I-35 at San Pedro Ave. looking south (ca. 1988)
Construction of the double-decked freeway in this area was underway.
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I-35 near McCullough Ave. looking northeast (ca. 1955)
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I-35 at Broadway looking northwest (1960)
Construction of I-35 east of Broadway was underway. Note the ramps connecting I-35 and Broadway-- the original US 81 expressway ended here. The Pearl brewery complex is at the center.
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I-35 at Broadway looking southwest (ca. 1960)
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I-35 at Broadway looking east (ca. 1960)
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I-35 at Broadway looking north (ca. 1960)
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I-35 at N Alamo St. looking west (1960)
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I-35 at N New Braunfels Ave. looking northwest (1959)
The right-of-way for the future I-35 has been cleared, but the street grid is still in place.
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I-35 at N New Braunfels Ave. looking west (ca. 1960)
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I-35 at Salado Creek looking southwest (1960)
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I-35 at Binz-Engleman looking northeast (1961)
Brooke Army Medical Center is located here today.
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I-35 at Binz-Engleman looking north (1961)
In the foreground, you can see where FM 78 turns to go under the railroad overpass. Prior to I-35 being built, that road connected with Seguin Rd. on the other side of I-35 and was originally part of the State Highway 3 to Seguin and Houston.
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I-35 at Loop 410 South Cutoff looking northwest (1961)
Work on I-35 north of here was still ongoing.
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I-35 at Loop 410 South Cutoff looking northeast (1961)
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I-35 at Loop 410 South Cutoff looking northeast (1961)
The east-west roadway is Rittiman Rd.
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I-35 at Loop 410 South Cutoff looking south (1961)
Notice that Loop 410 (Loop 13 at that time) is still only a two-lane road. Rittiman Rd. is in the foreground.
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I-35 at Loop 410 South Cutoff looking east (ca. 1966)
The warehouse is the HEB warehouse. The town in the background is Kirby.
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I-35 at Rittiman Rd. looking southwest (ca. 1960)
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I-35 at Rittiman Rd. looking east (ca. 1964)
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I-35 at Eisenhauer Rd. looking north (ca. 1960)
Work was just about to start on I-35 here. The existing two-lane road was Loop 13. The subdivision at the top center was the first neighborhood of what would become Windcrest.
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I-35 at Eisenhauer Rd. looking northeast (1961)
Work on the I-35 access roads was nearing completion.
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I-35 at Walzem Rd. looking west (1955)
I-35 here was still the two-lane Loop 13 at this time. "US Hwy. 81 (Business Route)" is Austin Hwy. Today's Loop 410 running west from Austin Hwy. is also visible; it, too, was still a two-lane Loop 13 at this time.
(TxDOT/Jack Ammann Photogrammetric Engineers)

I-35 at Walzem Rd. looking west (ca. 1965)
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I-35 at Fratt looking northeast (ca. 1960)
The recently-completed Fratt Interchange is at the left. The cluster of buildings at the left center is the community of Fratt. It was demolished around 1980 to make way for the Interchange business park. Walzem Rd. is at the lower right. (More Fratt Interchange photos will be posted soon.)
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I-35 at Starlight Terr. looking northwest (ca. 1960)
This is the Longhorn Quarry, which now is home to Morgan's Wonderland, Heros Stadium, and Toyota Field.
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I-35 at Weidner Rd. looking west (ca. 1960)
The road headed to the left on the other side of I-35 is Schertz Rd., which used to connect to the Schertz Rd. at Thousand Oaks Dr. It was severed by the Wurzbach Pkwy. around 1999 and replaced by the Thousand Oaks extension.
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I-35 at Weidner Rd. looking southwest (ca. 1975)
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I-35 at O'Connor Rd. looking southeast (1960)
The long white building at I-35 and O'Connor was a Volkswagen parts distribution center. It burned down in early 1971 and was not rebuilt.
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I-35 at Judson Rd. looking north (ca. 1981)
I-35 was still just two lanes in each direction at this time and the Judson overpass was just two lanes. Work to expand both would begin shortly after this.
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I-35 at Pat Booker Rd. looking southwest (ca. 1957)
In the distance, you can see the mainlanes are blocked and traffic is shunted to the access road on the left. The mainlanes south of here were still under construction but nearing completion.
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I-35 at Pat Booker Rd. looking southwest (ca. 1972)
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I-35 at Pat Booker Rd. looking northwest (ca. 1972)
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I-35 at Loop 1604 looking southwest (ca. 1972)
Note the two-lane Loop 1604 and the wide, diamond-shaped right-of-way cleared for what would eventually become the cloverleaf interchange that exists at this location today. The Forum shopping center currently sits in the wooded area at the bottom of the photo.
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I-35 at Forum Pkwy. looking northeast (ca. 1955)
The empty field near the center of the photo is where Retama Park is today.
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I-35 at Forum Pkwy. looking northeast (1988)
Work on the Loop 1604 interchange had just been completed. The six lane section of I-35 mainlanes ended at Olympia Pkwy. at this time. Also note the median barrier fencing/glare screen; this was removed sometime in the late 1990s.
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I-35 at Olympia Pkwy. looking west (1960)
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I-35 at Cibolo Creek in Selma looking southwest (ca. 1960)
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I-35 at Cibolo Creek in Selma looking west (1960)
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Artist rendering for proposed I-35 (US 81) freeway in Selma (ca. 1955)
The original plan did not include a southbound access road across the creek. The northbound access road was the original US 81 route; it was realigned during an expansion in 1993.
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I-35 at Schertz Pkwy. Looking northeast (ca. 1995)
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I-35 at FM 2252 looking northeast (ca. 1995)
This was a few years before work to widen I-35 in this area started.
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I-35 at FM 2252 looking southwest (2001)
Construction to widen I-35 was underway.
(Brian Purcell)

I-35 at Engel Rd. looking southeast (1960)
This was still just a divided highway at this time. Work to upgrade this section to Interstate standards would be complete by 1965.
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I-35 at Solms Rd. looking north (ca. 1962)
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