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Interstate 14

Map
I-14 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length24.80 mi[1] (39.91 km)
ExistedJanuary 26, 2017 (2017-01-26)[2]–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end US 190 / SH 9 in Copperas Cove
East end I-35 / US 190 near Belton
Standort
LandVereinigte Staaten
StateTexas
CountiesCoryell, Bell
Highway system
← PR 13→ SH 14

Interstate 14 (I-14), also known as the "14th Amendment Highway", the Gulf Coast Strategic Highway, and the Central Texas Corridor, is an Interstate Highway that is currently located entirely in Central Texas, following U.S. Route 190 (US 190). The portion of the route that has been constructed and signed to date, the Central Texas Corridor along US 190 west of Interstate 35 was officially designated as I-14 by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST) Act, signed by President Barack Obama on December 14, 2015.

The proposal for the "14th Amendment Highway" has its origins in the 2005 transportation bill, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The route was initially planned to have a western terminus at Natchez, Mississippi (later from I-49 near Alexandria, Louisiana), extending east through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, before ending at Augusta, Georgia, or North Augusta, South Carolina. Advocates of the Gulf-Coast Strategic Highway subsequently proposed extending I-14 to I-10 near Fort Stockton and the junction of US 277 and I-10 near Sonora, Texas. The study and planning of I-14 has continued because of support and interest from both the Congress and the associated state highway departments. The I-14 corridor, if ultimately constructed, would provide a national strategic link to numerous major military bases and major Gulf Coast and Atlantic ports used for overseas deployments in six states from Texas to South Carolina.

On November 15, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which designated the components of the Gulf Coast Strategic Highway corridor between Brady, Texas (including forks to Interstate 20 in Midland and Interstate 10 in Pecos County, Texas) and Augusta, Georgia as High Priority Corridors of the National Highway System, forming a future extension of Interstate 14.

History

The highway was proposed in 2005 as the "14th Amendment Highway" without an official Interstate highway designation, with a western terminus at Natchez, Mississippi, extending east through the states of Mississippi and Alabama, before ending at Augusta, Georgia. The highway was named in honor of the 14th Amendment, as the route would traverse the southern "black belt" region that formed the heart of the slave-based plantation economy of the 19th century.

U.S. Representative Charlie Norwood of Georgia suggested the highway could be extended to Austin, Texas in the west and Grand Strand, South Carolina in the east.[3] The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) was signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 10, 2005. Congressional advocacy for the legislation spiked following the post–Hurricane Katrina logistics controversies.[4] The act included the 14th Amendment Highway and the 3rd Infantry Division Highway (I-3). The legislation did not provide funding for either highway. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has no funding identified beyond the Phase II studies to support long-range planning, environmental review or construction which must be initiated at the state or regional level with any further direction from the Congress. The western terminus was later changed to I-49 near Alexandria, Louisiana.

The 14th Amendment Highway and the Gulf-Coast Strategic Highway concepts continued through active studies to the present as local and state interest began to surface and support in the Congress, FHWA and, most importantly, in the associated state highway departments, all the key ingredients necessary to successfully justify funding any proposed Federal-Aid Highway project. The FHWA issued its report on the 14th Amendment Highway to the Congress in 2011 and made recommendation for further environmental and feasibility sub-studies, however little action to fund these studies advanced in Congress after 2011. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) also conducted the US 190/IH-10 Feasibility Study in 2011, which concluded that it was justified to upgrade US 190 to a divided four-lane arterial highway based on current traffic projections to 2040, but that upgrading US 190 to a full freeway through Texas was only justified if the 14th Amendment Highway is actually constructed from Louisiana to Georgia.

