Interstate 14#Interstate 214

{{Short description|Interstate Highway in Texas}}

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{{Infobox road

| state = TX

| type = I

| route = 14

| alternate_name = 14th Amendment Highway
Gulf Coast Strategic Highway
Central Texas Corridor

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| map_notes = I-14 highlighted in red

| length_mi = 25.1

| length_ref = {{cite web |last = Starks |first = Edward |date = January 27, 2022 |title = Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date = February 8, 2023 |work = FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher = Federal Highway Administration }}

| established = {{start date|2017|01|26}}{{TxDOT|IH|14|access-date=June 29, 2018}}

| direction_a = West

| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=TX|US-Bus|190|US|190|dab1=Copperas Cove}} near Copperas Cove

|junction=

| direction_b = East

| terminus_b = {{jct|state=TX|I|35|US|190}} at Belton

| counties = Coryell, Bell

| previous_type = PR

| previous_route = 13

| next_type = SH

| next_route = 14

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Interstate 14 (I-14{{refn |group=lower-alpha |Some sources use "IH-14", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.{{cite web |author = Transportation Planning and Programming Division |date = n.d. |url = https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-planning/highway-designation/glossary.html |title = Highway Designations Glossary |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |access-date = May 20, 2020 }}}}), 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 US Highway 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 I-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 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 and Atlantic coasts 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 (IIJA), which designated the components of the Gulf Coast Strategic Highway corridor between Brady, Texas (including forks to I-20 in Midland and I-10 in Pecos County, Texas), and Augusta, Georgia, as High Priority Corridors of the National Highway System, forming a future extension of I-14.

Route description

I-14 currently begins just east of Copperas Cove at the US 190 and Business US 190 interchange. From there, it continues eastward concurrently with US 190 for just over {{convert|25|mi|km}} before terminating at I-35 in Belton. Between the termini, I-14/US 190 passes through the western part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area, passing just south of Fort Cavazos and through Killeen as well as Harker Heights and Nolanville. It currently has 25 interchanges (including at its termini), including State Highway 201 (SH 201) in Fort Cavazos, SH 195 in Killeen, and Loop 121 in Belton. It runs concurrently with US 190, and its exit numbers are based on that highway's mileage.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

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 Fourteenth 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.

US 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.{{cite press release |author = Office of Senator Johnny Isakson |date = April 28, 2005 |url = http://isakson.senate.gov/press/2005/042805interstates.htm |title = Chambliss, Isakson Seek to Include Study of Two Proposed New Interstates in National Highway Funding Bill |publisher = Office of Senator Johnny Isakson |access-date = November 27, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927071306/http://isakson.senate.gov/press/2005/042805interstates.htm |archive-date = September 27, 2011 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }} 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.{{cite web |url = http://www.gulfcoaststrategichighway.org/project%20overview.html |title = Gulf Coast Strategic Highway Coalition: Project Overview |access-date = November 27, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120225111243/http://www.gulfcoaststrategichighway.org/project%20overview.html |archive-date = February 25, 2012 |url-status = dead }} 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 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 Congress, the 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 Congress in 2011 and made recommendation for further environmental and feasibility substudies; 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 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 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure members Brian Babin and Blake Farenthold authored and introduced the amendment to the 2015 FAST Act that created I-14 that generally follows US 190 in Texas. US Senator John Cornyn of Texas sponsored the amendment in the US Senate. The official Future I-14 designation{{Cite web |title = Interstate 14 Designation by Congress in FAST Act |url = http://www.ptpblog.com/official-blog-for-ptp-alliance/2015/12/19/interstate-14-designation-by-congress-in-fast-act.html |website = Ports-to-Plains Blog |access-date = February 11, 2016 }} was approved when the FAST Act was signed into law on December 4, 2015, by then President Barack Obama.{{cite web |last1 = Hill |first1 = Chris |date = December 31, 2015 |title = FAST Act creates future I-14 from Central Texas Corridor, US 190 |url = http://www.equipmentworld.com/fast-act-creates-future-i-14-from-central-texas-corridor-us-190/ |website = Equipment World's Better Roads News |access-date = April 24, 2017 }}

