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Interstate 69 (I-69) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that will run from the Mexican border in Texas to the Canadian border at Port Huron. In Michigan, it is a state trunkline highway that enters south of Coldwater and passes the cities of Lansing and Flint. It runs north–south to the Lansing area, then changes to east–west after running concurrently with I-96. The freeway continues to Port Huron before terminating at the Blue Water Bridge while running concurrently with I-94 at the border. There are four related business loops for I-69 in the state, connecting the freeway to adjacent cities. Predecessors to I-69 include the M-29, US Highway 27 (US 27), M-78 and M-21. The freeway was added to the Interstate planning maps in the mid-1950s in 1958, Michigan built segments of freeway in the 1960s, and in 1968 the state was permitted to extend I-69 to Flint. The first segment designated as I-69 opened in 1967, and further extensions in 1973, 1987 and 1992 completed the highway.