Interstate 69C (I-69C) is a north–south freeway running through

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. Once complete, the freeway (with connections to

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) will begin at I-2/ U.S. Highway 83 (US 83) in

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and head northward before terminating at I-69W/ US 59 in George West near I-37. For its entire length, I-69C shares its alignment with US 281. , only an segment has been completed at the route's southern terminus in Pharr.

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(FHWA) approved the designation for the South

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Segment on May 24, 2013, and the Texas Transportation Commission followed suit on May 30, 2013. This action finalized the designations of not only I-69C but also of the sections of I-69E from Brownsville north to north of Raymondville and also I-2 which is a freeway connecting with I-69C and I-69E in Pharr and Harlingen. These approvals added over to the Interstate Highway System in the Rio Grande Valley. The signage was installed in summer 2013. , the cluster consisting of the recently designated portions of I-69C, I-69E, and I-2 in the Rio Grande Valley is not connected to the national Interstate network. This situation is slated to be remedied by scheduled projects to complete I-69E along US 77 between Raymondville and Robstown and the southern end of the previously signed portion of the I-69 corridor connecting with I-37 west of Corpus Christi. The

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(EPA) approval for the upgrade of the US 77 alignment to Interstate standards, including bypasses of the towns along the routing, was obtained through a Finding of No Significant Impact statement issued on July 13, 2012; funding for the various upgrade projects became available after 2015. During August 2014, exit numbering began on the south most segment in Edinburg. , the only segment of US 281 to be constructed to Interstate standards not currently connected to I-69C is the segment through Falfurrias. A bypass for Premont is under construction and is expected to be finished by June 2023.

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