TxDOT moved forward with designating I-14 along US 190 from Copperas Cove to I-35 in Belton.{{cite web |author = Texas Transportation Commission |title = Agenda |date = April 28, 2016 |url = http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot/commission/2016/0428/agenda.pdf |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |page = 2 |access-date = May 26, 2016 }} 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 US Route Numbering, the body responsible for approving designations in the US Numbered and Interstate highway systems.{{AASHTO minutes |year = 2016S |access-date = May 26, 2016 }} The FHWA and AASHTO subsequently approved the I-14 designation.{{cite web |author = Texas Transportation Commission |title = Minute Order |date = January 26, 2017 |url = http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot/commission/2017/0126/5.pdf |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |page = 1 |access-date = January 26, 2017 }} The Texas Transportation Commission made the I-14 number official on January 26, 2017.{{cite news |url = http://kdhnews.com/news/local/highway-is-officially-interstate-highway-from-cove-to-belton/article_2d3c7c8c-e411-11e6-9a1a-6b59f7e5d836.html |title = Highway 190 is officially Interstate Highway 14 from Cove to Belton |last = Bryant |first = David |date = January 26, 2017 |work = The Killeen Daily Herald }} 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.{{cite news |last1 = Dowland |first1 = Jacqueline |title = Interstate through Killeen: Officials celebrate the new I-14 |url = http://kdhnews.com/military/interstate-through-killeen-officials-celebrate-the-new-i/article_eeae9be8-2836-11e7-a5a8-dfaddf62ae82.html |website = The Killeen Daily Herald |access-date = April 23, 2017 }}

On April 11, 2019, US Representative Babin introduced the I-14 'Forts-to-Ports' bill—which could extend I-14 to Odessa—to the US House of Representatives.{{Cite web |url = http://www.landlinemag.com/story.aspx?storyid=74056#.XP21Y4hKjIU |title = Rep. Babin introduces 'Forts to Ports' I-14 bill |access-date = June 10, 2019 |archive-date = April 13, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190413070521/http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=74056#.XP21Y4hKjIU |url-status = dead }}{{cite news |last = Bryant |first = David A. |title = 'Forts to Ports' Bill Reintroduced in House of Representatives |url = https://kdhnews.com/military/forts-to-ports-bill-reintroduced-in-house-of-representatives/article_44e2723a-5fb9-11e9-ac6a-3fd7d1dbc992.html |website = The Killeen Daily Herald }}{{cite web |url = https://www.oaoa.com/news/article_75fb173e-5fcb-11e9-a6b5-8b0bd1c92581.html |title = Bill could extend I-14 to Odessa |website = Odessa American |access-date = June 10, 2019 |archive-date = April 16, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416060056/https://www.oaoa.com/news/article_75fb173e-5fcb-11e9-a6b5-8b0bd1c92581.html |url-status = dead }}

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.{{cite web |url = https://www.al.com/politics/2021/08/plans-for-alabamas-newest-interstate-i-14-progress-in-us-senate.html |title = Plans for Alabama's newest interstate, I-14, progress in US Senate |last = Koplowitz |first = Howard |date = August 5, 2021 |website = AL.com |access-date = August 9, 2021 |quote = }} The bipartisan legislation aims to connect multiple military installations, including Fort Cavazos (previously Fort Hood) in Killeen, Texas (already connected); Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas; Fort Johnson (previously Fort Polk) in Leesville, Louisiana;{{cite web |title = Progress Being Made on Three-State I-14 Corridor Designation Expansion |url = http://gulfcoaststrategichighway.org/ |publisher = Gulf Coast Strategic Highway Coalition |access-date = December 6, 2021 }} Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville (previously Camp Beauregard) in Pineville, Louisiana; Fort Moore (previously Fort Benning) in Columbus, Georgia; Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia; and Fort Eisenhower (previously Fort Gordon) west of Augusta, Georgia.{{cite web |url = https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/u-s-senate-approves-i-14-amendment/ |title = I-14 through San Angelo? Amendment to infrastructure bill brings it closer to reality |last = |first = |date = August 5, 2021 |website = Concho Valley Homepage |publisher = |access-date = August 9, 2021 |quote = }} This amendment was included in the final bill approved by the House and Senate and signed by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021.{{Cite web |date = November 15, 2021 |title = Congress designates Interstate 14 across five states with I-14 corridor through San Angelo |url = https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2021/11/15/five-state-14-designation-now-final-infrastructure-bill/8630360002/ |access-date = December 30, 2021 |website = San Angelo Standard-Times |language = en-US }}{{Cite web |last = Helm |first = Claire |date = November 16, 2021 |title = Rep. Bishop: Infrastructure bill is 'win-win' for Georgians |url = https://wgxa.tv/news/local/rep-bishop-infrastructure-bill-is-win-win-for-georgians |access-date = December 30, 2021 |publisher = WGXA }}

