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I-69 in TN

Started by Grzrd, November 27, 2010, 06:15:29 PM

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abqtraveler

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Ran across this news report from last July when TN began paving the existing segments of I-69 at Union City.

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

The information that TDOT has on their site concerning the I-69 corridor is way out of date. On a separate, but related note, will the Union City Bypass be signed as I-69 when it opens, or will it be given a temporary designation until it's connected to another portion of I-69 that's not yet under construction, let alone finished?

They will probably just relocate US-51 until the intersection with US-45E is redone. It is most definitely not interstate standard.

In the 1960's they used to not care so much as we used to get jogged in and out of the Interstate highway and US highway all the time.

They may put up a joint sign with US-51 with a "Future" above the I-69 shield, so they can just remove it later.

Or maybe they could give the new freeway the temporary designation of US-51 BYPASS until either the Fulton interchange gets reconstructed or the Troy Bypass gets finished, whichever comes first.

I downloaded the plans for the section from west of TN21 to US 51 back when the project started and the signage shown for the bypass is I-69

So the FHWA is going to allow TDOT to have this orphaned section of I-69 signed as such, even though it doesn't connect to anything else yet?
2-d Interstates traveled:  4, 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 49, 55, 57, 64, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76(E), 77, 78, 81, 83, 84(W), 85, 87(N), 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95

2-d Interstates Clinched:  12, 22, 30, 37, 44, 59, 80, 84(E), 86(E), 238, H1, H2, H3, H201


vdeane

Quote from: abqtraveler on August 29, 2021, 08:51:32 AM
So the FHWA is going to allow TDOT to have this orphaned section of I-69 signed as such, even though it doesn't connect to anything else yet?
Under federal law (I think it was the FAST Act), there's an exemption allowing I-69 to be signed even without a connection to the rest of the system, so long as said connection is planned to be built within 25 years.  That said, it may not apply here - OSM shows the Troy bypass as under construction as well, which would provide a freeway connection to I-155.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

hbelkins

Quote from: vdeane on August 29, 2021, 03:48:33 PM
Quote from: abqtraveler on August 29, 2021, 08:51:32 AM
So the FHWA is going to allow TDOT to have this orphaned section of I-69 signed as such, even though it doesn't connect to anything else yet?
Under federal law (I think it was the FAST Act), there's an exemption allowing I-69 to be signed even without a connection to the rest of the system, so long as said connection is planned to be built within 25 years.  That said, it may not apply here - OSM shows the Troy bypass as under construction as well, which would provide a freeway connection to I-155.

Kentucky has done this in stages. First section was along I-24 and the WK Parkway from the Purchase interchange to the Pennyrile interchange. Second section was on the Pennyrile north from the WK to the Henderson bypass. Third section was on the Purchase from I-24 south to Mayfield.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

sprjus4

^ Though in Kentucky's case, each added segment of I-69 connected to an existing interstate highway.

vdeane

Yeah, this exemption isn't about being disconnected from the rest of the route (which is allowed for all interstates).  It's about not being connected to the rest of the system at all.  See I-69C/I-69E/I-2 in Texas.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

abqtraveler

Quote from: vdeane on August 29, 2021, 08:50:01 PM
Yeah, this exemption isn't about being disconnected from the rest of the route (which is allowed for all interstates).  It's about not being connected to the rest of the system at all.  See I-69C/I-69E/I-2 in Texas.
I'm surprised they would allow that.
2-d Interstates traveled:  4, 5, 8, 10, 15, 20, 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 49, 55, 57, 64, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76(E), 77, 78, 81, 83, 84(W), 85, 87(N), 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95

2-d Interstates Clinched:  12, 22, 30, 37, 44, 59, 80, 84(E), 86(E), 238, H1, H2, H3, H201

vdeane

Quote from: abqtraveler on August 30, 2021, 09:30:32 PM
Quote from: vdeane on August 29, 2021, 08:50:01 PM
Yeah, this exemption isn't about being disconnected from the rest of the route (which is allowed for all interstates).  It's about not being connected to the rest of the system at all.  See I-69C/I-69E/I-2 in Texas.
I'm surprised they would allow that.
Unfortunately, I highly doubt there are any politicians out there who see the interstate system as anything other than a brand these days.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

