Why Interstate 14 Will NEVER Be Built Outside of Texas

[@HeathInHeath]

Another solid video with excellent analysis of the realities of highway construction projects and funding. Thank you.

[@ch4.hayabusa]

That leg from temple to college station would be the best way for Killeen and Waco get into Houston... when the Park n' Ride Shinkansen is built.

[@markanthony1004]

Honestly we just need a high speed rail connecting the Big 4 cities starting in Houston through San Antonio and Austin to Dallas and maybe a southeastern rail going back into Houston. It would be so convenient and save so much time especially if it could pass the airports but I’ll admit idk how that would work in San Antonio since our airport is surrounded by a lot of density but idk I just think we need a high speed rail in Texas

[@marlonbeckett8793]

I like your high speed rail ideal

[@larsedik]

I always took State Hwy 36 from Temple when I wanted to go to Houston, and I would take it to Sealy to get to I-10. I was born in Temple and went to Rice University, and so I went back and forth a lot. This was 1968-72, and back then, I could also take the Santa Fe train between Temple and Houston.

[@timothykeith1367]

​@markanthony1004 Highspeed rail *might* work in Texas, but even in Japan the high speed rail must be subsidized - yet is considered essential to support density. Texas has low density and the route would need major ongoing taxpayer subsidies. It could haul certain types of expedited freight in off-peak hours.

[@JOEMAMA_06]

Park & Ride Shinkansen is wild 😆

[@states1996]

Your videos are fascinating! Keep up the phenomenal work!

[@rickc303]

Macon is already in progress of reconstructing the I75/I16 interchange

[@thesharinganknight]

Yeah I heard it's wide and massive. But Georgia should really sign the entire Southern 1/2 of the state Macon/ Tampa like Atlanta does. Valdosta is literally a one off college city to in the boonies.

[@w-josh]

@@thesharinganknight I would sign Valdosta & Tampa simultaneously, then Tampa/Gainesville then Tampa/Ocala. This would help cover the plentiful distance that is between them.

[@w-josh]

@@thesharinganknight I would sign Valdosta & Tampa simultaneously, then Tampa/Gainesville then Tampa/Ocala. This would help cover the plentiful distance that is between them.

[@fishingthelist4017]

I have driven on the I75-16 interchange, and I didn't like it, especially going from 75 north to 16 around that big curve and immediately hitting backed up traffic getting off at the first exit.

[@wilsoncarlstedt8385]

@@w-josh Driving on I-10 and I-75 to Gainesville today, I-75 SB signs Gainesville/Tampa for its distance signs but Ocala gets thrown in from time to time too. Northbound 75 is still all Ocala/Lake City though. I'm pretty sure the first distance sign with Atlanta mentioned is a few miles north of the Georgia line, and signs with Atlanta mentioned are rare until you get past Macon.

[@xr6lad]

Love your series Mike. Somehow you’ve made this Australian (Melbourne) totally interested in the US interstate system!

[@Marc-King777]

Ha ha... I remember when they re-designated US 190 to I-14. I had a house in Copperas Cove on the west side of Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood). One day I was driving on the freeway going toward Killeen and noticed the I-14 markers and thought, am I dreaming? Is this an alternate reality? But no, it wasn't. I had had no idea this change was coming and wondered why they changed it.

[@AlvinSeville1]

The idea of I-14 came from me. You can hold the applause.

[@dhinton1]

Louisiana and Mississippi ALONE are valid reason I-14 will never leave Texas. We're still waiting for Louisiana to figure out I-69, fix the I-49 gap around Shreveport, and push I-49 from Lafayette to New Orleans ... and then for Mississippi to push I-69 south of Tunica County (which i can't see Mississippi being in a rush to do til Louisiana AND Arkansas get I-69 work in gear).

[@snavetrebor]

Not to mention US 90 between MS and LA has been out of service for a couple of years now

[@dhinton1]

@@snavetrebor and will be for a couple more ....

[@kmr2433]

Yeah, but we're getting a Buccees!

[@sawyertuide7636]

That’s not mentioning I-10 upkeep too. And it would surprise me if I-69 went through LA. They may just avoid it all together through TX-43 or US-59 into Texarkana, and build I-69 out in the west of Arkansas.

[@Dallen9]

I-69 will be completed before I-14 even covers the Texas portion. Hell Texas may even have High speed rail before any major section gets completed at this point. I only know one thing If Texas gets hell bent on making a highway it may take 20 years but it will be done come heaven or high water.... It's the only thing Texas does that's consistent and dependable government wise.

[@luisvilla799]

You mean construction in Houston lol

[@Dallen9]

@@luisvilla799Construction never ends in Houston Everyone is just waiting for the announcement that they're finally going to start making tier planes for the city.

