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Corridor States for each High Priority Corridor on the National Highway System

Valid Date: 9/14/98

Section 1105(c) of ISTEA (P.L. 102-240),
as amended through P.L. 105-206

No. Corridor Location
1 North-South Corridor Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana
2 Avenue of the Saints Corridor Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota
3 East-West Transamerica Corridor Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California
4 Hoosier Heartland Industrial Corridor Indiana and Ohio
5 I-73/74 North-South Corridor Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
6 United States Route 80 Corridor Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia
7 East-West Corridor Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee
8 Highway 412 East-West Corridor Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma
9 United States Route 220 and the Appalachian Thruway Corridor (I-99)Pennsylvania and New York
10 Appalachian Regional Corridor Mississippi and Alabama
11 Appalachian Regional Corridor Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee
12 United States Route 25E Corridor Kentucky, Tennesee, Virginia
13 Raleigh-Norfolk Corridor State Route 64 and 17 North Carolina and Virginia
14 Heartland Expressway Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota
15 Urban Highway Corridor--M-59 Michigan
16 Economic Lifeline Corridor California, Arizona, and Nevada
17 Route 29 Corridor North Carolina, Virginia and District of Columbia
18 I-69 Corridor Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas
19 United States Route 395 Corridor Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada
20 United States Route 59 Corridor (I-69) Texas
21 United States Route 219 Corridor New York and Pennsylvania
22 The Alameda Transportation Corridor California
23 The Interstate Route 35 Corridor Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota
24 The Dalton Highway Alaska
25 State Route 168 Virginia
26 The CANAMEX Corridor Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Montana
27 The Camino Real Corridor Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Montana
28 The Birmingham Northern Beltline Alabama
29 The Coalfields Expressway West Virginia and Virginia
30 Interstate Route 5 California, Oregon, and Washington
31 The Mon-Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway Pennsylvania and West Virginia
32 The Wisconsin Development Corridor Wisconsin
33 The Capital Gateway Corridor District of Columbia and Maryland
34 The Alameda Corridor East and Southwest Passage California
35 Everett-Tacoma FAST Corridor Washington
36 New York and Pennsylvania State Route 17 (I-86) New York and Pennsylvania
37 United States Route 90 Louisiana
38 The Ports-to-Plains Corridor Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado
39 United States Route 63 Arkansas
40 The Greensboro Corridor Virginia and North Carolina
41 The Falls-to-Falls Corridor Minnesota and Wisconsin
42 Portions of Corridors V and X of the Appalachian development highway system Mississippi and Alabama
43 The United States Route 95 Corridor Idaho

Note: Some corridors are defined in detail, some more generally. The most inclusive corridor concept consistent with statutory language has been used for this listing.

NHS High Priority Corridors Description

valid date: Sept 09, 1998

Amended by P.L. 102-388 Section 351
Amended by P.L. 104-59 Section 332
Amended by P.L. 105-178 Section 1211
Amended by P.L. 105-206 Section 9003

SEC. 1105. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

(c) Identification of High Priority Corridors on National Highway System. The following are high priority corridors on the National Highway System:
  1. North-South Corridor from Kansas City, Missouri, to Shreveport, Louisiana.

  2. Avenue of the Saints Corridor from St. Louis, Missouri, to St. Paul, Minnesota.

  3. East-West Transamerica Corridor commencing on the Atlantic Coast in the Hampton Roads area going westward across Virginia to the vicinity of Lynchburg, Virginia, continuing west to serve Roanoke and then to a West Virginia corridor centered around Beckley to Welch as part of the Coalfields Expressway described in section 1069(v), then to Williamson sharing a common corridor with the I-73/74 Corridor (referred to in item 12 of the table contained in subsection (f)), then to a Kentucky Corridor centered on the cities of Pikeville, Jenkins, Hazard, London, Somerset, Columbia, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Benton, and Paducah, into Illinois, and into Missouri and exiting western Missouri and moving westward across southern Kansas.

  4. Hoosier Heartland Industrial Corridor from Lafayette, Indiana, to Toledo, Ohio.

    1. I-73/74 North-South Corridor from Charleston, South Carolina, through Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cincinnati, Ohio, to termini at Detroit, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The Sault Ste. Marie terminus shall be reached via a corridor connecting Adrian, Jackson, Lansing, Mount Pleasant, and Grayling, Michigan.

      1. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Corridor shall generally follow--

        1. United States Route 220 from the Virginia-North Carolina border to I-581 south of Roanoke;
        2. I-581 to I-81 in the vicinity of Roanoke;
        3. I-81 to the proposed highway to demonstrate intelligent transportation systems authorized by item 29 of the table in section 1107(b) in the vicinity of Christiansburg to United States Route 460 in the vicinity of Blacksburg; and
        4. United States Route 460 to the West Virginia State line.


      2. In the States of West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio, the Corridor shall generally follow--

        1. United States Route 460 from the West Virginia State line to United States Route 52 at Bluefield, West Virginia; and
        2. United States Route 52 to United States Route 23 at Portsmouth, Ohio.