MikieTimT

Quote from: vdeane on August 29, 2021, 03:48:33 PM
Quote from: abqtraveler on August 29, 2021, 08:51:32 AM
So the FHWA is going to allow TDOT to have this orphaned section of I-69 signed as such, even though it doesn't connect to anything else yet?
Under federal law (I think it was the FAST Act), there's an exemption allowing I-69 to be signed even without a connection to the rest of the system, so long as said connection is planned to be built within 25 years.  That said, it may not apply here - OSM shows the Troy bypass as under construction as well, which would provide a freeway connection to I-155.

Well with logic like that, AR-549 between AR-22 and US-71 south of Ft. Smith could be I-49 already.  No need for Future I-** on any segment up to code.

vdeane

Quote from: MikieTimT on August 31, 2021, 12:34:11 PM
Quote from: vdeane on August 29, 2021, 03:48:33 PM
Quote from: abqtraveler on August 29, 2021, 08:51:32 AM
So the FHWA is going to allow TDOT to have this orphaned section of I-69 signed as such, even though it doesn't connect to anything else yet?
Under federal law (I think it was the FAST Act), there's an exemption allowing I-69 to be signed even without a connection to the rest of the system, so long as said connection is planned to be built within 25 years.  That said, it may not apply here - OSM shows the Troy bypass as under construction as well, which would provide a freeway connection to I-155.

Well with logic like that, AR-549 between AR-22 and US-71 south of Ft. Smith could be I-49 already.  No need for Future I-** on any segment up to code.
I know the exemption was for I-69 and one other interstate, but I'm not sure if I-49 was it (I-11, maybe?).  If not, it would have to follow the existing rules, as this didn't apply to all new interstates, just the ones so designated.  And in any case, AR might not be comfortable trying to guarantee that it would be connected to the rest of the system within 25 years.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

ethanhopkin14

Quote from: vdeane on August 31, 2021, 12:53:02 PM
Quote from: MikieTimT on August 31, 2021, 12:34:11 PM
Quote from: vdeane on August 29, 2021, 03:48:33 PM
Quote from: abqtraveler on August 29, 2021, 08:51:32 AM
So the FHWA is going to allow TDOT to have this orphaned section of I-69 signed as such, even though it doesn't connect to anything else yet?
Under federal law (I think it was the FAST Act), there's an exemption allowing I-69 to be signed even without a connection to the rest of the system, so long as said connection is planned to be built within 25 years.  That said, it may not apply here - OSM shows the Troy bypass as under construction as well, which would provide a freeway connection to I-155.

Well with logic like that, AR-549 between AR-22 and US-71 south of Ft. Smith could be I-49 already.  No need for Future I-** on any segment up to code.
I know the exemption was for I-69 and one other interstate, but I'm not sure if I-49 was it (I-11, maybe?).  If not, it would have to follow the existing rules, as this didn't apply to all new interstates, just the ones so designated.  And in any case, AR might not be comfortable trying to guarantee that it would be connected to the rest of the system within 25 years.

I thought that law was a blanket law for any new interstate.  Have to go back and re-read that. 

MikieTimT

Quote from: vdeane on August 31, 2021, 12:53:02 PM
Quote from: MikieTimT on August 31, 2021, 12:34:11 PM
Quote from: vdeane on August 29, 2021, 03:48:33 PM
Quote from: abqtraveler on August 29, 2021, 08:51:32 AM
So the FHWA is going to allow TDOT to have this orphaned section of I-69 signed as such, even though it doesn't connect to anything else yet?
Under federal law (I think it was the FAST Act), there's an exemption allowing I-69 to be signed even without a connection to the rest of the system, so long as said connection is planned to be built within 25 years.  That said, it may not apply here - OSM shows the Troy bypass as under construction as well, which would provide a freeway connection to I-155.

Well with logic like that, AR-549 between AR-22 and US-71 south of Ft. Smith could be I-49 already.  No need for Future I-** on any segment up to code.
I know the exemption was for I-69 and one other interstate, but I'm not sure if I-49 was it (I-11, maybe?).  If not, it would have to follow the existing rules, as this didn't apply to all new interstates, just the ones so designated.  And in any case, AR might not be comfortable trying to guarantee that it would be connected to the rest of the system within 25 years.