[@glennschlorf1285]

Texas cant finish a project before starting 3 more

[@Dallen9]

@@glennschlorf1285yep, project scheduled to last 10 years takes 100.

[@goGothitaLOL]

And what about I-27? Surprisingly US-87 between San Angelo all the way to Lubbock is a 4-lane divided highway. The only downside is there needs to be 2 bypasses, that and the concrete is probably dated as shit.

[@justinslaughter2798]

Long-time Georgia resident and road geek. US 80 coming into Columbus is not up to interstate highway standards. Some tight turns and narrow shoulders, though GDOT has improved over the years. With GDOT recently completing the Fall Line Freeway (GA 540), I don't think they are in a hurry to upgrade to an interstate. Additional complications around Macon. While I-75/I-16 interchange is being upgraded, Ocmulgee National Historical Park on a short list to become a full National Park soon, which will limit options to build freeways out of Macon on the eastern side of town.

[@fishingthelist4017]

They will have to get around Midland because it is a high growth area that makes following the US80 corridor difficult. Phenix City is not as built up where I-14 would be routed, but there are still a few areas that would displace people and businesses. The stretch between River Road and the river could use some straightening regardless of whether or not it becomes I-14.

[@evansjohnc]

At this point it would probably just have to pass north of town and connect to 185 and 280/431.

[@fishingthelist4017]

@@evansjohnc I think if I-14 gets built, they will have to run it through Columbus and Phenix City to connect with I-85 near Wire Road. One of the big selling points of the project is improving economic opportunities in low income rural areas, and Macon County fits that description much more than Lee County and the Auburn-Opelika area. Columbus and Phenix City politicians and business leaders will want some of that economic benefit as well, so they will not want to see it all go north of town. The Army will probably have a say in it too, and they will want I-14 as close to Fort Benning as possible.

[@StillPlaysWithModelTrains1956]

The seven families that owned Columbus, GA back in the 60s made sure there would never be an Interstate connection to the outside world...

[@fishingthelist4017]

@@StillPlaysWithModelTrains1956 same thing with west Alabama

[@66gtb]

I can’t imagine there are too many topics that are more boring for a KZbin video channel than roads. That said, I really enjoy your content. Not sure if that means I’m boring or your soothing tone makes something interesting (or both), but kudos to you.

[@davidbradford7105]

From Augusta, GA to Fayetteville, NC swinging SW of Columbia, SC would be a nice extension. Guard elements from GA, SC, & NC utilize these path to go to Liberty, Eisenhower and Jackson regularly. Plus various these different installations host various schools for individual development and would ease movement for those going for additional training. There are some long haul, heavy transportation units capable of moving Abrams and other heavy armored elements. Just a road capable of allowing those loads would be a great training opportunity for those transpiration elements. Road time with load would be a win there. I can see a trip from Liberty to Eisenhower. Stopping for some range time for a few days and back to Liberty as a great training event.

[@Demographicsoul662]

That part of the MS is southwest region and one of the map misspelled Natchez without the "t". Also, that part isn't the delta.

[@jaym8257]

I made the trek south of the fall line from Columbus to Savannah on my way to Charleston SC. It can be done and it ain't a bad drive. TH with Atlanta!

[@deuscaffeum526]

Its looks like 14 might enable the ports along the southern coast. collecting freight and moving it E-W and then north. Something we really need to take the load off the existing ports.

[@raydaniel2490]

It would be a nice addition in Georgia to connect the largest cities outside of Atlanta together...Columbus, Macon and Augusta with the I-16 connection from Macon to Savannah. However, as most Georgians well know, Atlanta rules the roost at the state capitol.

[@MustachioFurioso9134]

And rural NIMBY counties and legislators who control the funding 😂

[@DM-zq8qy]

Many people and businesses would be willing to pay BIG $$$$ to BYPASS Atlanta! ⚠️🔄

[@MustachioFurioso9134]

@@DM-zq8qy tell that to GA's frugal government though. 😂 It's so hard to get their DOT to invest in new projects.

[@cjthompson420]

That’s fine. We in Texas are the home of interstates that aren’t interstate 😂

[@rockobama9209]

You mean highways that you would think are interstates but aren’t interstates lol. I see every other highway there’s built up to interstate standards

[@cjthompson420]

@@rockobama9209 no I mean interstates lol. 45, 37, 27, 2. All of them exist only in Texas lol.

[@rockobama9209]

@@cjthompson420 oh i see what youre saying. Yea those are really intrastates.

[@MileageMike485]

Haha yeah definitely another one to add to the list.

[@w-josh]

@@rockobama9209Florida could pass as that too. They have so many toll roads that are definitely interstate standards, but aren’t. The Florida Turnpike’s Mainline is 312 miles long & it’s southern extension to Homesetad is 47 Miles long. Also, A lot of Texas non interstate freeways don’t have exit numbers.

