Home >
Texas Highwayman Pages > San Antonio Freeway
System > Loop 410
 |
This page covers
Interstate 410 from the Fratt Interchange (at I-35 north of
Walzem) counter-clockwise around the central city to the BAMC
Interchange (at I-35 near Rittiman). Technically, Loop 410
continues north multiplexed with I-35 to the Fratt Interchange,
but because the I-35 mile markers and exit numbers are
carried-through along that stretch, information on that segment
can be found on the
I-35 North page.
Length:
49 miles (53 miles including multiplexed section on I-35) |
On this page:
Description
Interstate 410, known locally as
Loop 410 or just "The Loop", is really a tale of two freeways. The
southern half (south of US 90) rings the edge of the city and resembles
and functions more like a rural Interstate than an urban freeway.
Meanwhile, the northern arc is one of the most heavily traveled freeways
in the region and is home to most of the city's shopping malls as well
as a major chunk of the area's suburban office space. The Loop
also provides access to San Antonio International Airport, the South Texas Medical
Center, the Southwest Research Institute, the Westover Hills area and
Sea World of Texas, the National Security Agency campus, Ft. Sam Houston, Lackland AFB, Brooks City-Base,
Stinson Municipal Airport, the San Antonio Missions Trail National Park,
Palo Alto College, the Toyota plant and adjacent facilities, and the
cities of Castle Hills, Balcones Heights, Leon Valley, Kirby, and
Windcrest.
Land along the northern arc is heavily developed. Office towers,
shopping malls, hotels, and other commercial developments dominate the
landscape, interspersed with dense residential areas. South of US
90, development is much more dispersed with large tracts of vacant land,
although this area has been seeing new growth in recent years.
In 2000, TxDOT started a major
program to expand Loop 410 to 10 lanes across the Northside of San
Antonio. Click
here for more info on that expansion.
Loop 410 intersects with I-35 North at two places: Loop 410 North
intersects I-35 north of Walzem Rd. at the Fratt Interchange, and Loop
410 East intersects I-35 south of Rittiman Rd. at the BAMC Interchange.
Both highways are multiplexed between these interchanges.
Roadway details
|
LANES |
 |
-
6 lanes
from I-35 (Fratt Interchange) to NW Military
- 8 lanes from
NW Military to I-10 West
-
10 lanes from
I-10 West to Callaghan
-
6 lanes
from Callaghan to Valley Hi
-
4 lanes from
Valley Hi to I-35 North (BAMC Interchange)
Room for an additional
lane in each direction is available between NW Military and
I-10. This lane will be marked with the I-10/410
interchange and Loop 410 expansion projects are completed.
|
|
ACCESS ROADS |
 |
- Access roads along
entire route
- Continuous access
roads interrupted at several locations:
- I-10 West (Northwest
Interchange)
- I-35 South
- I-37 South
- I-10 East
- SPRR and UPRR near
mile marker 1
- Eastbound access road
thru-traffic requires a left turn at Harry Wurzbach
|
|
EXITS |
|
Click
here for a list of
I-410 exits
|
|
SPEED LIMITS |
 |
-
60 mph
north of US 90
- 70 mph south
of US 90
|
|
SPECIAL FEATURES &
NOTES |
 |
- TransGuide coverage
from I-35 North to Ingram
- VIA Metropolitan
Transit Park & Ride locations:
- Randolph: Fratt
Interchange
- Crossroads: I-10 West
- Left exit from northbound I-410 to
southbound I-35/Binz-Engelman
- No directional
interchanges at US 281 North and SH 151
- Multiplexes:
- Four miles of Loop
410 multiplexed with I-35 North from Fratt Interchange to
BAMC Interchange
- Seventeen miles of SH
16 multiplexed along western arc from Bandera Rd. (Exit 13)
to Poteet-Jourdanton Hwy. (Exit 49)
- Three miles of US 281
multiplexed from I-37 (Exit 41) to Roosevelt (Exit 44)
|
|
TRAFFIC |
|
Very heavy along northern arc
(US 90 West to I-35 North). Some of the chronic congestion
approaching I-10 West (Northwest Interchange) has been eased
with the expansion of Loop 410 from NW Military to the
interchange and the addition of extra auxiliary lanes on the
egresses from the interchange. However, construction to
expand the freeway will produce worsening congestion from
Callaghan to Culebra and Blanco to I-35 for the next few
years.
The northern section
previously was San Antonio's busiest freeway, exceeding 200,000
vehicles per day during the 1999-2000 period. Heavy construction has
temporarily reduced overall traffic along the northern section of 410.
Another interesting trend is the increasing traffic on the
southern and eastern sections. The fastest growing areas
for traffic on 410 are all south of US 90.
