Trans-Texas corridors under consideration on US59-DUE TO INCREASED TRADE WITH MEXICO

There are two initial trans-Texas corridors under consideration: One would parallel Interstate 35 (I-35), from Gainesville to Laredo and passing the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Austin and San Antonio. The other would be an extension generally following US 59, from Texarkana past Houston to either Laredo or the Rio Grande Valley. Both of these corridors have seen large increases in freight traffic demand over the past two decades due to increased trade with Mexico.

And did you know that the Trans Texas Corridor is still underway? The only reason it stopped was not because of the outcry from the people. It was because Oklahoma refused to allow it to come through their state. It has now been moved to follow the US59, which will be widened to accomodate it, and is still under construction and will soon be coming through West Columbia and on to join US 59 where it will proceed through Arkansas, instead of Oklahoma.

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