[@alexc3504]

I’ve driven through Killeen so many times and seen I-14 and wondered why it ends so abruptly. Thanks!

[@A92CB7]

Belton to copperas cove

[@Riv_Dyl97]

Bryan/College Station is actually pissed because our rep didn't advocate I-14 through B/CS. B/CS is the largest metropolitan area without an interstate (don't believe me, look it up) and it could have easily shaved off 30min, if not more, when going south to the coastal cities. B/CS is stuck with state highways that are becoming more and more outdated every year.

[@ZTTowell]

But it seems likely y’all will get high speed rail over Temple who was originally planned to be the central station in all the projects that never happened.

[@tysonhufstedler9391]

Think there is some controversy over a few local/State long time politicians near or in B/CS buying up land knowing where this interstate was going before plans were public, word is that caused it being stopped in Tx.

[@Riv_Dyl97]

@@ZTTowell it won't be in B/CS per-say, they are looking at putting the station about 35min away from A&M, which is also about 25min away from Sam Houston St.

[@ronin2963]

This is a great idea on paper. I would push it from TX to Mertle Beach. Augusta has military value but not much else. Adding a sea port termination would great improve the roads value

[@labrat9296]

Excellent job, Congratulations on your sucess. Love from Trailer Park USA

[@J3scribe]

According to the interstate numbering system, I-3 would be in California and the west coast, perhaps converting US 101 if that were to be the case.

[@jliller]

If, as depicted in that map, the long-term goal of a Savannah River freeway is to connect to Knoxville it should be designated I-81 since that route currently ends at I-40 NE of Knoxville.

[@nathanmyles3785]

Too pristine, too many uber rich people over there who'd hate them trying to construct the 101 into interstate standards. The lure of it as a scenic drive would be destroyed as well and where'd rich people with exotic cars film themselves speeding at on KZbin making everybody jealous

[@deer105]

The highway to Killeen no longer says Ft. Hood. The signs have been changed to Ft. Cavazos.

[@andrewdevore4799]

Thanks to wokeness

[@starrwulfe]

I enjoyed this one because I recently was around a lot of these parts of the South just last year. As a Georgian, I can tell you: - US 80 is 90% interstate standard around Columbus. Nothing to really do here. Also the parts toward Warner Robbins is easily upgradable and was built with an eye towards becoming limited access at some point. - They're currently upgrading the I-75/I-16 junction right now. Remember, I -16 carries all that Port of Savannah traffic so anything connecting to it is a big deal. - GDOT probably left that part out of the study-- there's a big need for traffic to get to/from the port and across the South. RIght now options are limited to using I-10 or I-16 to I-75 to I-20 West. Or GA 504/500. (any 500 series state route here is a "Development corridor BTW and was funded solely for exactly the same reason as I-14 got a "yellow light".) - For the above reasons, I-14 in Georgia will likely be Columbus Warner Robbins only at first. It makes the most sense right now.

[@ibuprofenPill]

The freeway scene from the opening shot is getting on 75 north from 635 east in Dallas.

[@MileageMike485]

Yep. The High 5 Interchange

[@Wickwatcher]

@@MileageMike485 the interchange that they boasted on about early completion only to tear it up and add sub toll lanes smdh

[@PlaneSaddles]

They are already setting up the intersection of Hwys 158 and 137 (Between Midland and Garden City, Texas) to interstate standards by the looks of it. Most of 87 they just have to build overpasses and off ramps, then cut out the cross overs. Looping towns will be costly bit.

[@apexone5502]

I believe that desolate road you took in Louisiana is the same one I took back in 2020 when I was doing over the road work. I had to travel from Atlanta, GA to Jacksonville, TX to make a delivery (via cargo vans, no CDL stuff). The next day I was given an assignment to leave TX, make a pickup in Louisiana, and then drive back to TX to make the dropoff. While in LA heading back to TX, I remember taking a long road that felt like the middle of nowhere. I rarely saw any other car and it took awhile before i saw any homes or businesses. I remember hoping and praying I wouldn't break down in that area because it had nothing but me, the road, and trees. Some of those pics you showed of that road are looking pretty familiar.

[@1867Phoenix]

I-3 should be an extension of I-81. I-81 would follow I-40 to I-140 in Knoxville's western suburbs, turn south onto I-140, and follow I-3's planned route. They are already building a major reconstruction of the I-75/I-16 interchange.

[@DC.402]

Yes I have traveled through that area and I can confirm such project.

[@papilgee4evaeva]

I never thought about extending 81 over that route. Great catch.