|
|
AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC |
|
LOCATION |
1990 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
'96-'06
% CHG |
| Austin Hwy. |
109,000 |
119,000 |
127,000 |
117,000 |
120,200 |
114,000 |
-4% |
| Nacogdoches Rd. |
155,000 |
162,000 |
178,000 |
151,000 |
153,650 |
157,000 |
-3% |
| Broadway |
172,000 |
178,000 |
189,000 |
162,000 |
164,500 |
168,000 |
-6% |
| McCullough Ave. |
187,000 |
185,000 |
179,000 |
159,000 |
162,000 |
165,000 |
-11% |
| Blanco Rd. |
190,000 |
184,000 |
199,000 |
164,000 |
161,030 |
171,000 |
-7% |
| Vance Jackson Rd. |
180,000 |
175,000 |
201,000 |
165,000 |
169,260 |
172,000 |
-2% |
| Evers Rd. |
142,000 |
168,000 |
177,000 |
174,000 |
177,350 |
181,000 |
+8% |
| S of Bandera Rd. |
116,000 |
145,000 |
157,000 |
144,000 |
163,770 |
150,000 |
+3% |
| N of US 90W |
79,000 |
96,000 |
109,000 |
101,000 |
103,510 |
105,000 |
+9% |
| Valley Hi Dr. |
51,000 |
64,000 |
82,000 |
81,000 |
82,460 |
84,000 |
+31% |
| Pearsall Rd. |
25,000 |
33,000 |
46,000 |
48,000 |
49,890 |
50,000 |
+52% |
| W of I-35S |
20,000 |
26,000 |
39,000 |
42,000 |
43,060 |
44,000 |
+69% |
| W of Poteet-Jourdanton Hwy. |
14,000 |
18,600 |
33,000 |
30,000 |
30,490 |
31,000 |
+67% |
| E of Poteet-Jourdanton Hwy. |
14,300 |
18,000 |
33,000 |
34,000 |
32,760 |
35,000 |
+94% |
| W of Roosevelt Ave. |
17,100 |
22,000 |
38,000 |
37,000 |
38,270 |
38,000 |
+73% |
| E of Roosevelt Ave. |
16,800 |
22,000 |
37,000 |
35,000 |
36,410 |
36,000 |
+64% |
| S. Presa St. |
18,700 |
25,000 |
36,000 |
40,000 |
40,240 |
42,000 |
+68% |
| E of I-37 |
18,700 |
25,000 |
35,000 |
42,000 |
43,370 |
44,000 |
+76% |
| Southcross Blvd. |
22,000 |
29,000 |
39,000 |
47,000 |
47,930 |
49,000 |
+69% |
| S of E. Houston St. |
34,000 |
49,000 |
60,000 |
65,000 |
66,590 |
58,000 |
+18% |
| S of I-10E |
45,000 |
54,000 |
65,000 |
70,000 |
71,590 |
73,000 |
+35% |
| WW White Rd. N |
52,000 |
60,000 |
69,000 |
75,000 |
76,590 |
78,000 |
+30% |
| N of FM 78 |
55,000 |
60,000 |
65,000 |
66,000 |
69,060 |
69,000 |
+15% |
Construction
projects
Nacogdoches Rd. to Austin Hwy.:
Construction began in late 2006 to widen the freeway to ten lanes and revise
entrance and exit ramps.
At US 281 interchange: Click
here for information on
the US 281/Loop 410 interchange project.
Blanco Rd. to McCullough Ave.: Construction is nearing completion to widen
Loop 410 to ten lanes from and reconstruct the San Pedro
interchange by removing the obsolete cloverleaf and replacing it with a standard
surface street interchange with access road bypass flyovers.
At I-10 interchange: Click
here for information on
the I-10/Loop 410 interchange project.
Callaghan Rd. to Culebra Rd.: Work is progressing to widen the freeway to
10 lanes, adjust ramps, and build two elevated connector ramps at Bandera Rd.
Click
here for more info on the overall Loop 410 expansion
project.
Click
here for the latest status report on these
projects.
Future plans
TxDOT plans to expand the section from
Culebra to US 90 West from six to eight lanes and rebuild the US 90 interchange.
No timetable has been set for that project yet.
The Loop 410/I-10 East interchange was
recommended for non-specified improvements in the I-35 North Major Investment
Study.
History
The I-410 designation was authorized
by Minute Order 62561 (July 31, 1969). Named Connally Loop for
former Texas Governor John B. Connally who assisted San Antonio greatly
during the HemisFair World's Fair in 1968.
The northern part of today's
I-410 route was originally part of Loop 13 (the southern half of which
still exists today as WW White and Military Dr on the south and east
sides.) The section from the Fratt Interchange south to WW White
was authorized in 1941, and the section from the Fratt Interchange west
to NW
Military was in place as early as 1950. In 1951, the first plan to start extending the loop
westward routed it from NW Military to the intersection of
Fredericksburg
and Callaghan. By 1957, however, the present-day route from NW
Military around the west side of the city to I-35 South was proposed, as
was the eastern arc from Rittiman south to Sulphur Springs. That
western section, along with the southern segment from I-35 to Roosevelt,
was completed by 1964. The remainder of the loop was complete by
1967, including an upgrade of the original highway from Austin Hwy. to
NW Military to freeway standards. That section, however, was
signed as State Loop 410 until August 1969, while the rest of the new
freeway was designated I-410 as it was built.
The section from Ingram to I-35
North was expanded to six lanes in the late '70s and early '80s. The
Fratt interchange was rebuilt in a spectacular project between 1980 and
1983.
The section from Ingram to Valley Hi was expanded to six lanes around
1987. An extra lane was added westbound from I-10 West to Babcock in
1996. The segment from West Ave. to Cherry Ridge was expanded to
10 lanes (eight actually marked for the time being) in 1997. TransGuide coverage was added from Ingram Rd. to I-35 North in 1999.
The section between McCullough and US 281 was widened and prepared for
the planned 218/410 interchange in 2000 and 2001. The section from
I-10 to Callaghan was widened to 10 lanes from 2001-2003, and the
section from West Ave. to Blanco widened to 10 lane (eight
currently-marked lanes) in 2005.
|