Future

= Existing route =

Prior to being designated as I-14, US 190 was expanded from four to six lanes in Killeen, Texas, during a widening project that lasted from 2013 to late 2016. The project was estimated to be completed in 2014 but was delayed by other road expansion projects.{{Cite web |last = Thorp |first = Clay |date = April 12, 2016 |title = TxDOT: U.S. 190 project may be finished by fall |url = https://kdhnews.com/news/local/txdot-u-s-190-project-may-be-finished-by-fall/article_9292f142-005f-11e6-8fd7-27e822ebb2ec.html |access-date = January 4, 2022 |website = The Killeen Daily Herald }} Plans to widen the existing route through Harker Heights to the I-35 intersection in Belton from four lanes to six lanes began in April 2018{{cite web |last = Dowling |first = Jack |date = July 2, 2021 |title = I-14 expansion marches forward |url = https://kdhnews.com/news/traffic/i-14-expansion-marches-forward/article_32a96a88-db8b-11eb-ae8c-032d8e6f6a3a.html |access-date = January 4, 2022 |website = The Killeen Daily Herald }}{{cite web |date = January 4, 2022 |title = TxDOT Project Tracker |url = https://apps3.txdot.gov/apps-cq/project_tracker/ |access-date = January 4, 2022 |website = TxDOT Project Tracker |quote = Project ID: 023104060; Description: Widen Road - Add Lanes; Est. Complete Date: 6/30/2023 |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation }} and was completed in June 2023.{{cite news |last1 = Brooks |first1 = Jacob |title = All 6 lanes of I-14 are open from the I-35 merger in Belton to the top of Nolanville Hill |url = https://kdhnews.com/news/traffic/all-6-lanes-of-i-14-are-open-from-the-i-35-merger-in-belton/article_e50850d4-0156-11ee-9a3d-47e6e052fc5d.html |access-date = September 14, 2023 |work = The Killeen Daily Herald |date = June 2, 2023 }} A $140,000 project to put up two new welcome signs in Nolanville was started in May 2023.{{cite news |last1 = Kilcrease |first1 = Jana Lynn |title = New signs coming to Nolanville |url = https://kdhnews.com/news/local/new-signs-coming-to-nolanville/article_b83c6556-edef-11ed-9fef-9b31dbc16702.html |access-date = May 13, 2023 |work = The Killeen Daily Herald |date = May 8, 2023 |language = en }}{{cite news |last1 = Oden |first1 = Madeline |title = Nolanville I-14 welcome signs near completion |url = https://kdhnews.com/harker_heights_herald/local/nolanville-i-14-welcome-signs-near-completion/article_b5940604-1c45-11ee-829a-83fef411f0c5.html |access-date = July 8, 2023 |work = The Killeen Daily Herald |date = July 7, 2023 |language = en }} The two-lane expressway bypass of Copperas Cove opened on January 29, 2015.{{Cite web |last=writer |first=David A. Bryant {{!}} Herald staff |date=2016-01-01 |title=A look back at 2015 in Copperas Cove |url=https://kdhnews.com/copperas_cove_herald/news/a-look-back-at-2015-in-copperas-cove/article_dbacf054-b018-11e5-ad55-bb4ef88b4382.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=The Killeen Daily Herald |language=en}}