[@mattb.7761]

I caught that ATL and Georgia shade 🤣🤣🤣😭😭but yea that’s all you hear is ATL and nothing outside of ATL. Excellent video as always, heard about this highway and hopefully it will be fast tracked…I know this is one of 3 or 4 proposed. Now the one highway system I know they need to look at in Indiana and west Michigan is interstate 67. Turning us 31 into I-67 and 196 to Grand Rapids into 167.

[@cll1out]

3:15 although you describe it correctly in your voiceover, part of your red line is along I-35 going up to temple then down along H K Dodgden Loop which isn’t up to interstate standards but has potential. That turns into US-190. I live in that area and can’t see any mention of I-14 continuing on but guides you into I-35 Northbound toward Waco. At 3:55 you show to take I-35 southbound toward Austin you actually have to take an exit and travel on a service road to ramp on. They way they do this feels more to do with future planning of the I-14 route sharing with 35 for a bit into Temple, rather than just “most of the traffic wants to go that way”

[@DarrellWilliamsprosperwithme]

I'd say in the next 10 to 15 years most of i14 in Texas could be almost complete being that a portion of it already exists. Kinda like i69 in some parts of Texas.

[@larsedik]

No one I know in Texas uses the term "frontage road" - we always called them "feeder or access roads." I grew up just outside Temple when Temple was larger than Killeen.

[@null0byte]

I suppose it depends on where you are in Texas. Here in D/FW, everyone calls them frontage roads, including highway signs.

[@HSstudio.Ytchnnl]

will you talk about the extension of I-27 towards Laredo & Raton, NM

[@CaseyGpdx]

Why does 27 need to go all the way to Laredo tho imo i10 is the farthest it needs to go to

[@HSstudio.Ytchnnl]

@@CaseyGpdx wouldn't be nice to link Denver towards the border without passing thru Albuquerque & San Antonio?

[@MileageMike485]

I'm going to add it into a Texas video in the future.

[@mybrotherjames8579]

I-22 is a great road I started driving when my wife and I started dating. I lived in Pensacola and she lived in Chicago so we would spend weekends in Memphis.

[@Yallquietendown]

I drive on the “fall line freeway” between Macon and I turn off before you get to Augusta and it’s a nice drive you hardly see anyone on it. I really hate going up to Atlanta I hope all those people stay packed up there and Atlanta and don’t try to spread out all over Georgia

[@apexone5502]

Georgia's population is steadily growing. We just recently surpassed the 11 million mark for our population. Expect those other towns away from Atlanta to continue to grow as long as the state's population continues to grow.

[@fakejeepman06]

Can you make a video about the I-27 expansion project?

[@ageofsagittarius]

The route in Georgia has been around for at least 25 years. Usually referred to as "The Fall Line Freeway", it was the impetus for the US80/GA 540 upgrade from 2 lanes to a 4-lane divided highway om the 90s. The most logical route around Macon is to complete the triangle from Robins AFB to Jeffersonville, but the land is surprisingly swampy and has some significant Native American sites that have to be worked around.

[@jonbickle8815]

They’re already in the process of widening that section from 2 lanes to four lanes divided

[@TornadoSponge]

Man, it’s weird seeing a road I’m so used to traveling on be showcased on a video like this. My whole life, I-14 had always been just Highway 190. 2015 was the year the Interstate designation came to be.

[@gatorspad3632]

Nice content, very informative…

[@adechinea]

If only I could like this video twice. Great job. Happy subscriber.

[@joeharris3878]

The Black Belt, known as the Prairie in Mississippi , arcs from near the northeast of that state south then southeast across Alabama and into Georgia . It is formed by deposits of basic soils of sediment from shallow seas.... an arm or bay of today's Gulf of Mexico .

[@SuperSirianRigel]

I don't see why I-14 would be a bad idea in Georgia. Freight coming from like Texas or further west that would be heading for the Northeast could hit I-14 and completely avoid Birmingham in Alabama and Atlanta both. And then still head to the Northeast by eventually connecting to I-95. Assuming they are coming from far enough south that hitting I-40 and I-81 wouldn't make more sense.

[@CraigFThompson]

It'd be much better to have the freight moving such long distances by RAIL.

[@SonnyBubba]

I-14, the Atlanta bypass.

[@abkeener81]

I think it would be cool if you did a video about Virginia 267.

[@UrubuUniversitario]

Hey, Mike! Great video. You didn't mention that the bill sancioned by Obama also include the loop I-214 around Bryan-College Station.

[@AndrewTheRadarMan]

You should make a video of the Natchez-Trace Parkway It's a cool national road that's probably the only limited access 2-lane roadway in the United States. It's kinda built like the German B299 and B470 highways with plenty of quarter leaf and half leaf interchanges. I wish more rural roads were build with quarter leaf or half leaf interchanges or heck even quarter leaf interchanges

[@jdkennedy3102]

If you ever drive from Temple to Bryan/College Station you can see why there is a need for I-14. Some of the heaviest traffic in the entire state on two lane roads.

