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Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users was signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 10, 2005. As a result of this law, several new provisions added more high priority corridors as well as add a few more legislatively defined Interstate routes.
In Section 1304, the following high priority corridors were amended:
- Corridor 14: The Heartland Expressway has been revised substantially. While it still connects Denver, Colorado, to Rapid City, South Dakota, through Scottsbluff, Nebraska, the route now includes a spur to Wyoming and a spur to Limon to connect to Corridor 38: Ports to Plains as well as changes in the routing (as follows):
- (A) In the State of Colorado, the Heartland Expressway Corridor follows:
- (i) Interstate 76 from Denver to Brush
- (ii) Colorado Highway 71 from Limon to the border between the States of Colorado and Nebraska
- (B) In the State of Nebraska, the Heartland Expressway Corridor follows:
- (i) Nebraska Highway 71 from the border between the States of Colorado and Nebraska to Scottsbluff
- (ii) United States Route 26 from Scottsbluff to the intersection with State Highway L62A
- (iii) State Highway L62A from the intersection with United States Route 26 to United States Route 385 north of Bridgeport
- (iv) United States Route 385 to the border between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota
- (v) United States Highway 26 from Scottsbluff to the border of the States of Nebraska and Wyoming
- (C) In the State of Wyoming, the Heartland Expressway Corridor follows United States Highway 26 from the border of the States of Nebraska and Wyoming to the termination at Interstate 25 at Interchange number 94.
- (D) In the State of South Dakota, the Heartland Expressway Corridor shall generally follow:
- (i) United States Route 385 from the border between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota to the intersection with State Highway 79
- (ii) State Highway 79 from the intersection with United States Route 385 to Rapid City.
- Corridor 23, Interstate 35 is amended by added a new branch: "from Wichita, Kansas, to Sioux City, Iowa, which includes I-135 from Wichita, Kansas to Salina, Kansas, United States Route 81 from Saline, Kansas, to Norfolk, Nebraska, Nebraska State Route 35 from Norfolk, Nebraska, to South Sioux City, Nebraska, and the connection to I-29 in Sioux City, Iowa."
- Corridor 33, Capital Gateway is amended as follows (see phrase in italics, which adds Interstate 395 to High Priority status): The Capital Gateway Corridor following United States Route 50 from the proposed intermodal transportation center connected to and including the I-395 corridor in Washington, D.C., to the intersection of United States Route 50 with Kenilworth Avenue and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Maryland.
- Corridor 34, The Alameda Corridor-East and Southwest Passage, California is changed to this new definition, which replaces the old definition: "The Alameda Corridor-East is generally described as the corridor from East Los Angeles (terminus of Alameda Corridor) through Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties, to termini at Barstow in San Bernardino County and Coachella in Riverside County. The Southwest Passage shall follow I-10 from San Bernardino to the Arizona State line." Interstate 8 is dropped out of high priority status.
The following new corridors were added in Section 1304:
- Corridor 46: Interstate Route 710 between the terminus at Long Beach, California, to California State Route 60.
- Corridor 47: Interstate Route 87 from the Quebec border to New York City.
- Corridor 48: The Route 50 High Plains Corridor along the United States Route 50 corridor from Newton, Kansas, to Pueblo, Colorado.
- Corridor 49: The Atlantic Commerce Corridor on Interstate Route 95 from Jacksonville, Florida, to Miami, Florida.
- Corridor 50: The East-West Corridor commencing in Watertown, New York, continuing northeast through New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, and terminating in Calais, Maine.
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- Corridor 51: The SPIRIT Corridor on United States Route 54 from El Paso, Texas, through New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas.
- Corridor 52: The route in Arkansas running south of and parallel to Arkansas State Highway 226 from the relocation of United States Route 67 to the vicinity of United States Route 49 and United States Route 63.
- Corridor 53: United States Highway Route 6 from Interstate Route 70 to Interstate Route 15, Utah.
- Corridor 54: The California Farm-to-Market Corridor, California State Route 99 from south of Bakersfield to Sacramento, California.
- Corridor 55: In Texas, Interstate Route 20 from Interstate Route 35E in Dallas County, east to the intersection of Interstate Route 635, north to the intersection of Interstate Route 30, northeast through Texarkana to Little Rock, Arkansas, Interstate Route 40 northeast from Little Rock east to the proposed Interstate Route 69 corridor.
- Corridor 56: In Texas, the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor consisting of the following highways and any portion of a highway in a corridor on 2 miles of either side of the center line of the highway:
- (A) State Route 349 from Lamesa to the point on that highway that is closest to 32 degrees, 7 minutes, north latitude, by 102 degrees, 6 minutes, west longitude.
- (B) The segment or any roadway extending from the point described by subparagraph (A) to the point on Farm-to-Market Road 1788 closest to 32 degrees, 0 minutes, north latitude, by 102 degrees, 16 minutes, west longitude.
- (C) Farm-to-Market Road 1788 from the point described by subparagraph (B) to its intersection with Interstate Route 20.
- (D) Interstate Route 20 from its intersection with Farm-to-Market Road 1788 to its intersection with United States Route 385.
- (E) United States Route 385 from Odessa to Fort Stockton, including those portions that parallel United States Route 67 and Interstate Route 10.
- (F) United States Route 67 from Fort Stockton to Presidio, including those portions that parallel Interstate Route 10 and United States Route 90.
- Corridor 57: United States Route 41 corridor between Interstate Route 94 via Interstate Route 894 and Highway 45 near Milwaukee and Interstate Route 43 near Green Bay in the State of Wisconsin.
