Interstate 14

Interstate 14 (I-14), also known as the "Fourteenth Amendment Highway", the "Gulf-Coast Strategic Highway" and the "Central Texas Corridor" is a proposed Interstate highway from Texas to Georgia. The original conceptual western terminus of the "14th Amendment Highway" was from Natchez, Mississippi and later from I-49 near Alexandria, Louisiana (since connection between Interstates is required by law), extending east through the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, ending at Augusta, Georgia; or North Augusta, South Carolina. It is named for the 14th Amendment (with its due process and equal protection clauses written after the American Civil War) to the U.S. Constitution. Advocates of the "Gulf-Coast Strategic Highway" proposed extending I-14 to the I-10 near Fort Stockton and the junction of U.S. 277 and I-10 near Sonora, Texas. The proposal for "14th Amendment Highway" has its origins in the Sate, Accountable, Flexible Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) along with the "Third Infantry Division Highway", which was proposed to run from Savannah, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee. The study and planning of I-14 has continued because of support and interest from both the Congress and the associated state highway departments. The I-14 corridor provides a national strategic link to numerous major military bases and major Gulf-coast and Atlantic ports used for overseas deployments in 6 states from Texas to South Carolina. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, signed by President Obama December 14, 2015, officially assigned the Future I-14 designation to the U.S. 190 Central Texas Corridor.