• I-69 is the combination of two federally designated High Priority Corridors.  Corridor 18 extends from Michigan and Illinois south through Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and terminating at the terminus of U.S. 77 and U.S. 281 in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.  Corridor 20 is designated as U.S. 59 from Texarkana to Laredo.
• I-69 is expected to create more than 27,000 new jobs by 2025, resulting in $11.0 billion in additional wages and $19 billion in additional value.
• I-69 is the shortest route between the industrial northeast and the South Texas border with Mexico.
• All totaled I-69 corridor states and the states using I-69 and its border crossing ports account for nearly 63% of total U.S. truck-borne trade with North America.  No other highway comes close to matching I-69 for trade volume and service efficiency.
• I-69 border crossing ports from Laredo to Brownsville, Texas handle 49.0% of total U.S. truck-borne trade with Mexico.
• I-69 border crossings in Michigan handle nearly 47% of U.S. truck-borne trade with Canada.
• I-69 corridor states account for 51% of U.S. truck-borne trade with Mexico.
• 22 of the nation’s top 25 seaports are directly connected to I-69.
• 16 of the nation’s top air cargo airports are readily accessible by I-69.
• I-69 corridor states have over 9.0 million people living below the poverty level in 2000..  I-69 will spur economic development in these regions.
• The I-69 corridor goes through 2 of the nations Rural Empowerment Zones in the Rio Grande Valley (Texas) and the Mid-Delta (Mississippi).

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