[deport]

...and meanwhile US-59 will be left to rot in place for the next 50 years,

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Why?..... Isn't 59 being redesignated from Lufkin south to the border and a part of the I69 route?

[BobL]

I doubt it - but I don't know. I've heard that I-69 was to roughly parallel US-59. I would be surprised if they re-designated the part of US-59 through Houston, as one would think the intent is to keep the trucks out of the cities (especially one with such high pollution levels), but I don't know.