[@CharlesE-c7v]

I agree they need to get that built soon, and need to make it almost straight from Temple to the North side of Bryan. We don’t need them 90 degrees turns that you see connecting Milano and Hearne.

[@mariocapmany9550]

Jasper is not exactly desolate and not desert-like as you depicted.

[@tommarney1561]

The time to have discussed I-14 in Georgia was twenty years ago, before the entire corridor was improved as a four-lane divided at-grade facility, including the construction of significant sections on new alignment. In fact, I even suggested it in the late nineties in an op-ed the Macon Telegraph asked me to write. Here's an idea, though: ask Google how to get from Tuskegee to Macon, and one of the alternate routes will be via GA 109 and US 41, cutting across Georgia from LaGrange to Forsyth and entering Macon on I-75. That route is only six miles and eight minutes longer than the obvious route via GA 96 near Columbus. Why is this important? Unbeknownst to most people, the Freight Logistics Plan that GDOT released in 2010 recommended a four-lane corridor from LaGrange to Macon, apparently as an improvement of existing GA 109 and 74. It was expected that it'd also serve truck traffic to and from I-20 in Alabama via the already-widened US 27 corridor. The benefit/cost ratio calculated for the project was 18:1, making it a huge outlier among the projects evaluated. If I-14 was a serious proposition, it'd be a way to get this highly desirable built. As it happens, GDOT did a study of a LaGrange-Macon corridor, though it assumed widening and/or otherwise improving existing GA 109 and GA 74 all the way to I-475, thereby requiring traffic to slog through suburban Macon streets rather than entering the freeway system fifteen miles from downtown Macon. The to-me-obvious alternative of going directly from Woodbury to I-75 between Forsyth and Bolingbroke wasn't considered, surely due to cost and the related infeasibility of incremental implementation.

[@busaf95]

If it joins I-20 in Meridian then it would have NAS Meridian as a military base in Mississippi.

[@bobbybrandon584]

Seems like it'd be a good project for Georgia.

[@davidmatheny1993]

Most of the Fall Line Freeway across central Georgia is close to interstate grade already. The biggest complications are the few towns that fought for the highway to run straight through town, and the Macon area. Either it would remain a complicated web of shared routes until the east side of the city, or building a route completely bypassing Macon unless you jump on I-75.

[@gigabyte9584]

You should make a video about the unbuilt highways: you know proposal freeways that were once plan to be built, but were remained unbuilt.

[@goGothitaLOL]

Spur 5 (a.k.a. Alvin Freeway) in Houston would be here but to my surprise, TxDOT still gives a shit after decades. Hell they’re even working on it right now!

[@eottoe2001]

TY for posting. It's esoteric as hell but you made it interesting. 😀 (Maybe you can explain the "interstate" highways around Asheville, NC.)

[@commonsense-og1gz]

as a person from college station, who had family in columbus GA and outside of Flint MI, with a dad who only drove, i know the pains of getting there.

[@alexisdespland4939]

will the brazos valley texas centeal highspeed rail station be on i -14

[@topherbec7578]

Construction on I-14 east of Temple has been under construction for several years.

[@enolopanr9820]

Why did they decide Temple needed an interstate? Nobody lives there

[@topherbec7578]

@@enolopanr9820 I-35 runs through Temple.

[@CharlesE-c7v]

Let’s get it connected to the north of Bryan as quickly as possible.

[@CharlesE-c7v]

@@enolopanr9820 So Traffic from Temple can get to Bryan and Houston quicker.

[@JasonTaylor-po5xc]

Going from Columbus to Augusta without going through Atlanta would be massive. I could even see trucker preferring that route from Montgomery as the ATL can seriously kill time with traffic. Back in my college days, I used to travel Hwy 169 from Auburn to Columbus area (Seal/Phoenix City) many, many times. Nothing there except a few trailers on land and a few farms. I remember passing a truck going over 100mph in a Honda Accord going down a hill - it's been over 25 years, so not worried about Seal's finest coming after me now.

[@johncompton88]

Maybe if GA builds it's part; they can reroute I-75 along I-475 (and just do away with the I-475 designation all together.

[@NotFunToChatWith]

The Alabama portion will probably be one of the first outside of Texas to actually see some progress. Because of the in-state benefits alone. South Montgomery is going thru a growth phase and with various companies moving into that area now, will eventually bring even more demand on the roads. The outer loop corridor phase 1 off I-85 was already completed years ago as well. Although that was to serve multiple purposes and a possible incentive to look into connecting Montgomery to Panama City Or Tallahassee ,FL . I-14 will use it to connect I-65 to I-85 going around south Montgomery. With the investments Kay Ivey has made in areas like West Alabama . Upgrading US-80 to make I-14 makes sense now for faster travel to those areas and for getting back to I-20. On the Georgia side the Columbus area is low risk investment since the bulk of the work would be on the Alabama side of the border. So they may at least commit to that portion since it will give them a boost to an area that has no interstate access that run through it currently.