That certainly could be true, although, they are pushing to get at least 2 lanes done hopefully before my 7 year old graduates college.  I don't know that I'm comfortable saying that I'll see I-49 completed between AR-22 and I-40 before my hopefully timely demise.

ethanhopkin14

Related to I-69 since it will share an alignment in the future, but can someone explain to me the first 3 mile posts if I-40 upon entering from the Hernando De Soto Bridge heading east.  I totally don't understand the 1A, 1B, 1C thing. I drove it Sunday and had never noticed it before.

Thegeet

Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 01, 2021, 09:06:03 PM
Related to I-69 since it will share an alignment in the future, but can someone explain to me the first 3 mile posts if I-40 upon entering from the Hernando De Soto Bridge heading east.  I totally don't understand the 1A, 1B, 1C thing. I drove it Sunday and had never noticed it before.
There are 3 exits on mile 1. To distinguish, they are assigned different letters. Exit A, Exit B, and Exit C.

wriddle082

Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 01, 2021, 09:06:03 PM
Related to I-69 since it will share an alignment in the future, but can someone explain to me the first 3 mile posts if I-40 upon entering from the Hernando De Soto Bridge heading east.  I totally don't understand the 1A, 1B, 1C thing. I drove it Sunday and had never noticed it before.

It is a tricky way to hide the fact that every bit of the I-40 mileage east of the western I-40/I-240 interchange is off.  All of I-40's mileage east of the eastern 40/240 interchange is based on the assumption that the Overton Park section of I-40 was to be completed.  And if that were the case, then I-240's mile 0 would have been at the 40/240 western interchange, increasing eastbound.  So since they didn't want to renumber every single exit and mile marker for almost 450 miles, they stretched out the first mile to take in both the state line mm 1 and the former beginning of I-240 mm 1 into mm 1, mm 1A, mm 1B, and mm 1C, though the actual exits increase to 1G (though I'm thinking this was always the case to alleviate confusion).  There is a missing mile marker in the vicinity of the eastern 40/240 interchange when the overall 40 mileage corrects itself back to the original (Overton Park section exists) mileage. 

The true overall mileage of I-40 in Tennessee is ~453 miles.  The last exit is numbered 451, but it is only ~1/4 mile away from the NC line.  Rerouting 40 onto the 240 northern loop added a couple of miles to the overall length.  If all of the mile markers were as they should be, that exit would have likely been 453, but they would have needed to change every single mile marker and exit number from mm 1A eastward, affecting a great majority of the state's population, so they chose not to do this.  The introduction of the blue reference markers a little over 20 years ago brought this mileage deception out into the open.


ethanhopkin14

Quote from: wriddle082 on September 02, 2021, 10:54:52 AM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 01, 2021, 09:06:03 PM
Related to I-69 since it will share an alignment in the future, but can someone explain to me the first 3 mile posts if I-40 upon entering from the Hernando De Soto Bridge heading east.  I totally don't understand the 1A, 1B, 1C thing. I drove it Sunday and had never noticed it before.

It is a tricky way to hide the fact that every bit of the I-40 mileage east of the western I-40/I-240 interchange is off.  All of I-40's mileage east of the eastern 40/240 interchange is based on the assumption that the Overton Park section of I-40 was to be completed.  And if that were the case, then I-240's mile 0 would have been at the 40/240 western interchange, increasing eastbound.  So since they didn't want to renumber every single exit and mile marker for almost 450 miles, they stretched out the first mile to take in both the state line mm 1 and the former beginning of I-240 mm 1 into mm 1, mm 1A, mm 1B, and mm 1C, though the actual exits increase to 1G (though I'm thinking this was always the case to alleviate confusion).  There is a missing mile marker in the vicinity of the eastern 40/240 interchange when the overall 40 mileage corrects itself back to the original (Overton Park section exists) mileage. 

