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CANAMEX Corridor

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with Pan-American Highway or CanAm Highway.

The CANAMEX corridor is a series of improvements to freeways and other transportation infrastructure linking Canada to Mexico through the United States. The corridor was established under the North American Free Trade Agreement.[1] Currently the corridor is defined by a series of highways. However, the corridor is also proposed for use by railroads and fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure.[1]

Origin edit

While the tri-lateral corridor was defined in NAFTA, the U.S. portion of CANAMEX Trade Corridor was outlined in 1991 in the "ISTEA" highway bill, and defined by Congress in the 1995 National Highway Systems Designation Act, Public Law 104-59, November 28, 1995.[2]

Route description edit

The CANAMEX corridor is defined by the numbered highway designations along its length:

Canada

United States

Mexico

Highway edit

The United States portion of the highway was established as a High Priority Corridor. The treaty establishes that the CANAMEX highway will be upgraded to at least 4 lanes along its entire length. In 2008, 84% of the highway in the United States was compliant, and 86% of the highway in Mexico was compliant.[4]

When the corridor was first approved, two bottlenecks were identified with the Arizona portion of the corridor that required significant infrastructure to address. The first was the route of U.S. Route 93 across northwestern Arizona, which then included a slow route with numerous hairpin curves over the Hoover Dam. The Hoover Dam Bypass opened on October 16, 2010, resolving that issue.[5]

The second issue was a gap near Phoenix. The official designation is Interstate 10 to U.S. Route 93 at Phoenix. However, US 93 does not enter Phoenix or connect with I-10. US 93 currently terminates at Wickenburg, northwest of Phoenix. Making the connection originally required driving U.S. Route 60, a surface street through the western suburbs of Phoenix that was not compliant with the standards established by the treaty. The chosen alternative for resolution involved creating a compliant connection between Wickenburg and Phoenix via upgrades and extensions to Arizona State Route 303.[4][6] The final phase of the portion of AZ 303 necessary to fill the gap was upgraded to freeway standards in 2016.[7] A second proposal has since been made for a freeway connection between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Casa Grande, Arizona, Interstate 11, that would in its course connect Wickenburg to Phoenix.

Railroad edit

While the corridor is defined as series of highways, when proposed the corridor was envisioned as a muti-modal corridor including rail and telecommunications infrastructure.[8][9] While most of the corridor is paralleled by existing rail lines, there is no existing contiguous line that follows the entire corridor, and through rail traffic from Canada to Mexico would have to use alternate corridors for at least parts of the journey. The Union Pacific Railroad owns and operates a rail line following the corridor between Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and Phoenix, Arizona, acquired from the former Southern Pacific Railroad. There is no railroad directly connecting Phoenix and Las Vegas, Nevada, but it is possible to route trains between those cities via Barstow, California along tracks owned by Arizona and California Railway and/or BNSF Railway. The Union Pacific again owns tracks following the I-15 portion of the corridor from Las Vegas, to Butte, Montana, acquired from the former Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad and Oregon Short Line. No line directly follows the corridor between Butte and Helena, Montana, but it is possible to route trains between those cities via a combination of BNSF Railway and Montana Rail Link lines. North of Helena, BNSF owns lines that closely follow the CANAMEX corridor, including a connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Coutts, Alberta, Canada, acquired from the former Great Northern Railway.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b . Canamex Coalition. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ^ CANAMEX Corridor Coalition, Federal Definition – The CANAMEX Trade Corridor 2013-07-29 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 8 Nov. 2015)
  3. ^ . Canamex coalition. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  4. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  5. ^ Illia, Tony; Cho, Aileen (7 December 2009). . Engineering News-Record. 263 (18). New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies: 18. ISSN 0891-9526. Archived from the original on 6 December 2009. (The crossing) is scheduled to open in November 2010.
  6. ^ Andy Field and Alex Nitzman. "CANAMEX (High Priority Corridor 26)". AARoads.
  7. ^ . Arizona Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  8. ^ Kitching, Harold (April 1, 2001). "Canamex Corridor to focus on trucking traffic, improving rail and air cargo links". Nogales International. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  9. ^ Santistevan, Ryan (May 9, 2017). "Paving the way for CANAMEX, highway of the future". AZ Big Media (republished from Cronkite News). Retrieved June 6, 2023.