= Proposed extension =

The IIJA designates an extended future I-14 corridor that would encompass the original "14th Amendment Highway" and "Gulf Coast Strategic Highway" concepts, including the following designated High Priority Corridors:{{cite web |title = Statutory Listing of Corridor Descriptions - High Priority Corridors - National Highway System - Planning - FHWA |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/high_priority_corridors/hpcor.cfm |access-date = January 4, 2022 |website = Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) }}{{cite web |last = DeFazio |first = Peter A. |date = November 15, 2021 |title = Text: H.R.3684, 117th Congress (2021-2022): Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act |url = https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684/text |access-date = January 4, 2022 |publisher = United States Congress }}{{cite news |title = Congress designates Interstate 14 across five states with I-14 corridor through San Angelo |url = https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2021/11/15/five-state-14-designation-now-final-infrastructure-bill/8630360002/ |access-date = March 23, 2023 |work = Standard-Times |language = en }}

  • High Priority Corridor 84, the Central Texas Corridor, including:{{cite web |title = I-14 System in Texas |url = https://www.txdot.gov/projects/projects-studies/statewide/interstate-14-system-in-texas.html |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |access-date = March 23, 2023 |language = en }}
  • 84(A): Commencing near State Highway Loop 338 (Loop 338) in Odessa, running eastward generally following I-20, connecting to State Highway 158 (SH 158) near Midland, then following SH 158 eastward before following US 87 southeastward, passing San Angelo, and connecting to US 190 near Brady. This northern fork has been designated "I-14 North" (I-14N).
  • 84(B): Commencing at the intersection of I-10 and US 190 in Pecos County, following US 190 to Brady. This southern fork has been designated "I-14 South" (I-14S).
  • 84(C): Following portions of US 190 eastward, passing near the central Texas cities of Fort Cavazos, Killeen, Belton, Temple, Bryan, College Station, Huntsville, Livingston, Woodville, and Jasper before connecting to SH 63 at the Burr's Ferry Bridge where it becomes Louisiana Highway 8 (LA 8) at the Louisiana border. I-14 will be concurrent with I-45 between Madisonville and Huntsville. This route also includes a loop generally encircling Bryan–College Station designated "I-214". This is currently the only part of the high-priority corridors to include a completed section of I-14.
  • 84(D): A new interstate (route number to be determined) following US 83 southward from the vicinity of Eden to I-10 at Junction.
  • 84(E): A new interstate (route number to be determined) following US 69 from I-10 in Beaumont north to US 190 near Woodville.
  • 84(F): A new interstate (route number to be determined) following US 96 from I-10 in Beaumont north to US 190 near Jasper.
  • 84(G): A new interstate (route number to be determined) following US 190, Farm to Market Road 305 (FM 305), and US 385 from I-10 in Pecos County to I-20 at Odessa.
  • High Priority Corridor 99, the Central Louisiana Corridor, commencing at the Sabine River bridge where SH 63 becomes LA 8 before following portions of LA 8 to Leesville, then eastward on LA 28, passing near Alexandria, Pineville, Walters, and Archie, to US 84 and US 425 at the Natchez–Vidalia Bridge at Vidalia.
  • High Priority Corridor 100, the Central Mississippi Corridor, including:
  • 100(A): Commencing at the Natchez–Vidalia Bridge at the Mississippi River and then generally following portions of US 84 passing in the vicinity of Natchez, Brookhaven, Monticello, Prentiss, and Collins, to I-59 near Laurel, and continuing on I-59 north to I-20 before joining I-59 and I-20 to the Alabama state line.
  • 100(B): Commencing near Laurel, running south on I-59 to US 98 near Hattiesburg, connecting to US 49 south then following US 49 south to I-10 in the vicinity of Gulfport and following Mississippi Highway 601 (MS 601)/I-310 south until the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport. The corridor overlaps parts of High Priority Corridors 93 (the South Mississippi Corridor) and 94 (the Kosciusko to Gulf Coast corridor).
  • High Priority Corridor 101, the Middle Alabama Corridor, including:{{cite news |last1 = Koplowitz |first1 = Howard |title = Plans for Alabama's newest interstate, I-14, progress in US Senate |url = https://www.al.com/politics/2021/08/plans-for-alabamas-newest-interstate-i-14-progress-in-us-senate.html |access-date = March 23, 2023 |work = AL.com |date = August 5, 2021 |language = en }}
  • 101(A): Beginning at the Alabama–Mississippi border generally following portions of I-20/I-59 until following a new Interstate extension paralleling US 80.
  • 101(B): Crossing State Route 28 (SR 28) near Coatopa, traveling eastward crossing US 43 and SR 69 near Demopolis, traveling eastward closely paralleling US 80 to the south before crossing SR 22, SR 41, and SR 21, until its intersection with I-65 near Hope Hull.
  • 101(C): Continuing east along the proposed Montgomery Outer Loop (I-85) south of Montgomery, where it would next join with I-85 east of Montgomery.
  • 101(D): Continuing along I-85 east bound until its intersection with US 280 near Opelika or US 80 near Tuskegee.
  • 101(E): Generally following the most expedient route until intersecting with existing US 80 (J. R. Allen Parkway) through Phenix City until continuing into Columbus, Georgia.
  • High Priority Corridor 102, the Middle Georgia Corridor, including:
  • 102(A): Beginning at the Alabama–Georgia state line generally following the Fall Line Freeway from Columbus to Augusta.
  • 102(B): Traveling along US 80 (J. R. Allen Parkway) through Columbus and near Fort Moore east to Talbot County, where it would follow State Route 96 (SR 96), then commencing on SR 49C (Fort Valley Bypass) to SR 49 (Peach Parkway) to its intersection with I-75 in Byron.
  • 102(C): Continuing north along I-75 through Warner Robins and Macon, where it would meet I-16, then following I-16 east it would next join US 80 and SR 57 east of Macon.
  • 102(D): Commencing with SR 57 which turns into SR 24 near Milledgeville would then bypass Wrens with a newly constructed bypass before joining US 1 near Fort Eisenhower into Augusta, where I-14 will terminate at an interchange of I-20 and I-520.

