NCDOT plans to upgrade NC 69 into a divided four-lane expressway, from the Georgia state line to US 64; which would complete a gap in Corridor A. At an estimated cost of $43.7 million, it is currently unfunded. North Carolina Highway 69 Alternate (NC 69A) was a renumbering of NC 69 between Arden and Asheville, connecting the communities of Skyland and Biltmore; it was in complete concurrency with US 25. In 1934, NC 69A was decommissioned in favor of US 25.