A new road link in the Texan city of San Antonio will help future industrial development in the area. The new 2.7km connection provides a four-lane extension of 36th Street from Highway 90 into the centre of Port San Antonio at Billy Mitchell Boulevard. The new route will allow for the future closure of North Frank Luke Drive, a small road running parallel to the runway at Kelly Field, the port’s industrial airport. This will provide direct access to the airport from the port and the area will be suitable for the construction of new hangars, workshops and other facilities to support the growth of the region’s aerospace industry.
There are already 14 aerospace-based companies at Port San Antonio with an employment base of 4,000 and generating $1.5 billion in local economic activity each year. The new road could support as many as 8,000 additional aerospace jobs. The extension also improves access to the existing industrial park.
The 36th Street project between Highway 90 and Billy Mitchell Boulevard represents a longstanding collaboration between Port San Antonio, the City of San Antonio, CPS Energy, San Antonio Water System (SAWS), the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the3499 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the US 2410 Federal Highway Administration.
The first phase was completed in 2005 when TxDOT improved the intersection of Highway 90 and 36th Street. The project’s main component--the extension of the road into the heart of the Port--broke ground in 2010. As additional resources are identified, the road could extend beyond Port San Antonio toward the south and connect to IH-35 and other regional economic engines, including1013 Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Texas and Texas A&M University-San Antonio, as envisaged in the city’s major thoroughfare plan. With its proximity to State Highway 151 near State Highway 90, in time the 36th Street extension will become part of a new trade corridor connecting western and southern Bexar County.
There are already 14 aerospace-based companies at Port San Antonio with an employment base of 4,000 and generating $1.5 billion in local economic activity each year. The new road could support as many as 8,000 additional aerospace jobs. The extension also improves access to the existing industrial park.
The 36th Street project between Highway 90 and Billy Mitchell Boulevard represents a longstanding collaboration between Port San Antonio, the City of San Antonio, CPS Energy, San Antonio Water System (SAWS), the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the
The first phase was completed in 2005 when TxDOT improved the intersection of Highway 90 and 36th Street. The project’s main component--the extension of the road into the heart of the Port--broke ground in 2010. As additional resources are identified, the road could extend beyond Port San Antonio toward the south and connect to IH-35 and other regional economic engines, including
