.svg) Future Interstate 69 | ||||
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| Maintained byLouisiana DOTD | ||||
| Length | 100 mi (160 km) | |||
| Status | In design; environmental studies complete (Segments 14 and 15). Pending start of Tier II environmental study (Segment 16). | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   I-69 /US 84 atTexas state line | |||
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| North end | I-69 atArkansas state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Louisiana | |||
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Interstate 69 (I-69) is a proposedInterstate Highway that will pass through the northwestern part of the US state ofLouisiana.
In Louisiana, I-69 would head from theTexas state line nearLogansport in a northeasterly direction to intersectI-49 nearStonewall inDeSoto Parish, north ofMansfield. It will then head north to the east ofShreveport to skirt along the southern and eastern edges ofBarksdale Air Force Base. It will then intersectI-20 nearHaughton inBossier Parish and then turn northeast and passMinden,Haynesville, andShongaloo. Among officials working for this route was Mayor Dennis Freeman of Logansport in DeSoto Parish, who served from 1984 until his death in 2007.[citation needed]
I-69 has been divided into a number of sections of independent utility (SIUs).
From I-20 nearHaughton, Louisiana, I-69 will probably be built on a new alignment towardHaynesville. From Haynesville, the freeway will enterArkansas and run northeast toU.S. Highway 82 (US 82) west ofEl Dorado.[1][2]
SIU 15 continues around the south and east sides of theShreveport area, crossing I-49 and ending at I-20 nearHaughton.[3] The project would provide a divided, four-lane,limited-access highway on new location betweenUS 171 near the town of Stonewall in DeSoto Parish, and I-20 near the town of Haughton in Bossier Parish, a distance of approximately 35 miles (56 km). The project study area encompasses portions of Bossier,Caddo, and DeSoto parishes.[4]Louisiana Highway 3132 is planned to be extended to I-69 between I-49 andLA 1.[5] A frontage road between I-49 and LA 1 is also planned to be built.[6][7] In October 2024, funding for the frontage road was identified and is potentially slated to start construction by late 2025.[8]
As well as covering the part in Texas northeast ofNacogdoches, SIU 16 also extends intoLouisiana, ending at US 171 south ofStonewall.Texas is leading the environmental studies on segment 16, with support from Louisiana for the portion within that state. Originally envisioned to be incorporated into theTrans-Texas Corridors (TTC), the tier-oneenvironmental impact statement (EIS) was approved, and a Record of Decision was issued in 2010, favoring the "No-Build" option that abandoned the TTC concept in lieu of upgrading existing U.S. and state highways in the corridor. As a result of the tier-one "No-Build" Record of Decision issued for the TTC concept, a new environmental study will be required for segment 16, which has not been started.[citation needed]
| Parish | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Sabine River | 0.00 | 0.00 |   I-69 south /US 84 west –Waco,Lufkin,Houston | Continuation into Texas | ||
| DeSoto | Stonewall |  US 171[9] | ||||
| Caddo | Shreveport |  I-49 –Alexandria,Shreveport[9] | I-49 exit 193 | |||
 LA 3132[10] | ||||||
 LA 1[9] | ||||||
| Taylortown |  US 71[9] | |||||
| Bossier | |  LA 157[9] | ||||
 I-20[9] | I-20 exit 35 | |||||
| Webster |  US 371[11] | |||||
 LA 159[11] | ||||||
| Claiborne |  LA 2[11] | |||||
| LA 2[11] | ||||||
 US 79[11] | ||||||
| 100 | 160 |  I-69 north | Continuation into Arkansas[11] | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Media related toInterstate 69 in Louisiana at Wikimedia Commons Interstate 69 | ||
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