I-69 Location Study
El Dorado - McGehee, Arkansas
Section of Independent Utility 13
General Project Description

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in cooperation with the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), is conducting a comprehensive environmental and engineering study and will prepare the necessary environmental documentation for this section of the proposed Interstate 69 corridor from El Dorado to McGehee, Arkansas. This project is proposed to be a four-lane divided, fully controlled access facility located on a new alignment.

The proposed highway is a portion of the planned I-69 Corridor which will link Indianapolis, Indiana to the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The I-69 Corridor also includes completed portions of I-69 from Indianapolis north to the Port Huron, Michigan border crossing with Canada and includes existing I-94 from Port Huron, Michigan through Detroit to Chicago, Illinois. This study focuses on the section of I-69 that will connect the Mississippi River crossing of I-69 to the El Dorado, Arkansas area and will enhance the transportation services and economic vitality of the project area. This section will accommodate the overall purpose of the national I-69 Corridor, a much larger transcontinental project identified as a "high priority corridor" on the National Highway System that would provide a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) transportation corridor of national significance from Canada to Mexico. I-69 is also a transportation recommendation of the Delta Initiative aimed at the revitalization and economic development of the Lower Mississippi Delta.

For direct information contact:

Timothy J. Smith, Project Manager
Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
7700 Chevy Chase Drive
Building 1, Suite 210
Austin, TX 78752
Phone: 512-465-9559

David Bednar, Local Outreach Coordinator
Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.
7203 Sheridan Road, Suite M
White Hall, AR 71602
Phone: 870-247-3979
Fax: 870-247-5094
Email: dmbednar@mbakercorp.com