=Current progress=

==Texas==

TxDOT is in the planning stages of construction on the rest of the route in the state{{cite news |last1 = McEwen |first1 = Mella |title = Baby steps will eventually result in new Interstate 14 |url = https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/baby-steps-eventually-result-new-interstate-14-17762714.php |access-date = May 5, 2023 |work = Midland Reporter-Telegram |date = February 4, 2023 }} and started requesting public feedback in July 2023 to identify issues and opportunities along the proposed route.{{cite news |last1 = McGovern |first1 = Matt |title = TxDOT wants your feedback on proposed I-14 changes |url = https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/coryell-county/txdot-wants-your-feedback-on-proposed-i-14-changes/ |access-date = July 25, 2023 |work = KWKT FOX 44 |location = Waco, Texas |publisher = KWKT-TV |date = July 25, 2023 }} Work on I-14N and I-14S in the Permian Basin is expected to require approximately 260 roadway projects, which includes 32 bridges, two interchanges, {{convert|89|mi|km}} of added capacity, {{convert|136|mi|km}} rehabilitated or maintained, and {{convert|66|mi|km}} of new location. Planning for this is currently ongoing and expected to end in February 2024 with the design and work on the system expected to continue for at least a decade. TxDOT's feasibility study on the rest of I-14 started in the Fall of 2021 and is expected to take seven years to complete. Construction in the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area is not expected to begin for another 15–20 years based on information provided by the Bryan/College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization in 2022.{{cite news |last1 = Falls |first1 = Clay |title = Interstate 14 could take 15-20 years to come to fruition |url = https://www.kbtx.com/2022/03/21/interstate-14-could-take-15-20-years-come-fruition/ |access-date = May 15, 2023 |location = Bryan, Texas |publisher = KBTX-TV |date = March 21, 2022 |language = en }} Various public meetings are planned to be held.{{Cite web |last=Maynard |first=Anna |date=2024-06-27 |title=TxDOT asks for public input on planned I-14 corridor route |url=https://www.kbtx.com/2024/06/27/txdot-asks-public-input-planned-i-14-corridor-route/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.kbtx.com |language=en}}