The true overall mileage of I-40 in Tennessee is ~453 miles.  The last exit is numbered 451, but it is only ~1/4 mile away from the NC line.  Rerouting 40 onto the 240 northern loop added a couple of miles to the overall length.  If all of the mile markers were as they should be, that exit would have likely been 453, but they would have needed to change every single mile marker and exit number from mm 1A eastward, affecting a great majority of the state's population, so they chose not to do this.  The introduction of the blue reference markers a little over 20 years ago brought this mileage deception out into the open.

I had a feeling it had something to do with he abandoned Overton Park section and the fact that Sam Cooper Blvd. still has exit numbers (that should have been I-40's exit numbers).  That combined with the fact that the west I-40/I-240 intersection used to be mile 0 for what was I-240 on the north side of Memphis, which is now I-40.  I love your point of putting enhanced mile markers on I-40 actually caught their lies.  Like when someone takes a screen shot of something they are working on for someone else to follow along with, and in the screen shot is all the website tabs of the naughty websites they have open!!  Doing something good showed their ass a bit more. 

I just never knew they never corrected the I-40 mileage throughout Tennessee.  I thought since the Sam Cooper debacle happed so early on, they still had time to fix it as the rest of the state wasn't so firmly planted in the exit/mile marker numbering at the time. 

Thanks for clearing that up. 

MikeTheActuary

Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 02, 2021, 11:56:57 AM
I just never knew they never corrected the I-40 mileage throughout Tennessee.  I thought since the Sam Cooper debacle happed so early on, they still had time to fix it as the rest of the state wasn't so firmly planted in the exit/mile marker numbering at the time. 

Thanks for clearing that up. 

You can also see some of the wonkiness east of the eastern I-40/I-240 interchange (e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.162466,-89.8684269,3a,20.5y,265.14h,93.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGXMt43Qv4TBU-VS7irruyg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192).   I believe something similar was done for I-65 when it was realigned around Nashville.

I wish Connecticut would consider doing something similar when it gets around to changing I-95 from sequential to mile-based numbering.

wriddle082

Quote from: MikeTheActuary on September 02, 2021, 12:24:09 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 02, 2021, 11:56:57 AM
I just never knew they never corrected the I-40 mileage throughout Tennessee.  I thought since the Sam Cooper debacle happed so early on, they still had time to fix it as the rest of the state wasn't so firmly planted in the exit/mile marker numbering at the time. 

Thanks for clearing that up. 

You can also see some of the wonkiness east of the eastern I-40/I-240 interchange (e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.162466,-89.8684269,3a,20.5y,265.14h,93.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGXMt43Qv4TBU-VS7irruyg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192).   I believe something similar was done for I-65 when it was realigned around Nashville.

I wish Connecticut would consider doing something similar when it gets around to changing I-95 from sequential to mile-based numbering.

All they did for I-65 when it was rerouted around to the west portion of the Nashville Downtown Loop was bury any potential corrections in the I-40 duplex.  The exit numbers along that stretch are, and have always been, I-40 exit numbers.  Every mile marker and exit number north of the current southern/eastern I-24 split remained the same, and former I-265 mileage was tacked onto I-65 decreasing from that interchange (thus turning former I-265 Exit 1 into I-65 Exit 85).  And the former I-65 mileage on the east loop that found itself along I-24 only was renumbered with I-24 mileage and exit numbering, with no issues since I-24 never moved.

Life in Paradise

Quote from: wriddle082 on September 02, 2021, 06:33:40 PM
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on September 02, 2021, 12:24:09 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 02, 2021, 11:56:57 AM
I just never knew they never corrected the I-40 mileage throughout Tennessee.  I thought since the Sam Cooper debacle happed so early on, they still had time to fix it as the rest of the state wasn't so firmly planted in the exit/mile marker numbering at the time. 

Thanks for clearing that up. 

You can also see some of the wonkiness east of the eastern I-40/I-240 interchange (e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.162466,-89.8684269,3a,20.5y,265.14h,93.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGXMt43Qv4TBU-VS7irruyg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192).   I believe something similar was done for I-65 when it was realigned around Nashville.

I wish Connecticut would consider doing something similar when it gets around to changing I-95 from sequential to mile-based numbering.