The I-14 concept became a reality when House Transportation Committee members Brian Babin and Blake Farenthold authored and introduced the amendment to the 2015 Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST) Act that created the I-14 Central Texas Corridor that generally follows US 190 in Texas. U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas sponsored the amendment in the United States Senate. The official Future I-14 designation[5] was approved when the FAST Act was signed into law on December 4, 2015 by President Obama.[6]

TxDOT is moving forward with designating I-14 along US 190 from Copperas Cove to I-35 in Belton.[7] The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) originally denied approval of TxDOT's request for the number at their May 24, 2016, meeting of the Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering, the body responsible for approving designations in the United States Numbered Highway System and Interstate Highway System.[8] The FHWA and AASHTO subsequently approved the I-14 designation.[9] The Texas Transportation Commission made the I-14 number official on January 26, 2017.[10] The official signage ceremony was held April 22, 2017, in Killeen, Texas on the Central Texas College campus. More I-14 signs went up over the next few weeks.[11]

On April 11, 2019, U.S. Rep. Babin introduced the I-14 'Forts-to-Ports' bill—which could extend I-14 to Odessa—to the United States House of Representatives.[12][13][14]

In August 2021, Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Raphael Warnock of Georgia introduced an amendment to the American Jobs Plan that would designate a corridor of I-14 to connect their respective states. The Interstate as envisioned would reach from the Midland–Odessa, Texas, metropolitan area in the west to Augusta, Georgia in the east.[15] The bipartisan legislation aims to connect multiple military installations, including Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas (already connected); Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas; Fort Polk in Leesville, Louisiana;[16] Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana; Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia; Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia; and Fort Gordon west of Augusta, Georgia.[17] This amendment was included in the final bill approved by the House and Senate and signed by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021.[18][19]

Future

Existing route

I-14 has been expanded from four to six lanes in Killeen, Texas, and there are some plans to expand to six lanes to I-35 in Belton.[citation needed]

Proposed extension

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act designates an extended future Interstate 14 corridor that would encompass the original "14th Amendment Highway" and "Gulf Coast Strategic Highway" concepts, including the following designated High Priority Corridors:

  • High Priority Corridor 83(C), part of the Central Texas Corridor, starting at Barry, Texas in the west, following US 190 east (including the currently designated I-14), crossing I-35 in Belton, continuing east along US 190 through Bryan–College Station (including a loop route) and Huntsville (crossing Interstate 45), to Jasper, then following Texas SH 63 to the Sabine River crossing into Louisiana.
  • High Priority Corridor 99, the Central Louisiana Corridor, following LA 8 east from the Sabine River to Leesville, LA 28 east via Alexandria (crossing I-49) and Pineville, to its intersection with US 84 in Archie, then follow US 84 east to the Mississippi River.
  • High Priority Corridor 100(A), part of the Central Mississippi Corridor, continuing on US 84 east from the Mississippi River crossing at Natchez through Brookhaven (crossing I-55) to Laurel, where the route would turn northeast to follow I-59 (and ultimately I-20) to Meridian, crossing the Alabama state line east of Meridian.
  • High Priority Corridor 101, the Middle Alabama Corridor, would leave I-20/I-59 just east of the Mississippi state line and generally parallel US 80 as it continues east to Selma and Montgomery. The route would then follow the Montgomery Outer Loop east to I-85 east of Montgomery, continuing eastward to the vicinity of Tuskegee. From there, the route will either follow SR 186 east and US 80 east to Phenix City, or continue along I-85 through Auburn and Opelika to then follow US 280 and US 431 southeast to Phenix City. Whichever option is selected, I-14 would then follow the US 80 Phenix City North Bypass to the Chattahoochee River and Georgia state line.
  • High Priority Corridor 102, the Middle Georgia Corridor, would continue east, following the Georgia SR 540 (Fall Line Freeway) corridor from Columbus via Macon to Augusta, Georgia, where the route would terminate.[20]

The legislation also includes provisions for spur and loop routes from the mainline I-14; most notably, west of Barry, the route would split into northern and southern corridors connecting to I-20 in the Midland–Odessa area via San Angelo and I-10 in eastern Pecos County, respectively, previously proposed by Rep. Brian Babin as "Interstate 14 North" and "Interstate 14 South."[citation needed]

Killeen, Texas, recording artist Qzu YG released a song in 2020 called "I-14"[21] as an homage to the highway running through Central Texas.[citation needed]

Exit list

Exit numbers follow US 190's mile markers.

