I–27 Numbering Act of 2023

What it does

This bill designates the future interstate highway system portions of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor within the states of Texas and New Mexico as Interstate Route I–27.

In Texas, from Sterling City to Lamesa, U.S. Route 87 is designated as Interstate Route I–27E and Texas Routes 158 and 349 via I–20 are designated as Interstate Route I–27W. The bill also excludes one portion of the Texas and New Mexico corridor; U.S. Route 287 from Dumas, Texas to the border between Texas and Oklahoma is designated as Interstate Route I–127N.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Nov 29, 2023 (Reported to House). CRS summarizes bills impartially; it does not take positions.