External links edit

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January 01, 1970
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Not to be confused with Pan American Highway or CanAm Highway The CANAMEX corridor is a series of improvements to freeways and other transportation infrastructure linking Canada to Mexico through the United States The corridor was established under the North American Free Trade Agreement 1 Currently the corridor is defined by a series of highways However the corridor is also proposed for use by railroads and fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure 1 Contents 1 Origin 2 Route description 3 Highway 4 Railroad 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksOrigin editWhile the tri lateral corridor was defined in NAFTA the U S portion of CANAMEX Trade Corridor was outlined in 1991 in the ISTEA highway bill and defined by Congress in the 1995 National Highway Systems Designation Act Public Law 104 59 November 28 1995 2 Route description editThe CANAMEX corridor is defined by the numbered highway designations along its length Canada British Columbia Highway 97 Alaska Highway Highway 2 Dawson Creek to Alberta border Alberta Highway 43 British Columbia border to Highway 16 Highway 16 to Edmonton Highway 216 through Edmonton Highway 2 Edmonton to Calgary Highway 201 through Calgary Highway 2 Calgary to Fort Macleod Highway 3 Fort Macleod to Lethbridge Highway 4 Lethbridge to Sweetgrass Coutts Border Crossing Continues as Interstate 15 United States Montana Interstate 15 Idaho Interstate 15 Utah Interstate 15 Arizona Interstate 15 Utah border to Nevada border across Arizona s northwest corner Nevada Interstate 15 Utah border to Las Vegas U S Route 93 Las Vegas to Arizona state line this portion has been upgraded to Interstate Highway standards with the added designations Interstate 515 Las Vegas to Henderson Interstate 11 Henderson to Arizona border Arizona U S Route 93 Nevada border to Wickenburg Proposed to be upgraded to Interstate Highway standards and re designated Interstate 11 U S Route 60 Wickenburg to Surprise makes the highway drivable as a continuous route though it is not officially included 3 Arizona State Route 303 Surprise to Goodyear Bypasses surface streets not officially included Interstate 10 Goodyear to Tucson Interstate 19 Tucson to Nogales Arizona Arizona State Route 189 Nogales AZ to Mexico United States border Mexico Nogales Sonora Mexico City Mexico Federal Highway 15DHighway editThe United States portion of the highway was established as a High Priority Corridor The treaty establishes that the CANAMEX highway will be upgraded to at least 4 lanes along its entire length In 2008 84 of the highway in the United States was compliant and 86 of the highway in Mexico was compliant 4 When the corridor was first approved two bottlenecks were identified with the Arizona portion of the corridor that required significant infrastructure to address The first was the route of U S Route 93 across northwestern Arizona which then included a slow route with numerous hairpin curves over the Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam Bypass opened on October 16 2010 resolving that issue 5 The second issue was a gap near Phoenix The official designation is Interstate 10 to U S Route 93 at Phoenix However US 93 does not enter Phoenix or connect with I 10 US 93 currently terminates at Wickenburg northwest of Phoenix Making the connection originally required driving U S Route 60 a surface street through the western suburbs of Phoenix that was not compliant with the standards established by the treaty The chosen alternative for resolution involved creating a compliant connection between Wickenburg and Phoenix via upgrades and extensions to Arizona State Route 303 4 6 The final phase of the portion of AZ 303 necessary to fill the gap was upgraded to freeway standards in 2016 7 A second proposal has since been made for a freeway connection between Las Vegas Nevada and Casa Grande Arizona Interstate 11 that would in its course connect Wickenburg to Phoenix Railroad editWhile the corridor is defined as series of highways when proposed the corridor was envisioned as a muti modal corridor including rail and telecommunications infrastructure 8 9 While most of the corridor is paralleled by existing rail lines there is no existing contiguous line that follows the entire corridor and through rail traffic from Canada to Mexico would have to use alternate corridors for at least parts of the journey The Union Pacific Railroad owns and operates a rail line following the corridor between Nogales Sonora Mexico and Phoenix Arizona acquired from the former Southern Pacific Railroad There is no railroad directly connecting Phoenix and Las Vegas Nevada but it is possible to route trains between those cities via Barstow California along tracks owned by Arizona and California Railway and or BNSF Railway The Union Pacific again owns tracks following the I 15 portion of the corridor from Las Vegas to Butte Montana acquired from the former Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad and Oregon Short Line No line directly follows the corridor between Butte and Helena Montana but it is possible to route trains between those cities via a combination of BNSF Railway and Montana Rail Link lines North of Helena BNSF owns lines that closely follow the CANAMEX corridor including a connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Coutts Alberta Canada acquired from the former Great Northern Railway See also editPan American Highway CanAm HighwayReferences edit a b CANAMEX Corridor Canamex Coalition Archived from the original on 2008 01 10 Retrieved 2008 01 12 CANAMEX Corridor Coalition Federal Definition The CANAMEX Trade Corridor Archived 2013 07 29 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8 Nov 2015 Federal Definition Canamex coalition Archived from the original on 2013 07 29 Retrieved 2013 08 16 a b CANAMEX statistics Archived from the original on 2008 01 10 Retrieved 2008 01 12 Illia Tony Cho Aileen 7 December 2009 Buffeted by High Winds and Setbacks a Bypass Is Making History Near Hoover Dam Engineering News Record 263 18 New York The McGraw Hill Companies 18 ISSN 0891 9526 Archived from the original on 6 December 2009 The crossing is scheduled to open in November 2010 Andy Field and Alex Nitzman CANAMEX High Priority Corridor 26 AARoads Loop 303 Improvement Projects Arizona Department of Transportation Archived from the original on January 17 2017 Retrieved May 24 2016 Kitching Harold April 1 2001 Canamex Corridor to focus on trucking traffic improving rail and air cargo links Nogales International Retrieved June 6 2023 Santistevan Ryan May 9 2017 Paving the way for CANAMEX highway of the future AZ Big Media republished from Cronkite News Retrieved June 6 2023 External links editCANAMEX Corridor website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title CANAMEX Corridor amp oldid 1159713758, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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