Construction on an extension of I-14 to Temple is expected to begin in 2027{{cite news |last1 = Stone |first1 = David |title = Highway construction: I-14 expansion through Temple could start by 2027 |url = https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_b24abe86-9f84-11ed-97fd-0b954d9e34f4.html |access-date = May 5, 2023 |work = Temple Daily Telegram |date = January 28, 2023 |language = en }}{{cite news |last1 = Stone |first1 = David |title = Highway construction: I-14 expansion through Temple could start by 2027 |url = https://kdhnews.com/news/region/highway-construction-i-14-expansion-through-temple-could-start-by-2027/article_57423967-2d33-51be-adce-4a8e30ef948d.html |access-date = May 5, 2023 |work = The Killeen Daily Herald |date = January 28, 2023 |language = en }} while a bypass is currently being built around Rogers.{{cite news |last1 = Baker |first1 = Jarell |title = Rogers residents go days without water due to TxDOT bypass construction |url = https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/rogers-residents-go-days-without-water-due-to-txdot-bypass-construction |access-date = July 17, 2023 |work = 25 News KXXV and KRHD |location = Waco, Texas |publisher = KXXV-TV |date = July 27, 2021 |language = en }} A non-Interstate standard bypass was also built around Heidenheimer in the late 2000s. In July 2023, the Parsons Corporation (PSN) announced that it had been selected by TXDOT's Waco District to design the I-14 extension to Rogers as well as improve I-14/US 190/I-35 system interchange.{{cite news |last1 = Agarwal |first1 = Vansh |title = Parsons to design Texas Interstate Highway 14 expansion |work = Seeking Alpha |url = https://seekingalpha.com/news/3988979-parsons-to-design-texas-interstate-highway-14-expansion |access-date = July 25, 2023 |date = July 19, 2023 |language = en }}{{cite news |title = Parsons to Design Texas Interstate Highway 14 Expansion |work = Seeking Alpha |url = https://seekingalpha.com/pr/19403602-parsons-to-design-texas-interstate-highway-14-expansion?hasComeFromMpArticle=false |access-date = July 25, 2023 |date = July 19, 2023 |language = en }} A public meeting to discuss these plans was held in early-June 2024.{{cite news |last1=Valley |first1=Joel |title=Meeting to discuss I-35, I-14 expansion |url=https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_00ccc8ae-21fe-11ef-8522-0725be8a02f8.html |access-date=July 1, 2024 |work=Temple Daily Telegram |date=June 3, 2024 |language=en}}

