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San
Antonio Area Freeway System
US
Highway 90 West (Cleto
Rodriguez Freeway) |
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last updated November 27, 2012 |
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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 concurrent
(multiplexed) with I-10 East.
Length:
12 miles
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On this page
Overview
This
is the main
freeway serving San Antonio's Westside. It provides access to
Port San Antonio (the former Kelly AFB), Lackland AFB, 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, warehouses, and the ballpark.
The freeway runs through
mostly 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 although there has been some recent residential and
commercial development.
Roadway
details
| SCHEMATIC |
Click here
for a
schematic of US 90 West. |
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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 west of Nogalitos
- Short
section of westbound access road at Cupples
- Continuous
access roads from SW 36th to Loop 1604
- Two-way
access roads west of Hunt/Ray Ellison
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| EXITS |
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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/Park
& Ride just
west of Military
- Abandoned
former VIA Kel-Lac Park & Ride still located within Old Hwy 90
interchange
- Interchanges
at both SH 151 and Spur 371 only facilitate traffic headed to/from
downtown
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| TRAFFIC |
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Moderate to heavy inside of Loop 410. Light outside of 410.
Traffic
volumes outside Loop 410 and just east of SH 151 have grown
significantly over the last decade while counts along the remainder of
the corridor have been flat.
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| AVERAGE
ANNUAL DAILY
TRAFFIC |
| LOCATION |
1990 |
2000 |
2006 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
'00-'10
% CHG |
| S. Zarzamora St. |
90,000 |
125,000 |
140,000 |
140,000 |
135,000 |
153,000 |
+37.84% |
| Cupples Rd. |
78,000 |
104,000 |
136,000 |
127,000 |
124,000 |
140,000 |
+30.84% |
| Old Hwy 90 |
46,000 |
73,000 |
77,000 |
62,000 |
49,000 |
66,000 |
-2.94% |
| E of Loop 410 |
56,000 |
73,000 |
91,000 |
71,000 |
71,000 |
79,000 |
+11.27% |
| Hunt Ln. |
22,000 |
38,000 |
61,000 |
46,000 |
50,000 |
60,000 |
+46.34% |
| W of Loop 1604 |
13,500 |
26,000 |
44,000 |
31,000 |
35,000 |
39,000 |
+50.00% |
Media
gallery
Click here
for photos and video of this
freeway.
Construction
projects
No current projects in this corridor.
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 called 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 unfunded item in the MPO's 25-year
plan to
upgrade US 90 between Loop 1604 and SH 211 to a full freeway.
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. In 2007, VIA moved their KelLac Park & Ride
facility
from within the Old Highway 90 interchange to its current location
northwest of the Military/US 90 intersection. In 2009, the
Old
Highway 90 overpass was demolished and rebuilt and the westbound access
road through that location was realigned.
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