[@Rylie214]

Hi Mr @mileagemike have you ever gotten around to filming the freeway section of us 80 in Columbus GA?

[@gbearfan1670]

Yo Mike, thanks for another nice video. As a fan of your content, who grew up in Natchez, I have to help you out with a couple of flubs you made (not counting the misspelling of my former home town that was called out in someone else's comment). First, the area along US-84 in Mississippi is not near the "Delta" region geographically or culturally. Next, you mispronounced Natchez throughout the video. Think "Natchez rhythms with matches". I enjoy your channel Mike, keep it coming. 😎👍

[@kevinholbrook4316]

I remember the day the signs came out, and to this day nobody calls it I-14 lol. It'll always be 190 to me

[@hotsoup1001]

Kind of like Fort Hood will always be Fort Hood.

[@mrme8521]

It needs to be more than an interstate; it needs to be a high-speed railway.

[@timothykeith1367]

Or at least, higher speed.

[@carrollbridges6427]

In the mid 80s on hwy 6282 in a small town, some road workers showed up in town messering the road, and later one of them came In my dad's business, and he was asked what they were doing, he said this is future interstate 14 to tie in Georgia military base with Texas and on to California. I looked at him like he was crazy and later, a letter showed up saying the road was going to be built and signs went up and stayed up for over a yr but work never started and one morning we all woke up to the signs being gone and never heard anything else about it.

[@Jerseyguy8527]

As Austin expands the Waco/Killeen area will as well they need to use the US-190/US-79 corridor and connect Waco and I-20 near Shreveport. That is a huge gap in the Interstate system. When I moved down here I drove Shreveport to Austin on mostly back roads starting around Tyler because I-20 to I-35 was such a detour that it was faster that way. Ideally it would be good for it to be a huge bypass of I-20 and reconnect to I-20 in Midland or wherever i-27 will meet I-20 in order to both alleviate traffic on i-20 thru DFW area but also give Austin a connection to i-40 and the panhandle and ultimately Denver

[@jliller]

Why does I-44 end at Wichita Falls rather than continuing to Fort Worth? Why doesn't I-27 continue from Lubbock down to I-20? Are there any other odd interstate highway "dead ends" like those two, excluding unfinished routes like I-49 and I-69?

[@leechjim8023]

Weren,t the "big federal dollars" allready granted in the huge infrastructure allotments!?

[@Rondu01]

Great video once again. When are you going to do a video on i22 Birmingham, AL to Memphis, TN.

[@BoratWanksta]

Darnit, Georgia DOT! Since I think I-14 would be a good idea, if you ask me to construct into a full expressway. Don't they want to help long distance traffic not have to go through the very congested Atlanta area?

[@w-josh]

They want that, but Georgia wants all the economic benefit they can get in the Atlanta area.

[@terryfox9344]

I would like to see I-14, but what I would really like is the I-3 corridor. Driving on I-75 from Atlanta south is a nightmare. Why can't they build roads in Georgia that don't go through that monstrosity?

[@jimmyking998]

Does the government even figure out how much in taxes every year they get out of interstate roadway that the truckers bring across the United States they better come up with something

[@dwjoseph59]

Hey mileage mike; could you do, or have you already done, a video on why I-74 isn't completed yet from wilmington, nc to the bettendorf, ia/davenport, ia areas 😮😮🤔🤔😔?!?! I've always felt like I-45 should continue from downtown dallas, tx to I-44/the big cabin, ok area too. Great content as usual from you, keep up the good work 👍👍!!

[@rockobama9209]

You should make a video on how it is being a civil engineer and what you do. I hope to become one soon

[@MileageMike485]

Good idea. Perhaps a Q&A video would be appropriate.

[@jimmyking998]

They found the money to build corridor x in Alabama

[@slydale]

I think I've taken a few of those "Texas Exits" you've mentioned. Might've come close to getting stuck. Anyway. It's too bad I69 and this I14 is clogged up behind other infrastructure priorities. Wasn't there a multi-billion dollar bill s'posed to fund this stuff federally? It would really help here in Mississippi.

[@fishingthelist4017]

There has been talk for years of extending I85 west from Montgomery on the US80 corridor and connecting to the "Bypass to bypass the bypass" outer loop south of Montgomery, so that section will eventually be built, but highway funds are limited, and a Mobile Bay bridge will probably come next now that I22 is finished. One problem that I see around Columbus is the longer the project is delayed, the more built up the areas at either end of the JR Allen expressway become. Routing through Phenix City and Ladonia could be done, but Midland will be difficult. There are also some sharp turns at Midland and at the river that may not be up to interstate standards. As for Macon, I hope that they go south of town and not through it. Following I75 and 16 is somewhat convoluted.

