Interstate 410

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Interstate 410 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	49.49 mi[1] (79.65 km)
Formed:	1959[2]
Beltway around San Antonio, Texas
Major junctions:	I-10 US 87 US 90 US 281 I-35 I-37
Highways in Texas < I-345 I-610 >

This article is about the only Interstate currently numbered 410. For former routes numbered 410, see Interstate 410 (disambiguation).

Interstate 410 (abbreviated I-410, and colloquially called Loop 410) is a loop route of Interstate 10 around San Antonio, Texas. It is identified as Connally Loop in honor of former Texas governor John Connally. The north and west section is undergoing a major expansion from six to ten lanes (five in each direction) from Culebra Road to the I-35 interchange as well as major interchanges being renovated at Bandera Road, I-10 and San Pedro Avenue, and an interchange being constructed at US 281 near San Antonio International Airport.

[edit] History

As most cities in Texas, San Antonio was served by a loop around the city long before the arrival of the Interstate Highway System. Loop 13, although not a freeway, served in this role up until the 1950s, when many of San Antonio's freeways were constructed. The northern half of Loop 13 followed the current path of I-410, while the southern half still exists on the south side of San Antonio. Much of the freeway was proposed during the mid-1950s with construction beginning on the northwest portion of the loop near I-10. In 1960, Loop 13 from I-10 to I-35 was redesignated as Loop 410 for continuity purposes. By 1961, the freeway had been completed from I-35 on the southwest side to just east of US 281 near the airport, where it continued on to the east as a 4-lane highway to I-35. By 1964, the southern arc had been extended eastward from I-35 to Roosevelt Avenue and was under construction from Roosevelt to I-35 on the east side of the city. By 1967, the eastern arc had been completed to interstate standards and the remaining portion from US 281 to I-35 on the cities northside had been completely upgraded to interstate standards, but still carried the State Loop 410 designation until 1969 when it officially became Interstate 410.^[2]

Due to the city growing primarily to the north, I-410 required upgrading along this stretch. It was expanded to six lanes in the late 1970s and early 1980s from Ingram Road to I-35 North. It was further expanded to six lanes from Ingram to Valley Hi Road in 1987. An additional westbound lane was added from I-10 West to Babcock Road in 1996.

[edit] Route description

I-410's interchange with I-37 on the southeast side of San Antonio, Texas.

Interstate 410 circumnavigates the city of San Antonio, officially beginning and ending at the junction with Interstate 35 on the southwest side of the loop. There are vast differences between the northern arc and southern arc of the loop. The northern arc serves the heavily urbanized portions of San Antonio and is currently being upgraded to as many as five lanes in each direction. The southern arc resembles more of a rural interstate as it transverses for the most part undeveloped portions of San Antonio as a two lane interstate. I-410 intersects I-10 twice, I-35 twice, I-37 once, as well as U.S. Highway 90, US 281, and State Highway 151, all freeways in the San Antonio metro area. I-410 serves San Antonio International Airport, Lackland AFB, Fort Sam Houston, South Texas Medical Center, Southwest Research Institute, and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas.^[3]

[edit] Future

410 is being widened along its entire northern arc from Culebra road to Austin Highway. 5 lanes each way and intersection upgrades at I-10 and San Pedro, with an entire new intersection at US 281.^[4]

[edit] Exit list

The entire route is in Bexar County, and forms a complete loop. Exit numbers correspond to mileage from the south junction with I-35.^[3]

