Work began in December 2005 on the $75 million Loop 410/Bandera Rd. interchange and expansion of Loop 410 to ten lanes from Thunder Dr. to Callaghan Rd.

This project is part of the overall Loop 410 Expansion Project.

Details

The biggest component of this project are elevated direct connectors from Bandera Rd. to Loop 410.  Specifically, connectors will be provided from southbound Bandera to eastbound 410 and from westbound 410 to northbound Bandera.  Provisions will be made for possible future ramps from southbound Bandera to westbound 410 and from eastbound 410 to northbound Bandera, but those ramps will not be built as part of this project.  The bulk of commuter traffic currently using Bandera Rd. will be carried on the elevated connectors, thus relieving the chronic congestion in the Bandera/Wurzbach and Bandera/Loop 410 intersections.

The diagram below shows the location of the elevated connectors.  If you'd like to see a bigger diagram, click here or click the picture below.

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(Courtesy: TxDOT)

On Bandera Rd., the ramps will terminate in the median at Rue Francois.  There will be a left-hand exit from southbound Bandera Rd. at Rue Francois onto the ramp for Loop 410 eastbound.  Traffic coming on the ramp from Loop 410 will merge into an added left lane on northbound Bandera at the same location.  From Rue Francois, the ramps will continue south along Bandera as a single elevated bridge.  There will be one lane and a shoulder for each direction with a barrier separating the opposing traffic.  At Wurzbach, the bridge will split into the two connectors.  As they turn onto Loop 410, the connectors will run elevated along each side of Loop 410 between the mainlanes and the access roads, continuing over Evers and touching down and merging with the Loop 410 mainlanes just west of Summit Parkway.  To facilitate the overhead lanes, the median along Bandera Rd. from Seneca to Wurzbach will be closed with the exception of dual turnarounds (one for each direction) between Thistle and Hurley (about halfway between Rue Francois and Wurzbach.)  The Bandera/Wurzbach and Bandera/Loop 410 surface intersections will also see some minor modifications.

Besides the elevated connectors and the widening of Loop 410 to 10 lanes, this project will also move the westbound Loop 410 exit for Evers to the general area of today's Summit Pkwy. exit and move the entrance ramp for westbound Loop 410 along that stretch to the general area of today's Evers exit ramp.  This will provide better ramp spacing, allow for better merging, and also will allow traffic leaving the shopping area at Summit Pkwy. to enter westbound Loop 410 directly rather than having to traverse the Evers and Bandera intersections.  Additionally, the exit ramp from eastbound 410 to Bandera Rd. will be widened to two lanes and the entrance ramp from Evers to eastbound Loop 410 will be moved to just before Callaghan.

This project is not related to the proposed Bandera Rd. tollway and will not be tolled.

Status

Construction began in December 2005 and is 69% complete (January 2007).  Projected completion is in the 4th quarter of 2009.

This page last updated
March 31, 2008 11:44 AM