[@DTD110865]

If anything I-85 should continue south, not west.

[@davidbertrand6884]

Fort Polk has been renamed to FORT JOHNSON🇺🇸 And yes highway system in Louisiana is very troublesome, as are the bridges . But I49 interstate makes quick travels north to south. But I believe the WORST INTERSTATE IS ( I-10 ) with I-20 a close second. 2-16-2024

[@sean6653]

A large part of south Alabama is incredibly isolated. While the new interstate would help, ideally there would be a spur route down from 14 or 65 to connect to fort Rucker/Novosel and then to i-10. And really, southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia, aka the "wiregrass region" is surprisingly underserved by interstate. I've never understood why.

[@davidtosh7200]

Why not have I-18 which connect from I-85 in Tuskegee Alabama to I-20/I-520 in Augusta Georgia instead of fractured or (2) of I-14? I-14 will be only in Texas, but not in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. I-18 is Georgia will fit in the grid pattern between I-16, and I-20 between Macon Georgia and Augusta Georgia for approximately 200 miles.😢. I don’t want to see the (2) of the same interstate numbers anymore, and they are: I-42 between Raleigh and Morehead City North Carolina, and I-42 between I-35 near Perry Oklahoma and I-49 in Springdale Arkansas, I-74 between Davenport Iowa and Cincinnati Ohio, and again in North Carolina, I-76 between Akron Ohio to Camden New Jersey, and again between Denver Colorado and I-80 near Ogallah Nebraska, I-84 between Portland Oregon to northeastern Utah near the Wyoming border, and I-84 which connect from Scranton Pennsylvania to I-90 (Mass Pike) near Boston Massachusetts, I-86 in Idaho, and I-86 in Pennsylvania and New York, I-87 in New York and I-87 between Raleigh North Carolina and Norfolk Virginia, and I-88 in Illinois and I-88 in New York.

[@papilgee4evaeva]

At least I-74 was intended to connect between North Carolina and Ohio. But Ohio and West Virginia don't seem to care about building it.

[@ezrashonor]

No, doubt we will see much of any of it. Our politicians are incapable of doing anything that benefit ordinary Americans.

[@scpatl4now]

Actually there was funding for this in the infrastructure bill that passed a couple of years ago

[@arnathan1792]

They should just make I-14 go from Meridian to Augusta. Then just upgrade US-190 to interstate standards but just leave it at that. US-290 is in bad need of an upgrade, so I think Texas should start there first

[@devonjardine9603]

Quick question for you..... You do know the interstate system is technically a valid military target right? It was built by an order of Congress expressly for military use. Just because civilians utilize military infrastructure doesnt make it safe. Is the interstate system in a state of repair to even be able to handle mobilization?

[@MileageMike485]

Not sure what you're asking. Any vital infrastructure is a military target. Bridges, tunnels, rails, water pipes, power plants, etc. The interstate system was primarily built for civilian purposes, though the defense aspect was also touted as an added benefit. You can read about the myths vs. facts here: highways.dot.gov/highway-history/interstate-system/50th-anniversary/interstate-highway-system-myths#question3

[@jonathanmartin3767]

I lived in killeen during this construction. 190 to I-14, took years I would deploy, come back, and still under construction. However, I doubt I will.ever live in a time when Interstates 35 and 10,.along with 1604 will not be under construction in San Antonio.

[@NintendoGamer2600]

Am I the only one that thinks that Albany, Georgia should be part of the corridor instead of Columbus? Cause Albany is around 70,000 people if I recall correctly and it currently has no direct access to Interstate system. The proposed I-175 from Cordele to Albany was canceled long ago. Having this route go through Albany could combat its deteriorating population.

[@Helterskelter41156]

Maybe because Ft Benning or whatever its name is now, is in Columbus.

[@NintendoGamer2600]

​​@@Helterskelter41156Yeah, and if you watch Mike's video on the top 10 mid sized metro that are losing population, you will see that Mike stated that Fort Moore is likely one of the reasons that people are leaving Columbus. But idk, would it be possible for both Columbus and Albany to get I-14? And part of U.S. 82 in Albany is already a controlled access highway, though I am not sure if it is up to Interstate standards.

[@NintendoGamer2600]

Or also perhaps change it to serve Hattiesburg, Mississippi as well as Enterprise and Dothan, Alabama in addition to Albany, Tifton, and Brunswick, Georgia.

[@lindsaykimbrough8260]

It is 4 lane from Natchez pretty much to Brookhaven.

