Location: I-35 at Spur 422 (Poteet-Jourdanton Freeway)/Palo Alto Rd.

Description: This project will reconfigure the interchange at Spur 422/Palo Alto Rd. and replace it with a standard surface street diamond interchange.  All left hand exits will be removed.  The northbound access road will be extended through the interchange, Spur 422 south of I-35 will be realigned and a signalized intersection will be added at Patron St.  The entrance and exit ramps along I-35 will be adjusted and the pedestrian bridge over I-35 just north of Spur 422 will be reconstructed.

Purpose: This project is being done to upgrade several obsolete and potentially unsafe elements of this interchange, specifically the two left exits and the hairpin exit from northbound I-35 to Palo Alto Rd. as well as the pedestrian overpass at Navajo St.  It will also add an additional intersection on Spur 422 to better facilitate traffic for Benavidez Elementary and Zamora Middle Schools and will extend the northbound I-35 access road through the interchange.

Timeline: Construction started in September 2007 and is scheduled to be completed in the 4th quarter of 2009.  Click here for the latest status report on this project.

Schematic: Click on the image below to see the full-sized schematic of this project (210KB).  This plan is courtesy of TxDOT and is subject to change.