Location	#	Destinations	Notes
San Antonio	1	Frontage Road	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	1	Frontage Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	2	FM 2536 (Old Pearsall Road)
	3A	Ray Ellison Drive	Signed as exit 3 northbound
	3B	Medina Base Road	Northbound exit is via exit 3
	4	Valley Hi Drive – Lackland AFB
	6	US 90 – San Antonio, Del Rio
	7	Marbach Road
	8	Lakeside Parkway	Southbound exit and entrance
	9A	SH 151 – SeaWorld	Signed as exit 9 northbound
	9B	Military Drive	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	10	FM 3487 (Culebra Road)
	11	Ingram Road
	12	Exchange Parkway	Southbound exit and entrance
	13A	SH 16 / Spur 421 (Bandera Road) – Leon Valley, San Antonio	North end of SH 16 concurrency
	13B	Evers Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	14A	Summit Parkway	Westbound exit and entrance
	14B	Callaghan Road	Signed as exit 14 eastbound
	14C	Babcock Road	Eastbound exit is via exit 14
	15	Loop 345 (Fredericksburg Road) – Balcones Heights
	16	I-10 / US 87 – San Antonio, El Paso
	17	Vance Jackson Road, Cherry Ridge Drive
Castle Hills	18	Jackson-Keller Road, West Avenue
	19A	Honeysuckle Lane	Eastbound exit is via exit 18
	19B	FM 1535 (Military Highway) – Castle Hills	Signed as exit 19 eastbound
	19	FM 2696 (Blanco Road)	Westbound exit is via exit 20A
San Antonio	20A	To US 281 north / San Pedro Avenue (Spur 537) – Johnson City	Signed as exit 20 eastbound
	20B	McCullough Avenue	Eastbound exit is via exit 20
	21	US 281 south / Airport Boulevard, Wetmore Road	Signed as exit 21B eastbound
	22	Broadway
	23	Nacogdoches Road
	24	Harry Wurzbach Road – Fort Sam Houston
	25A	Starcrest Drive
	25B	FM 2252 (Perrin-Beitel Road)
	26A	Loop 368 south – Alamo Heights	Signed as exit 26 westbound
	26B	Interchange Parkway, Perrin Creek Drive	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		I-35 north – Austin
	North end of I-35 concurrency
		Randolph Boulevard – Windcrest
	165	FM 1976 (Walzem Road)
	164B	Eisenhauer Road
	164A	Rittiman Road
	South end of I-35 concurrency
		I-35 south – San Antonio	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	30	Space Center Drive	Northbound exit and entrance
	30	Binz-Engleman Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	31A	FM 78 – Kirby	Signed as exit 32 northbound
	31	I-35 south / Binz-Engleman Road – San Antonio	Northbound left exit and southbound entrance
	31B	Loop 13 (W.W. White Road)	No northbound exit
	32	Dietrich Road	Southbound exit only
	33	I-10 / US 90 – San Antonio, Houston
	34	FM 1346 (East Houston Street)
	35	US 87 (Rigsby Avenue) – Victoria
	37	Southcross Boulevard, Sinclair Road
	39	Spur 117 (W.W. White Road)
	41	I-37 / US 281 north – San Antonio, Corpus Christi	East end of US 281 concurrency
	42	Spur 122 (South Presa Street) / Southton Road
	43	Espada Road – San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Westbound exit is via exit 44
	44	US 281 south / Spur 536 (Roosevelt Avenue) – Pleasanton	West end of US 281 concurrency
	46	Moursund Boulevard
	48	Zarzamora Street
	49	SH 16 south (Palo Alto Road) / Spur 422 – Poteet	East end of SH 16 concurrency
	51	FM 2790 (Somerset Road)
	53	I-35 – San Antonio, Laredo

[edit] References

1. ^ Federal Highway Administration. Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
2. ^ ^{a b} Texas Department of Transportation. Highway Designation File - Interstate Highway No. 410. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
3. ^ ^{a b} Google Maps. Overview map of I-410 [map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
4. ^ Driscoll, Patrick (2007-06-19). Decades in waiting, ramp open. San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 10 California: 110 • 110 (former) • 210 • 710 — Arizona: 410 (unbuilt) • 510 (former) • 710 (unbuilt) — Texas: 110 • 410 • 610 — Louisiana: 110 • 210 • 310 • 310 (unbuilt) • 410 (unbuilt) • 410 (unbuilt) • 510 • 610 • 910 (unsigned) — Mississippi: 110 — Alabama: 210 (former) — Florida: 110