[SA] I-35 & Walters Improvments; Including New Walters Street Overpass Renderings

sirkingwilliam · #1 Posted **Dec 20, 2007, 12:12 PM**

I-35 and Walters Street Improvements

Details:

The Walters Street overpass bridge on I-35 will be widened and improved. Improvements include an aesthetically appealing design, added main lanes as well as the installation of turnaround lanes.
Walters Street from Runnels Ave. to the Fort Sam Houston entrance gate will be realigned, widened and improved. Four lanes will be added as well as pedestrian corridors on each side and bike lanes.
I-35 will have its entrance and exist ramps reconfigured; a turnaround will also be added at at&t Parkway.

Existing Walters Street overpass

New Walters Street overpass bridge

Improvements to Walters from just before 35 to the gates at Fort Sam Houston

Site overview

ydoc14 · #2 Posted **Dec 20, 2007, 1:48 PM**

Nice. The whole stretch from AT&T to Walters has needed some help.

sirkingwilliam · #3 Posted **Dec 20, 2007, 2:44 PM**

Yeah, the entire stretch from downtown to BAMC needs this type of upgrade which I'm sure is planned with the developments slated for Fort Sam and BAMC (soon to be SAMMC).

alexjon · #4 Posted **Dec 20, 2007, 4:55 PM**

WOW!

A nice addition to my home neighborhood!

I always hated walking over that bridge, even though it's the same as N. New Braunfels and Pine's bridges-- it just feels less safe and more ugly.

S.A. · #5 Posted **Dec 20, 2007, 7:01 PM**

This is good but about time. I usually take walters instead of att parkway to get to the Spurs games. turning south on walters from the access road is always so cramped I have to go slow while turning from the inside lane because the cars on the outside are very close and I always feel like one is going to hit me.

sirkingwilliam · #6 Posted **Dec 22, 2007, 3:44 PM**

If this design is implemented on 35 from BAMC to downtown, I'd rank it ahead of the design of 410 near the airport.