      3. In the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, the Corridor shall generally follow:

        1. in the case of I-73--
          1. United States Route 220 from the Virginia State line to State Route 68 in the vicinity of Greensboro;
          2. State Route 68 to I-40;
          3. I-40 to United States Route 220 in Greensboro;
          4. United States Route 220 to United States Route 1 near Rockingham;
          5. United States Route 1 to the South Carolina State line; and
          6. South Carolina State line to the Myrtle Beach Conway region to Georgetown, South Carolina, including a connection to Andrews following the route 41 corridor and to Camden following the U.S. Route 521 corridor; and


        2. in the case of I-74--

          1. I-77 from Bluefield, West Virginia, to the junction of I-77 and the United States Route 52 connector in Surry County, North Carolina;
          2. the I-77/United States Route 52 connector to United States Route 52 south of Mount Airy, North Carolina;
          3. United States Route 52 to United States Route 311 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina;
          4. United States Route 311 to United States Route 220 in the vicinity of Randleman, North Carolina;
          5. United States Route 220 to United States Route 74 near Rockingham;
          6. United States Route 74 to United States Route 76 near Whiteville;
          7. United States Route 74/76 to the South Carolina State line in Brunswick County; and
          8. South Carolina State line to the Myrtle Beach Conway region to Georgetown, South Carolina.

  6. United States Route 80 Corridor from Meridian, Mississippi, to Savannah, Georgia.

  7. East-West Corridor from Memphis, Tennessee, through Huntsville, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

  8. Highway 412 East-West Corridor from Tulsa, Oklahoma, through Arkansas along United States Route 62/63/65 to Nashville, Tennessee.

  9. United States Route 220 and the Appalachian Thruway Corridor from Business 220 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, to the vicinity of Corning, New York , including United States Route 322 between United States Route 220 and I-80. [I-99]

  10. Appalachian Regional Corridor X.

  11. Appalachian Regional Corridor V.

  12. United States Route 25E Corridor from Corbin, Kentucky, to Morristown, Tennessee, via Cumberland Gap, to include that portion of Route 58 in Virginia which lies within the Cumberland Gap Historical Park.

  13. Raleigh-Norfolk Corridor, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Norfolk, Virginia.

  14. Heartland Expressway from Denver, Colorado, through Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to Rapid City, South Dakota.

  15. Urban Highway Corridor along M-59 in Michigan.

  16. Economic Lifeline Corridor along I-15 and I-40 in California, Arizona, and Nevada.

  17. Route 29 Corridor from Greensboro, North Carolina, to the District of Columbia.

  18. Corridor from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, through Port Huron, Michigan, southwesterly along Interstate Route 69 through Indianapolis, Indiana, through Evansville, Indiana, Memphis, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Shreveport / Bossier Louisiana, to Houston, Texas, and to the Lower Rio Grande Valley at the border between the United States and Mexico, as follows: [I-69]


    1. In Michigan, the corridor shall be from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, southwesterly along Interstate Route 94 to the Ambassador Bridge interchange in Detroit, Michigan.

    2. In Michigan and Illinois, the corridor shall be from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, through Detroit, Michigan, westerly along Interstate Route 94 to Chicago, Illinois.

    3. In Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, the Corridor shall--


      1. follow the alignment generally identified in the Corridor 18 Special Issues Study Final Report; and
      2. include a connection between the Corridor in the vicinity of Monticello, Arkansas, to Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

    4. In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Corridor shall--


      1. include United States Route 77 from the Rio Grande River to Interstate Route 37 at Corpus Christi, Texas, and then to Victoria, Texas, via United States Route 77; [I-69 East]
      2. Include United States Route 281 from the Rio Grande River to Interstate Route 37 and then to Victoria, Texas, via United States Route 59; [I-69 Central] and
      3. include the Corpus Christi Northside Highway and Rail Corridor from the existing intersection of United States Route 77 and Interstate Route 37 to United States Route 181, including FM511 from United States Route 77 to the Port of Brownsville.

  19. United States Route 395 Corridor from the United States-Canadian border to Reno, Nevada.

  20. United States Route 59 Corridor from Laredo, Texas, through Houston, Texas, to the vicinity of Texarkana, Texas. [I-69]

  21. United States Route 219 Corridor from Buffalo, New York, to the intersection of Interstate Route 80.

  22. The Alameda Transportation Corridor along Alameda Street from the entrance to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Interstate 10, Los Angeles, California.

  23. The Interstate Route 35 Corridor from Laredo, Texas, through Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Wichita, Kansas, to Kansas City, Kansas/ Missouri, to Des Moines, Iowa, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Duluth, Minnesota, including I-29 between Kansas City and the Canadian border.

  24. The Dalton Highway from Deadhorse, Alaska to Fairbanks, Alaska.

  25. State Route 168 (South Battlefield Boulevard), Virginia, from the Great Bridge Bypass to the North Carolina State line.

  26. The CANAMEX Corridor from Nogales, Arizona, through Las Vegas, Nevada, to Salt Lake City, Utah, to Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Montana, to the Canadian Border as follows:

    1. In the State of Arizona, the CANAMEX Corridor shall generally follow--


      1. I-19 from Nogales to Tucson;
      2. I-10 from Tucson to Phoenix; and
      3. United States Route 93 in the vicinity of Phoenix to the Nevada Border.