On October 10, 2023, the Bryan division of TXDOT announced that they were launching a study for the I-14 corridor, which will generally follow US 190, from Rogers in Bell County eastward to Huntsville in Walker County. The study will also include the planned I-214 loop in the Bryan-College Station area. Several open houses for public input were announced as well.{{cite news |last1 = Lewis |first1 = Julia |title = New update for the proposed Interstate 14 that would cross into Bryan |url = https://www.kbtx.com/2023/10/11/new-update-proposed-interstate-14-that-would-cross-into-bryan/ |access-date = October 15, 2023 |location = Bryan, Texas |publisher = KBTX-TV |date = October 11, 2023 |language = en }}{{cite web |title = I-14 Central Texas Corridor Study |url = https://www.txdot.gov/projects/projects-studies/bryan/i14-corridor-study.html |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |access-date = October 15, 2023 |language = en }}{{cite news |last1 = Oliver |first1 = Bill |title = Texas Department Of Transportation Wants Your Opinion About Where To Build Interstate 14 Through The Brazos Valley |url = https://wtaw.com/texas-department-of-transportation-wants-your-opinion-about-where-to-build-interstate-14-through-the-brazos-valley/ |access-date = October 15, 2023 |location = College Station, Texas |publisher = WTAW-AM |date = October 10, 2023 }}{{cite news |last1 = Andrade |first1 = Mikayla |title = TxDot looking for feedback on I-14 route study |url = https://www.kagstv.com/article/travel/txdot-hosting-open-house-meetings-to-talk-about-their-plans-for-i-14-roadway/499-baab8a60-2883-4bd1-835f-3438715a6f38 |access-date = October 15, 2023 |location = Bryan, Texas |publisher = KAGS-LD |date = October 10, 2023 }}{{cite news |last1 = Peters |first1 = Julie |title = TxDOT Asking For Input Regarding Interstate 14 Through Public Meetings |url = https://navasotanews.com/txdot-asking-for-input-regarding-interstate-14-through-public-meetings/ |access-date = October 15, 2023 |work = Willy 1550 & 98.7 - Navasota |date = October 6, 2023 }}{{cite news |title = TxDOT to hold open houses for I-14 Central Corridor study |url = https://theeagle.com/news/local/txdot-to-hold-open-houses-for-i-14-central-texas-corridor-study/article_399a4856-6786-11ee-b5e3-17435b5e7c29.html |access-date = October 15, 2023 |work = The Eagle |date = October 10, 2023 |language = en }} Public feedback was also requested by the Brazos County commissioner in November 2023.{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Bill |title=Brazos County Commissioners Invite More Public Feedback About The Proposed Route Of Interstate 14 |url=https://wtaw.com/brazos-county-commissioners-invite-more-public-feedback-about-the-proposed-route-of-interstate-14/ |access-date=November 12, 2023 |publisher = WTAW |date=November 9, 2023}} Public meetings were also held or are going to be held across the Brazos Valley in June and July 2024.{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Bill |title=TxDOT Schedules Public Meetings About The Future Path Of Interstate 14 & I-214 Through The Brazos Valley |url=https://wtaw.com/txdot-schedules-public-meetings-about-the-future-path-of-interstate-14-i-214-through-the-brazos-valley/ |access-date=July 1, 2024 |work=WTAW {{!}} 1620AM & 94.5FM |date=June 10, 2024}} A loop around Huntsville is also being planned.{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=George |title=New Interstate 14 plans includes Huntsville Loop, path through Crabb's Prairie |url=https://www.itemonline.com/news/new-interstate-14-plans-includes-huntsville-loop-path-through-crabbs-prairie/article_81d44dd4-3949-11ef-bbb7-6f20843cde85.html |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=Itemonline.com |date=8 July 2024 |language=en}}

Currently, TxDOT and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD) are working to replace the two-lane Burr's Ferry Bridge, which marks the eastern and western termini of Texas State Highway 63 (SH 63) and Louisiana Highway 8 (LA 8) respectively, over the Sabine River at the Texas-Louisiana state line. The new bridge will be built to interstate-highway standards about a quarter mile to the south of the existing bridge. The construction of the replacement bridge is expected to start in summer 2025.{{cite news |last1 = Roberts III |first1 = Faimon A. |title = A new interstate across Louisiana could save small towns. But it will take years to build. |url = https://www.nola.com/news/new-interstate-14-construction-timeline-unclear-in-louisiana/article_41d4effa-6775-11ee-852b-b3aef91abbf2.html |access-date = October 20, 2023 |work = NOLA.com |date = October 18, 2023 |language = en }}{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Steve W. |date=2023-07-26 |title=Construction of new bridge over Sabine River at Burr Ferry set to begin in 2025 |url=https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_7916d5da-2be5-11ee-b5a9-6fb9ee6cc66a.html#:~:text=Jul%2028,%202023-,The%20Burr%20Ferry%20Bridge%20crossing%20the%20Sabine%20River%20between%20Texas,located%20on%20County%20Road%202099. |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=KJAS.COM |language=en}}