CountyStandortmikmExitDestinationsNotes
CoryellCopperas Cove0.000.00
 US 190 west – Lampasas		Continuation beyond western terminus
—

 Bus. US 190 west – Copperas Cove
Fort Hood0.40.64277Clarke Road
Coryell–Bell
county line		1.82.9278Bell Tower Drive
2.33.7280A
SH 201 south (Clear Creek Road)
Bell3.15.0280BClear Creek Road northWestbound access via exit 280A
Killeen4.16.6281

 Bus. US 190 east / T.J. Mills Boulevard
4.87.7282Willow Springs Road
5.38.5283 SH 195 (Fort Hood Street)
7.211.6284Trimmier Road
7.812.6285W.S. Young Drive
8.814.2286 FM 3470 (Stan Schlueter Loop)No direct westbound exit (Signed at exit 287)
10.116.3287Rosewood Drive
Harker Heights10.817.4288 FM 2410 (Knight's Way)
12.019.3289 FM 3423 (Indian Trail)
13.321.4290

 Bus. US 190 west / Nola Ruth Boulevard		No westbound entrance
Nolanville15.424.8292 Spur 439 (Main Street) – Nolanville
16.626.7294Paddy Hamilton Road
​18.429.6295Frontage RoadNo eastbound entrance
​19.130.7296 FM 2410 (Simmons Road)
​20.232.5297George Wilson Road
Belton21.835.1299 FM 1670 (Stillhouse Hollow Dam Road)
23.137.2300 Loop 121
23.938.5301
 I-35 south / SH 317 (Main Street) / FM 436 (Holland Road) / Connell Street		Eastbound exit and entrance; I-35 north exit 293B
24.839.9
 I-35 north (US 190 east)		Eastern terminus; eastern end of US 190 concurrency; I-35 exit 293A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary route

I-14 in Texas is proposed to have one auxiliary route, Interstate 214, which would serve as a loop for Bryan–College Station metropolitan area.[22]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Overview Map of I-14" (Map). Google Maps. Google. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Interstate Highway No. 14". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Office of Senator Johnny Isakson (April 28, 2005). "Chambliss, Isakson Seek to Include Study of Two Proposed New Interstates in National Highway Funding Bill" (Press release). Office of Senator Johnny Isakson. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "Gulf Coast Strategic Highway Coalition: Project Overview". Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "Interstate 14 Designation by Congress in FAST Act". Ports-to-Plains Blog. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  6. ^ Hill, Chris (December 31, 2015). "FAST Act creates future I-14 from Central Texas Corridor, US 190". Equipment World's Better Roads News. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  7. ^ Texas Transportation Commission (April 28, 2016). "Agenda" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. p. 2. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  8. ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (May 24, 2016). "Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  9. ^ Texas Transportation Commission (January 26, 2017). "Minute Order" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. p. 1. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  10. ^ Bryant, David (January 26, 2017). "Highway 190 is officially Interstate Highway 14 from Cove to Belton". Killeen Daily Herald.
  11. ^ Dowland, Jacqueline. "Interstate through Killeen: Officials celebrate the new I-14". Killeen Daily Herald. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  12. ^ http://www.landlinemag.com/story.aspx?storyid=74056#.XP21Y4hKjIU [dead link]
  13. ^ Bryant, David A. "'Forts to Ports' bill reintroduced in House of Representatives". The Killeen Daily Herald.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Bill could extend I-14 to Odessa". Odessa American.
  15. ^ Koplowitz, Howard (August 5, 2021). "Plans for Alabama's newest interstate, I-14, progress in US Senate". AL.com. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "Progress Being Made on Three-State I-14 Corridor Designation Expansion". Gulf Coast Strategic Highway Coalition. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  17. ^ "I-14 through San Angelo? Amendment to infrastructure bill brings it closer to reality". Concho Valley Homepage. August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  18. ^ "Congress designates Interstate 14 across five states with I-14 corridor through San Angelo". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 15, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ Helm, Claire (November 16, 2021). "Rep. Bishop: Infrastructure bill is 'win-win' for Georgians". WGXA. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  20. ^ DeFazio, Peter A. (November 15, 2021). "Text - H.R.3684 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act". www.congress.gov. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  21. ^ "QZU YG on Apple Music". Apple Music. September 18, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  22. ^ Rodriguez, Megan (August 6, 2021). "Bryan-College Station leaders excited for I-14 progress". The Bryan-College Station Eagle. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
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