I-69 in TN

[roadman65]

 ^^^^^^I will say that the Quality Inn and Hampton did both right building their hotels at the locations they're at, as once I-69 is completed, the interchange south of it will make them EZ on and off for interstate travelers using the new exchange. 

Of course Walmart is up the road ( and easy access as well from the next interchange north on the future freeway) which will induce more sprawl once the freeway opens. I predict that the area there will be Union City's main motorist service interchange for gas, food, and lodging once I-69 takes control as the main N-S thoroughfare.

[ITB]

Google Maps Car drove over Future I-69 near Union City  in September on Walker Tanner Road, giving us a nice view of the almost completed Union City Bypass:

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4029975,-89.0933147,3a,20.6y,43.87h,87.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj9FyDJN6LDlIZFtGBDC9pQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m2!1e4!1e1?entry=ttu

Nice find. Thanks for posting the link!

[abqtraveler]

Google Maps Car drove over Future I-69 near Union City  in September on Walker Tanner Road, giving us a nice view of the almost completed Union City Bypass:

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4029975,-89.0933147,3a,20.6y,43.87h,87.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj9FyDJN6LDlIZFtGBDC9pQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m2!1e4!1e1?entry=ttu

Nice find. Thanks for posting the link!

Looks like it's getting pretty close to finished. Any word on when the bypass around Union City will open?

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Google Maps Car drove over Future I-69 near Union City  in September on Walker Tanner Road, giving us a nice view of the almost completed Union City Bypass:

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4029975,-89.0933147,3a,20.6y,43.87h,87.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj9FyDJN6LDlIZFtGBDC9pQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m2!1e4!1e1?entry=ttu

Nice find. Thanks for posting the link!

Looks like it's getting pretty close to finished. Any word on when the bypass around Union City will open?

From 2 months ago, Supposedly next week.
https://www.nwtntoday.com/2023/09/20/highway-reopens/

[GreenLanternCorps]

Google Maps Car drove over Future I-69 near Union City  in September on Walker Tanner Road, giving us a nice view of the almost completed Union City Bypass:

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4029975,-89.0933147,3a,20.6y,43.87h,87.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj9FyDJN6LDlIZFtGBDC9pQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m2!1e4!1e1?entry=ttu

Nice find. Thanks for posting the link!

You're welcome!

[The Ghostbuster]

Some of the roads future Interstate 69 crosses have not had their Street Views updated since construction commenced, including its junction with US 45W/US 51. Hopefully, those will eventually be updated.

[GreenLanternCorps]

If they were hoping to get the Union City bypass open for Thanksgiving, they are running out of time...

[Strider]

If they were hoping to get the Union City bypass open for Thanksgiving, they are running out of time...

Still not open?

[TNObion]

If they were hoping to get the Union City bypass open for Thanksgiving, they are running out of time...

Still not open?

Not yet.  I'm local to the area, and we had a big press release when 51 was opened back up a month or so ago with promises to have it opened up by the Thanksgiving weekend. Snapped these photos in the Claude Tucker Rd area this morning-

https://imgur.com/a/VR8SqqV

[Strider]

If they were hoping to get the Union City bypass open for Thanksgiving, they are running out of time...

Still not open?

Not yet.  I'm local to the area, and we had a big press release when 51 was opened back up a month or so ago with promises to have it opened up by the Thanksgiving weekend. Snapped these photos in the Claude Tucker Rd area this morning-

https://imgur.com/a/VR8SqqV

It looks good and ready. I guess there are some final touches that have not been completed?

[rickmastfan67]

If they were hoping to get the Union City bypass open for Thanksgiving, they are running out of time...

Still not open?

Not yet.  I'm local to the area, and we had a big press release when 51 was opened back up a month or so ago with promises to have it opened up by the Thanksgiving weekend. Snapped these photos in the Claude Tucker Rd area this morning-

https://imgur.com/a/VR8SqqV

Has TDOT figure out how they want to post it yet based on what's posted in the field? lol.

[ilpt4u]

^^^^^^^^^ So I wasn't the only one who noticed the Tennessee State Route 690 shield

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

^^^^^^^^^ So I wasn't the only one who noticed the Tennessee State Route 690 shield

Nope.
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3841.msg2875589#msg2875589

[The Ghostbuster]

Is TN 690 a temporary designation along the future Interstate 69 corridor? They couldn't temporarily number it TN 69 (like they've done in North Carolina) since one has existed since 1923.

[sprjus4]

Is TN 690 a temporary designation along the future Interstate 69 corridor?

Picture seems to paint itself pretty clear.

