Your ultimate guide to the I-35 expansion through Central Austin
Feb 21, 2024 · The highway's new footprint will devour 54 acres of land, forcing out more than 100 homes and businesses. I-35's increased capacity will bring more urban sprawl, air pollution, climate warming gases and noise. TxDOT. I-35 will grow from 16 to 22 lanes in one section of downtown Austin.
Austin provides first look at capped I-35 ‘vision plan’
2 days ago · Updated: Nov 12, 2024 / 05:30 PM CST. AUSTIN (KXAN) — With construction underway on the Texas Department of Transportation’s Interstate 35 expansion near downtown Austin, city leaders are ...
Everything you need to know about the I-35 expansion through Austin
Oct 16, 2023 · The overhaul of I-35 in Austin will cost more than $5 billion, displace over 100 homes and businesses, and take at least a decade to complete. Love it or hate it, the expansion will ripple through the entire city — impacting drivers, pedestrians, even …
City of Austin & I-35 Capital Express projects - AustinTexas.gov
Oct 14, 2024 · The I-35 expressway through the heart of Austin and Central Texas is being reconstructed to address safety, mobility and east-west connectivity needs. The Texas Department of Transportation is leading the project to make improvements to I-35 in Travis County from SH 45 North to SH 45 Southeast.
Your ultimate guide to the I-35 expansion through Central Austin
Feb 23, 2024 · The northbound and southbound frontage roads would run side-by-side through much of downtown Austin. This TxDOT illustration from early 2022 attempts to show what that could look like if the highway were covered.
Austin's I-35 plans revised to include new cap and a $25 million ...
Aug 3, 2023 · The I-35 expansion through Central Austin is undergoing significant revisions as local officials try to negotiate improvements to the $4.5 billion project, aimed at widening the highway that's cut through downtown Austin since it opened in 1962.
I-35 expansion through downtown Austin gets final green light
Aug 23, 2023 · The Interstate 35 expansion from Ben White Boulevard to U.S. Highway 290 East is being broken into six smaller projects. Completing them all will take about 10 years, the Texas Department of Transportation estimates.
State Rep. Hinojosa calls for federal help in I-35 expansion
7 hours ago · The Texas Department of Transportation approved in August 2023 the expansion of the highway as part of the eight-mile, $4.5 billion I-35 Capital Express Central project. The state department ...
Our Future 35 Cap and Stitch Advocacy - Downtown Austin Alliance
For more than 60 years, I-35 has been both a physical and socioeconomic barrier between downtown and East Austin. Through its Capital Express Central Project, TxDOT plans to reconstruct I-35 by removing the upper decks and lowering the highway between Airport Boulevard and Cesar Chavez Street.
Austin wins $105 million grant for transformative Our Future 35 …
Mar 11, 2024 · The City will use this grant funding to construct a 5.3-acre freeway cap over I-35 between Cesar Chavez and Fourth Street as part of Our Future 35: Austin’s Cap and Stitch Program.