Money will be hard to come by for some states in trying to get Interstate 69 constructed and completed in their areas. At the federal level, well, forget it. They've been out of green for a long time and won't have any anytime soon. This just leaves things up to individual states.

It's gotten so dire in Tennessee that the unthinkable might be happening: They may not be able to get a stretch of I-69 from Dyersburg to Memphis built. It's also reaching another point:...