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San Antonio Area
Freeway System
US
Highway 90 West
(Cleto Rodriguez
Freeway) |
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This page last updated
May 19, 2010 |
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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 |
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, Wilford Hall Medical Center, 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 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.
Roadway details
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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 |
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 |
Moderate to heavy inside of
Loop 410. Light outside of 410.
Traffic volumes east
of SH 151 and between the loops 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 |
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LOCATION |
1990 |
1998 |
2000 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
'98-'08
% CHG |
| S. Zarzamora St. |
90,000 |
119,000 |
125,000 |
140,000 |
148,000 |
158,000 |
+33% |
| Cupples Rd. |
78,000 |
97,000 |
104,000 |
136,000 |
138,000 |
145,000 |
+49% |
| Old Hwy 90 |
46,000 |
69,000 |
73,000 |
77,000 |
79,000 |
70,000 |
+1% |
| E of Loop 410 |
56,000 |
70,000 |
73,000 |
91,000 |
91,000 |
76,000 |
+9% |
| Hunt Ln. |
22,000 |
36,000 |
38,000 |
61,000 |
63,000 |
52,000 |
+44% |
| W of Loop 1604 |
13,500 |
36,000 |
26,000 |
44,000 |
44,000 |
34,000 |
-6% |
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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