital at Renaissance | |
| Edinburg | 3.2 | 5.1 | 3 | Trenton Road |
Access to Cornerstone Regional Hospital and Edinburg Regional Medical Center | |
| 4.2 | 6.8 | 4 | Canton Road / Veterans Boulevard | |||
| 5.3 | 8.5 | 5 | Freddy Gonzalez Drive / Sprague Street | |||
| 6.6 | 10.6 | 6 |  SH 107 (University Drive) |
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| 7.1 | 11.4 | 7 |  FM 2128 / Schunior Road / Richardson Road / Chapin Road |
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| 8.2 | 13.2 | 8 | Russell Road / Rogers Road | |||
| 8.6 | 13.8 | 9 |  FM 1925 (Monte Cristo Road) |
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| 13.5 | 21.7 | 10 | Bus. US 281 south – Edinburg |
Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 11 | Davis Drive / Ramseyer Road | |||||
| 12 | FM 2812 | |||||
| FM 162 (El Cibolo Road) | ||||||
 FM 490 |
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
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External links
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