    2. In the State of Nevada, the CANAMEX Corridor shall follow-


      1. United States Route 93 from the Arizona Border to Las Vegas; and
      2. I-15 from Las Vegas to the Utah Border.

    3. From the Utah Border through Montana to the Canadian Border, the CANAMEX Corridor shall follow I-15.

  27. The Camino Real Corridor from El Paso, Texas, to Denver, Colorado, as follows:

    1. In the State of Texas, the Camino Real Corridor shall generally follow--


      1. arterials from the international ports of entry to I-10 in El Paso County; and
      2. I-10 from El Paso County to the New Mexico border.

    2. In the State of New Mexico, the Camino Real Corridor shall generally follow--


      1. I-10 from the Texas Border to Las Cruces; and
      2. I-25 from Las Cruces to the Colorado Border.

    3. In the State of Colorado, the Camino Real Corridor shall generally follow I-25 from the New Mexico border to Denver continuing to the Wyoming border.

    4. In the State of Wyoming, the Camino Real Corridor shall generally follow--


      1. I-25 north to join with I-90 at Buffalo; and
      2. I-90 to the Montana border.

    5. In the State of Montana, the Camino Real Corridor shall generally follow--


      1. I-90 to Billings; and
      2. Montana Route 3, United States Route 12, United States Route 191, United States Route 87, to I-15 at Great Falls; and
      3. I-15 from Great Falls to the Canadian border.

  28. The Birmingham Northern Beltline beginning at I-59 in the vicinity of Trussville, Alabama, and traversing westwardly intersecting with United States Route 75, United States Route 79, and United States Route 31; continuing southwestwardly intersecting United States Route 78 and terminating at I-59 with the I-459 interchange.

  29. The Coalfields Expressway beginning at Beckley, West Virginia, to Pound, Virginia, generally following the corridor defined as State Routes 54, 97, 10, 16, and 83.

  30. Interstate Route 5 in the States of California, Oregon, and Washington, including California State Route 905 between Interstate Route 5 and the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.

  31. The Mon-Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

  32. The Wisconsin Development Corridor from the Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin border near Dubuque, Iowa, to the Upper Mississippi River Basin near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as follows:

    1. United States Route 151 from the Iowa border to Fond du Lac via Madison, Wisconsin, then United States Route 41 from Fond du Lac to Marinette via Oshkosh, Appleton, and Green Bay, Wisconsin.
    2. State Route 29 from Green Bay to I-94 via Wausau, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
    3. United States Route 10 from Appleton to Marshfield, Wisconsin.

  33. The Capital Gateway Corridor following United States Route 50 from the proposed intermodal transportation center connected to I-395 in Washington, D.C., to the intersection of United States Route 50 with Kenilworth Avenue and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Maryland.

  34. The Alameda Corridor East and Southwest Passage, California. The Alameda Corridor East is generally described as 52.8 miles from east Los Angeles (terminus of Alameda Corridor) through the San Gabriel Valley terminating at Colton Junction in San Bernardino. The Southwest Passage shall follow I-10 from San Bernardino to the Arizona State line and I-8 from San Diego to the Arizona State line.

  35. Everett-Tacoma FAST Corridor.

  36. New York and Pennsylvania State Route 17 from Harriman, New York, to its intersection with I-90 in Pennsylvania. [I-86]

  37. United States Route 90 from I-49 in Lafayette, Louisiana, to I-10 in New Orleans.

  38. The Ports-to-Plains Corridor from the Mexican Border via I-27 to Denver, Colorado.

  39. United States Route 63 from Marked Tree, Arkansas, to I-55.

  40. The Greensboro Corridor from Danville, Virginia, to Greensboro, North Carolina, along United States Route 29.

  41. The Falls-to-Falls Corridor--United States Route 53 from International Falls on the Minnesota/Canada border to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

  42. The portion of Corridor V of the Appalachian development highway system from Interstate Route 55 near Batesville, Mississippi, to the intersection with Corridor X of the Appalachian development highway system near Fulton, Mississippi, and the portion of Corridor X of the Appalachian development highway system from near Fulton, Mississippi, to the intersection with Interstate Route 65 near Birmingham, Alabama.

  43. The United States Route 95 Corridor from the Canadian border at Eastport, Idaho, to the Oregon State border.

Editorial Notes:

Statutory numbering of future Interstate routes [in brackets] inserted from Section 1105(e)(5) of the ISTEA, as amended.

Corridor 5 southern terminus is Georgetown, South Carolina, according to P.L. 105-178 Section 1211(i)(1) amendments of detailed descriptions for I-73 and I-74 in paragraph (5)(B)(iii).

Corridor 35 partially overlaps a portion of Corridor 30 in the State of Washington.

Corridor 40 overlaps a portion of Corridor 17 in Virginia and North Carolina.

Corridor 42 overlaps portions of Corridors 10 and 11 in Mississippi and Alabama.
 
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