- Corridor 58: The Theodore Roosevelt Expressway from Rapid City, South Dakota, north on United States Route 85 to Williston, North Dakota, west on United States Route 2 to Culbertson, Montana, and north on Montana Highway 16 to the international border with Canada at the port of Raymond, Montana.
- Corridor 59: The Central North American Trade Corridor from the border between North Dakota and South Dakota, north on United States Route 83 through Bismarck and Minot, North Dakota, to the international border with Canada.
- Corridor 60: The Providence Beltline Corridor beginning at Interstate Route 95 in the vicinity of Hope Valley, Rhode Island, traversing eastwardly intersecting and merging into Interstate Route 295, continuing northeastwardly along Interstate Route 95, and terminating at the Massachusetts border, and including the western bypass of Providence, Rhode Island, from Interstate Route 295 to the Massachusetts border.
- Corridor 61: In the State of Missouri, the corridors consisting of the following highways:
- (A) Interstate Route 70, from Interstate Route 29/35 to United States Route 61/Avenue of the Saints.
- (B) Interstate Route 72/United States Route 36, from the intersection with Interstate Route 29 to United States Route 61/Avenue of the Saints.
- (C) United States Route 67, from Interstate Route 55 to the Arkansas State line.
- (D) United States Route 65, from United States Route 36/Interstate Route 72 to the East-West TransAmerica corridor, at the Arkansas State line.
- (E) United States Route 63, from United States Route 36 and the proposed Interstate Route 72 to the East-West TransAmerica corridor, at the Arkansas State line.
- (F) United States Route 54, from the Kansas State line to United States Route 61/Avenue of the Saints.
- Corridor 62: The Georgia Developmental Highway System Corridors identified in section 32-4-22 of the Official Code of Georgia, Annotated.
- Corridor 63: The Liberty Corridor, a corridor in an area encompassing very critical and significant transportation infrastructure providing regional, national, and international access through the State of New Jersey, including Interstate Routes 95, 80, 287, and 78; United States Routes 1, 9, and 46; New Jersey State Routes 3 and 17; and portways and connecting infrastructure.
- Corridor 64: The corridor in an area of passage in the State of New Jersey serving significant interstate and regional traffic, located near the cities of Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and including Interstate Route 295, United States Route 42, United States Route 130, and Interstate Route 676.
- Corridor 65: The Interstate Route 95 Corridor beginning at the New York State line and continuing through Connecticut to the Rhode Island State line.
- Corridor 66: The Interstate Route 91 Corridor from New Haven, Connecticut, to the Massachusetts State line.
- Corridor 67: The Fairbanks-Yukon International Corridor consisting of the portion of the Alaska Highway from the international border with Canada to the Richardson Highway, and the Richardson Highway from its junction with the Alaska Highway to Fairbanks, Alaska.
- Corridor 68: The Washoe County corridor, along Interstate Route 580/United States Route 95/United States Route 95A, from Reno, Nevada, to Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Corridor 69: The Cross Valley Connector connecting Interstate Route 5 and State Route 14, Santa Clarita Valley, California.
- Corridor 70: The Economic Lifeline corridor, along Interstate Route 15 and Interstate Route 40, California, Arizona, and Nevada, including Interstate Route 215 South from near San Bernadino, California, to Riverside, California, and State Route 91 from Riverside, California, to the intersection with Interstate Route 15 near Corona, California.
- Corridor 71: The High Desert Corridor/E-220 from Los Angeles, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, via Palmdale and Victorville, California.
- Corridor 72: The North-South corridor, along Interstate Route 49 North, from Kansas City, Missouri, to Shreveport, Louisiana.
- Corridor 73: The Louisiana Highway corridor, along Louisiana Highway 1, from Grand Isle, Louisiana, to the intersection with United States Route 90.
- Corridor 74: The portion of United States Route 90 from Interstate Route 49 in Lafayette, Louisiana, to Interstate Route 10 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Corridor 75: The Louisiana 28 corridor from Fort Polk to Alexandria, Louisiana.
- Corridor 76: The portion of Interstate Route 75 from Toledo, Ohio, to Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Corridor 77: The portion of United States Route 24 from the Indiana/Ohio State line to Toledo, Ohio.
- Corridor 78: The portion of Interstate Route 71 from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Cleveland, Ohio.
- Corridor 79: Interstate Route 376 from the Pittsburgh Interchange (I/C No. 56) of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, westward on Interstate Route 279, United States Route 22, United States Route 30, and Pennsylvania Route 60, continuing past the Pittsburgh International Airport on Turnpike Route 60, to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate Route 76), Interchange 10, and continuing north on Pennsylvania Turnpike Route 60 and on United States Route 422 to Interstate Route 80.
- Corridor 80: The Intercounty Connector, a new east-west multimodal highway between Interstate Route 270 and Interstate Route 95/United States Route 1 in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, Maryland.
In Sections 1304 and 1908, the following new Interstate Highways were added:
In the version of HR3 that was submitted by the House to the Senate, there was language in Section 1838 that would authorize a new Interstate Highway (aptly named Interstate 41) to be designated along the U.S. 41 corridor in Wisconsin from Milwaukee north to Green Bay. This specific language does not appear in the Conference Report version of HR3 that was signed by President George W. Bush on August 10, 2005:
SEC. 1839. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ROUTE SEGMENTS ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
Section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 118 Stat. 293) is amended — (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking "and sub-section (c)(45)" and inserting "subsection (c)(45),
and subsection (c)(57)"; and (2) by adding the following at the end of sub-paragraph (B)(i): "The route referred to in sub-section (c)(57) is designated as Interstate Route I–41."
For more information regarding the appropriations proposed in this bill, visit SAFETEA LU Text, including Appropriations.
Page Updated August 10, 2005.
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