{"id":457625,"date":"2026-10-06T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/457625\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T04:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T04:00:09","slug":"txdots-i-35-overhaul-enters-new-phase-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/457625\/","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT\u2019s I-35 overhaul enters new phase in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More construction is coming to San Antonio along a highway that carries more than 230,000 vehicles per day (and is growing). Here&#8217;s what to know.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Texas Department of Transportation, a new ramp is taking shape as part of a massive, ongoing expansion of Interstate 35 that stretches from San Antonio&#8217;s Eastside to Schertz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This new ramp will connect the future elevated southbound I-35 lanes to I-410 South at ground-level,&#8221; TxDOT San Antonio said\u00a0in a Monday, October 5, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TxDOTSanAntonioTX\/posts\/pfbid0K5HMbXhadXyL1r1cBbpDjuKXeEF8r66PcPJ6rSwUsHd2YDPKvau7BrRB6pyYtAk5l?rdid=c9g2PL51Ml23wg5w\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Facebook <\/a>post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those future elevated lanes are part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/35nex.html\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">I-35 Northeast Expansion (NEX)<\/a> \u2014 a 20-mile, $3.5 billion project scheduled for completion in 2032. NEX follows a portion of I-35 from N. Walters Street near the Frost Bank Center to FM 1103 in Schertz.<\/p>\n<p>TxDOT said work is progressing in phases, four of which are currently under construction. Work from FM 3009 to I-410 North began in 2022 and is estimated to wrap up next year. A phase from I-410 North to I-410 South kicked off in 2024 with a 2028 end date, and a portion from I-410 South to FM 78 began last year with a 2029 completion timeline. The most recent segment of the project began this year, focusing on I-410 South to N. Walters Street. Drivers can expect that segment to be finished by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The project segment from FM 1103 to FM 3009 remains in design and may not begin until 2028.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The elevated lanes being built as part of the I-35 NEX project will carry through-traffic above the existing roadway, with limited entry and exit points,&#8221; TxDOT said on Facebook, adding that the existing I-35\/I-410 South connector can be seen on the right hand side of the included photo. &#8220;The future elevated I-35 lanes will pass above the connector ramps, while the current I-35 mainlanes remain below.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to TxDOT, the NEX project will &#8220;increase roadway capacity, improve traffic flow, enhance safety, and support future growth along the corridor&#8221; and transition to the ongoing Loop 1604 North expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More construction is coming to San Antonio along a highway that carries more than 230,000 vehicles per day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[820,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-457625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-mysastaff","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}