All they did for I-65 when it was rerouted around to the west portion of the Nashville Downtown Loop was bury any potential corrections in the I-40 duplex.  The exit numbers along that stretch are, and have always been, I-40 exit numbers.  Every mile marker and exit number north of the current southern/eastern I-24 split remained the same, and former I-265 mileage was tacked onto I-65 decreasing from that interchange (thus turning former I-265 Exit 1 into I-65 Exit 85).  And the former I-65 mileage on the east loop that found itself along I-24 only was renumbered with I-24 mileage and exit numbering, with no issues since I-24 never moved.
You do have to admit, looking at the map that I-65's change from one way around downtown Nashville to the other could be measured almost more by feet than miles.  I-265's old route with downtown I-40 is most likely very, very slightly longer.

edwaleni

Ford just announced Blue Oval City in Stanton, TN.

https://www.thedrive.com/tech/42541/fords-biggest-investment-ever-is-11-4-billion-for-ev-battery-plants-in-the-south

It will be about a hour NE of Memphis and 20 minutes from the planned route of I-69 at Covington.

It will make both EV's and batteries in a JV with SK and will cover 6 square miles.

It will cost Ford about $11.4 Billion to construct this "city".

SK will also build a battery plant near Glendale, KY, but that on will be off of I-65.

Look for a large amount of traffic on I-40/I-65 and US51/I-69/Wendell Ford if this new "city' comes to be.

Bobby5280

The town of Stanton, TN is just a couple or miles North of I-40. It's likely Blue Oval City will be built closer to I-40, if not right adjacent to it.

The exit for TN-222 was recently upgraded and the route going North of I-40 was turned into a 4-lane divided highway. In Google Earth there is a fairly big plot of land labeled "Memphis Regional Megasite."

Rothman

Quote from: edwaleni on September 29, 2021, 10:36:01 AM
Ford just announced Blue Oval City in Stanton, TN.

https://www.thedrive.com/tech/42541/fords-biggest-investment-ever-is-11-4-billion-for-ev-battery-plants-in-the-south

It will be about a hour NE of Memphis and 20 minutes from the planned route of I-69 at Covington.

It will make both EV's and batteries in a JV with SK and will cover 6 square miles.

It will cost Ford about $11.4 Billion to construct this "city".

SK will also build a battery plant near Glendale, KY, but that on will be off of I-65.

Look for a large amount of traffic on I-40/I-65 and US51/I-69/Wendell Ford if this new "city' comes to be.
Eesh.  The return of the company town.

We have reverted to the Gilded Age.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

seicer

#696
Except they are building a factory, not a town.

Both sites are along important (existing) interstate or interstate-compatible highways (I-65 and WK Parkway in Kentucky, I-40 in Tennessee), and along major rail lines. More importantly, both sites are near major Ford production facilities. For Kentucky, it's near a major assembly plant and the truck plant.

Wayward Memphian

It's an hr from Downtown Memphis, not so much from oh say US 64 and I-40.  Arlington and Lakeland are groing to benefit greatly, as well as Oakland and Somerville.

hbelkins

It must be fairly near Brownsville, because I saw a photo of the Tennessee governor holding up a copy of the Brownsville paper trumpeting the announcement.

I think "city" is being used in a generic sense to describe the size of the campus, and not to denote a project where the company will be building housing and retail stores where the employees are paid in company scrip.

I've heard a similar description of "city" being used to discuss something Amazon's planning, which prompted the same comparison to coal mining company towns.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

Life in Paradise

Quote from: seicer on September 29, 2021, 07:25:59 PM
Except they are building a factory, not a town.

Both sites are along important (existing) interstate or interstate-compatible highways (I-65 and WK Parkway in Kentucky, I-40 in Tennessee), and along major rail lines. More importantly, both sites are near major Ford production facilities. For Kentucky, it's near a major assembly plant and the truck plant.
I could see Ford or any other manufacturer in this instance negotiating some road improvements that could include I-69 construction in Tennessee.  Even though the two plants can be traveled via I-40 and I-65, I-69 and the Western KY Parkway could be a much easier drive avoiding Nashville.  Completing I-69 with perhaps a four lane road connecting Stanton to Covington could help send shipments north and northwest (via I-155 and St. Louis) to avoid the Memphis metro.  Heck, if Illinois could build I-180 at one time for that Hennepin plant, what could be done for a much bigger operation?



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