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San Antonio Highway Projects to Continue, Debut in 2025 Construction projects aplenty snarled San Antonio traffic in 2024, but construction work may be just as busy in 2025, according to mysantonio.com. Here’s a look at some of the continuing and debuting projects in 2025. The Expansion of Loop 1604 In December, The Texas Department of Transportation opened the first new flyover ramp that connects Interstate 10 and Loop 1604, a sign of tangible progress on the $1.4 billion project. The intersection of I-10 and Loop 1604 is among San Antonio’s busiest, according to mysantonio.com. In 2025, the 23 mi. of highway expansion will be well under way, turning the Northside span of Loop 1604 into 10 lanes with overlapping ramps at I-10, mysanantonio.com reported. The project’s first phase from Bandera Road
to I-10 is expected to finish this year, as will the distance of 1604 from I-10 to Highway 281. The rest of the project, however, will be under construction for the next few years, including the intersection at I-10. Sprucing Up I-35 The Texas Department of Transportation is overhauling I-35 across county lines, going from North Walters Street past Loop 410 to Farm-to-Market Road 1103 in Cibolo. The project aims to upgrade aging infrastructure that can’t handle increasing traffic counts, mysantonio.com reported. Construction began in the summer of 2024, reaching from Loop 410 near Windcrest to Old Seguin Road just west of Kirby. The project is likely to take four years to finish. In addition, I-35 from Loop 410, past Loop Contractors have placed 90 steel beams at the I-10 and Loop 1604 interchange see PROJECTS page 16
for one of a series of direct-connecting flyover ramps.
Texas A&M Board Approves More Than $500M for Construction The Texas A&M University System’s Board of Regents in November approved more than half-a-billion dollars in construction projects that will touch everything from space exploration to national defense to people’s beloved pets. “This agenda not only underscores the great needs of the state and nation,” Chancellor John Sharp said. “It is only possible thanks to the A rendering of the new Hypersonic Wind Tunnel to be constructed at Texas foresight and commitment of our state leaders.” A&M-RELLIS. The record-setting vote on construction items
reflects the A&M System’s legislative success in 2023 when a record $1.19 billion in new spending, including $775 million in new initiatives, was approved by the state. The Legislature appropriated $200 million for the A&M System to build a one-of-a-kind research facility to assist in missions to the moon and Mars. The four-story building, to be constructed on 32 acres at the entrance of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, will include see A&M page 14
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