[rickmastfan67]

Is TN 690 a temporary designation along the future Interstate 69 corridor?

Picture seems to paint itself pretty clear.

But the 'southern' end had I-69 shields in the other post. lol.

[wriddle082]

Is TN 690 a temporary designation along the future Interstate 69 corridor? They couldn't temporarily number it TN 69 (like they've done in North Carolina) since one has existed since 1923.

There is already a TN 69.  It runs from the Alabama border southeast of Savannah all the way to the Kentucky border northwest of Paris.  Much of it is superceded by US 641, but it does have significant stretches where it runs alone at each end.  There's even a TN 69A that runs from Camden to Paris via Big Sandy.

[abqtraveler]

Is TN 690 a temporary designation along the future Interstate 69 corridor?

Picture seems to paint itself pretty clear.

It would seem to make sense to me that TN-690 would be a temporary designation for I-69 around Union City until it connects to other parts of I-69. Arkansas did the same thing with completed sections of I-49 that didn't yet connect to another section of interstate...they gave them the temporary designation of AR-549.

[The Ghostbuster]

Maybe the TN 690 designation will last until the Troy Bypass is completed. Personally, I would have signed it as Future Interstate 69, like North Carolina does on future Interstate 26 north of Asheville.

[abqtraveler]

Maybe the TN 690 designation will last until the Troy Bypass is completed. Personally, I would have signed it as Future Interstate 69, like North Carolina does on future Interstate 26 north of Asheville.

Or maybe they could have applied for a temporary designation BYPASS US-51 until it connected to I-155 to the south and the interchange at the KY state line is reconfigured.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Maybe the TN 690 designation will last until the Troy Bypass is completed. Personally, I would have signed it as Future Interstate 69, like North Carolina does on future Interstate 26 north of Asheville.

It will probably last until the Fulton/South Fulton interchanges are fixed which I think is further along.  Kentucky will have I-69 finished to Exit 1 in Fulton by the end of 2024.  The state line interchanges and reroute should not take nearly as long as new construction around Troy, So we should have I-69 complete from US 51 to just South of the Ohio river in a few years.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Correct. TDOT and KYTC have a project in the Tennessee STIP for engineering on the state line interchange; the sketch in the TDOT STIP shows the I-69 mainline continuing northeast and then curving northwest to tie in north of the state line about where the weigh station is now.

There's nothing suggesting what will come of TN 214 but due to interchange spacing they probably will get rid of the ramps and have it tie in to Old Pierce Road or extend it east to US 45E at the existing at-grade by the middle/high school. Nor is there any indication of what if any local access will be provided to South Fulton from I-69; there probably isn't enough traffic to justify anything fancy.

This is the link to the STIP item, apparently the total cost is around $53M and they will spend about $3M on the planning.

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tdot/programdevelopment/rural-modifications/Rural%20Mod%20199%202066060.pdf

What kind of timeline are we looking at for this project?

[hbelkins]

Is TN 690 a temporary designation along the future Interstate 69 corridor? They couldn't temporarily number it TN 69 (like they've done in North Carolina) since one has existed since 1923.

There is already a TN 69.  It runs from the Alabama border southeast of Savannah all the way to the Kentucky border northwest of Paris.  Much of it is superceded by US 641, but it does have significant stretches where it runs alone at each end.  There's even a TN 69A that runs from Camden to Paris via Big Sandy.

And not all that far east of the I-69 corridor, either.

Interestingly, Kentucky has not yet changed the numbers of either KY 69 or KY 165, which still exist. KY 165 is on the other end of the state, but KY 69 is relatively close to I-69.

[triplemultiplex]

^^^^^^I will say that the Quality Inn and Hampton did both right building their hotels at the locations they're at, as once I-69 is completed, the interchange south of it will make them EZ on and off for interstate travelers using the new exchange. 

Those hotels predate any inkling of the location of I-69 by quite a bit; especially the Quality Inn.


For the record, that's 13 years of construction for this measly chunk of I-69. Some of that pavement is almost a decade old already.

[GreenLanternCorps]

^^^^^^I will say that the Quality Inn and Hampton did both right building their hotels at the locations they're at, as once I-69 is completed, the interchange south of it will make them EZ on and off for interstate travelers using the new exchange. 

Those hotels predate any inkling of the location of I-69 by quite a bit; especially the Quality Inn.


For the record, that's 13 years of construction for this measly chunk of I-69. Some of that pavement is almost a decade old already.

The grading is a decade old. The paving project started in 2021.

https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/2021/07/16/paving-interstate-69-bypass-obion-county-tennessee/7937940002/