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This page covers US
Highway 90 west of downtown San Antonio from I-35 to just
outside of Loop 1604. US 90 continues east multiplexed
with I-10 East.
Length:
12 miles |
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Description
This is the main freeway serving
San Antonio's Westside. It provides access to Port San
Antonio (former Kelly AFB and KellyUSA), Lackland AFB, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Our Lady of the Lake
University, St. Mary's University, the San Antonio Produce Market, and
Nelson Wolff Municipal Stadium. Residential areas abut the freeway
along most of the corridor between I-35 and SH 151. Near 151 are
several large manufacturing plants and the ballpark. The freeway
runs through undeveloped area between Leon Creek and Old Highway 90.
An older commercial area lines the access roads between there and Loop
410. Outside of Loop 410, most of the frontage is currently
undeveloped.
Roadway details
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LANES |
- 10 lanes from
I-35 to SH 151 with a short 8 lane section through the
General McMullen Dr. interchange
- 6 lanes from
SH 151 to Loop 410
- 4 lanes from
Loop 410 to Loop 1604
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ACCESS ROADS |
- Short sections of
access roads from I-35 to Frio City Rd.
- Continuous access
roads from SW 36th to Loop 1604
- Two-way access roads
west of Hunt /Ray Ellison
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EXITS |
Click
here for a list of
US 90 West exits
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SPEED LIMITS |
- 65 mph from
I-35 to Loop 410
- 70 mph from
Loop 410 to Loop 1604
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SPECIAL FEATURES &
NOTES |
- TransGuide coverage
along entire route
- VIA Metropolitan
Transit Kel-Lac Transit Center just west of Military
- Abandoned former VIA
Kel-Lac Park & Ride located within Old Hwy 90 interchange
- The interchanges at
both SH 151 and Spur 371 only facilitate traffic headed
to/from downtown
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TRAFFIC |
Moderate to heavy inside of
Loop 410. Light outside of 410.
Inside of Loop 410,
traffic counts over the past decade have varied but are
showing a slight to moderate
growth trend overall. Outside of Loop 410, traffic volumes
have grown significantly over the last decade.
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AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC |
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LOCATION |
1990 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
'96-'06
% CHG |
| S. Zarzamora St. |
90,000 |
132,000 |
125,000 |
134,000 |
136,850 |
140,000 |
+6% |
| SW 36th St. |
78,000 |
107,000 |
104,000 |
123,000 |
124,510 |
136,000 |
+27% |
| Old Hwy 90 |
46,000 |
76,000 |
73,000 |
72,000 |
73,250 |
77,000 |
+1% |
| E of Loop 410 |
56,000 |
90,000 |
73,000 |
82,000 |
83,530 |
91,000 |
+1% |
| Hunt Ln. |
22,000 |
41,000 |
38,000 |
45,000 |
48,440 |
61,000 |
+49% |
| W of Loop 1604 |
13,500 |
24,000 |
26,000 |
29,000 |
22,420 |
44,000 |
+83% |
Construction
projects
 At
Old Hwy. 90: The Old Highway 90 overpass will be demolished and replaced
with a new one. This is needed because the old overpass was too low.
The access roads will also be realigned through the area and the old VIA Park &
Ride removed.
Click
here for the latest status report on this project.
Future plans
Kelly AFB is closed in mid-2001 and
the city has converted the former aircraft maintenance depot into a
major civilian industrial complex (Port San Antonio). Interchange improvements to US
90 at SW 36th were made in conjunction with the conversion.
Additional interchange improvements at Military and General Hudnell have
been proposed. A new parkway (Kelly
Parkway) connecting US 90 to I-35 South via Spur 371 (Gen. Hudnell)
is also planned, as are multi-level interchanges on US 90 at Loop 410
and Loop 1604. There is also an item in the MPO's 25-year plan to
extend the freeway as far west as SH 211 and expand it to six lanes
between there and Loop 410.
History
Authorized by Minute Order 18793
(November 24, 1941). Named for Cleto Rodriguez of San Antonio, the
first Hispanic to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The route was
originally named the "West Expressway."
This freeway was built in the mid
'60s to replace the old US 90 through San Antonio's Westside. The
section from I-35 to Cupples was complete by 1967 and remainder of the
route to Loop 410 was complete by the following year. An
interchange for SH 151 was built around 1988. With the addition of
SH 151, a project to widen US 90 from six to 10 lanes between I-35 and
SH 151 was undertaken and completed in 1991. A continuous access
road was added to the EB side near Leon Creek in 1996. TransGuide
coverage was added to the section from I-35 to Zarzamora in 1995 and
along the remainder of the route in June 2001.
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