[@autotechxbox163]

I just think it's crazy that they want a completely new interstate to connect Montgomery, Al to Macon, Ga via Columbus, Ga when they could just extend I-16 west and if they really wanted to, they could extend I-16 to I-20/I-59. Meanwhile, I-14 could still be a new interstate highway but instead of going north east to head towards Montgomery, it could continue heading east along the U.S. HWY 84 corridor going through Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia and eventually ending at the port city of New Brunswick, Ga.

[@tylermedley4911]

Desolate Jasper Texas with its 59.75 inches of annual rainfall, might as well be Death Valley.😂 A picture of the Amazon would be closer to accurate.

[@hotsoup1001]

Unfortunately, Jasper will always be remembered for something other than its climate.

[@tylermedley4911]

@@hotsoup1001 worst part is it didn’t even happen all that close to the town🙁 it just barely happened in the county.

[@SonnyBubba]

Louisiana definitely has other priorities. I-49 is more important to Louisiana than I-14, plus you’re right about the existing deferred maintenance.

[@DC.402]

Been waiting on this and as a Georgia native we absolutely need I-14. I been through most of its purposed route in Georgia can confirm that most of it is surface highways so not to many upgrades are needed. With Atlanta being a growing city. There is now more and more east west traffic passing through I now notice that i-20 is beginning to struggle and it's only goin to get worse. It occupies the 5th worse bottle neck in the country with i-285. I believe i-14 will reduce the future traffic from i-20

[@w-josh]

Aside from the fact that: Columbus has very poor interstate access, That’s exactly why I think it should be built. Economic development could happen even in the very rural areas if the state and businesses would build anywhere outside of Atlanta. A lot of Georgia’s problems are the result of being over centered on Atlanta.

[@DC.402]

@w-josh that is definitely agreed upon. Then couple the fact the it will give Georgia a 2nd cross starte east west highway besides i-20

[@scpatl4now]

I think the route would follow the Fall Line Freeway that is already built out to interstate standards in most of the state. There are also some large freight processing facilities along this route too.

[@w-josh]

@@DC.402 Which is much needed. Georgia’s freeway system is so mediocre for a state it’s size; largest east of the Mississippi by land area. It also has over 11 million people!

[@w-josh]

@@scpatl4now Only a 12 mile section is freeway when you enter the state. After leaving the Columbus are, most of it is a 65 mph divided highway with cross streets (occasional speed drops around & in towns such as Wrens). There are a couple interchanges that are interstate quality other than not having exits (Ex: GA 540 and US 441 interchange near Milledgeville).

[@rednose1966]

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[@TairnKA]

I thought a few years ago the Interstate project (signed by President Eisenhower) was completed? This must be an addition, not outlined in the original plan? ;-)

[@davidschumann9182]

I don’t think the population between Texas and Georgia won’t justify the interstate but 10 could use a reliever away from all the traffic in Houston and the old 20 and 30 mile bridges in Louisiana I believe it would be better served going from Houston to Austin and maybe to Junction, TX or San Angelo a good east west route in Austin.

[@MalcomHeavy]

Personally, I think the current system is fine. I just got done driving from California to Florida. I took the I-8, to the I-10, to the I-20, then the I-59, and back to the I-10. There was nothing wrong with the way the drive went, and while I maybe would have welcomed another route, I think cramming another interstate between the I-10 and the I-20 would be far too chaotic, and on a local level, might damage the already slow business many of the current interstate towns depend on.

[@SamuelMoore09]

Why don’t interstate 14 the current alignment that goes from Copperas Cove and when it reaches interstate 35 it continues on interstate 35 north till up into near Dallas and then goes east on interstate 20 it stays on interstate 20 till it reaches Augusta Georgia to interstate 520 where it would be finished

[@thomastartu9597]

I think there will be. If a concurrency exists on another interstate, that is the best chance for completion. And there are a few areas where it would likely happen.

[@JimMicko]

Any improvement in the E - W travel in Alabama will be welcome and useful to travelers.

[@stratagama]

I suspected that we will see the steel interstate project completed before we see this project

[@anthony_rivera4735]

Interstate 14 will be obscure, because it won't go through any major cities, there was a missed opportunity to have l-14 go through Austin.

[@buckymoore5390]

Columbus is the second largest city in Georgia and Montgomery is the third in Alabama. I think that an interstate connecting the two cities would be an interesting idea that should be discussed!

[@nathanmyles3785]

I'd welcome it, it would take a good amount of trucks away from I-20 and I-285 in and around Atlanta and provide an easier way to drive from the southeast to central Texas and avoid Dallas or Houston.

[@WalkerOne]

I was stationed at Fort Hood in 1991, it is crazy to hear they now are building an interstate to route I used to run. From Fort Hood to Huntsville. I made pit stops in all the towns in between.

[@busaf95]

It's 190 rebadged