==Louisiana==

LaDOTD has included I-14 in the state's transportation plan, with the project as a whole estimated to cost $7 billion. The interstate has been seen as a way to spur growth in the currently declining populations across central Louisiana by providing a major east–west highway through the region. However, the project is unfunded and LaDOTD has made maintaining existing infrastructure a top priority for the time being as they also have a backlog of projects worth more than $18 billion.{{cite news |last1 = Brown |first1 = Falon |title = Proposed Interstate 14 would run through central Louisiana, connect Texas with Georgia |url = https://www.wbrz.com/news/proposed-interstate-14-would-run-through-central-louisiana-connect-texas-with-georgia/ |access-date = October 20, 2023 |publisher = WBRZ |date = October 18, 2023 |language = en }}

==Georgia==

In May 2023, the Columbus city council announced that they had begun the process of collecting data and looking into the project that would bring I-14 through the city.{{cite news |last1 = Giles |first1 = James |title = Efforts underway to establish I-14 in Columbus, connecting west TX to GA |url = https://www.wtvm.com/2023/05/10/efforts-underway-establish-i-14-columbus-connecting-west-tx-ga/ |access-date = May 13, 2023 |publisher = WTVM |date = May 10, 2023 |language = en }}

In January 2024, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) concluded a study that deemed that the I-14 project would not have a good return on investment. The report indicated that truck traffic on the route would be significantly less than on other interstates in the state, making it less beneficial since the initial cost estimate for building the freeway is around $5 billion. However, the study was only referring to moving freight through the state and it did not completely rule out building I-14 since some benefits were found. GDOT plans to run corridor studies for the project to further evaluate its feasibility and cost.{{cite news |last1 = Williams |first1 = Dave |title = Georgia DOT: I-14 project not a good investment |url = https://capitol-beat.org/2024/01/georgia-dot-i-14-project-not-a-good-investment/ |access-date = January 29, 2024 |work = Capitol-Beat.org |date = January 26, 2024 }}{{cite news |last1 = Williams |first1 = Dave |title = Georgia Transportation Officials Say Interstate Between Columbus And Augusta Isn't A Good Deal |url = https://thegeorgiasun.com/2024/01/26/georgia-transportation-officials-say-interstate-between-columbus-and-augusta-isnt-a-good-deal/ |access-date = January 29, 2024 |agency = Capitol Beat News |work = Georgia Sun |date = January 26, 2024 |language = en-us }}

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Exit list

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|mile=4.8

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|road=Willow Springs Road

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|mile=5.3

|exit=283

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|notes=}}

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|mile=7.2

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|notes=}}

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|mile=7.8

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|notes=}}

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|exit=308

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|notes=}}

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|mile=

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{{jct|state=TX|SH|95|dir1=south|city1=Taylor}}

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|mile=

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Auxiliary routes

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=Interstate 14N=

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Interstate 14N will be commencing near State Highway Loop 338 (Loop 338) in Odessa, running eastward generally following I-20, connecting to State Highway 158 (SH 158) near Midland, then following SH 158 eastward before following US 87 southeastward, passing San Angelo, and connecting to US 190 near Brady.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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=Interstate 14S=

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|type=Future

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}}

Interstate 14S will be commencing at the interchange of I-10 and US 190 in Pecos County, following US 190 to Brady.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

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=Interstate 214=

{{distinguish|text=the current State Highway 214 in Texas}}

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|state=TX

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I-14 in Texas is proposed to have one auxiliary route, Interstate 214 (I-214), which would serve as a loop for Bryan–College Station.

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See also

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  • {{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
  • Fall Line Freeway, a highway proposed to be the Georgia portion of I-14

Notes

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References

{{USGovernment|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2021/08/02/senate-section/article/S5569-1|work=Congressional Record|volume=167|number=137|title=TEXT OF AMENDMENTS (Senate - August 02, 2021)}}

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