Interstate 37
{{Short description|Interstate Highway in South Texas}}
{{Distinguish|Texas State Highway 37}}
{{Good article}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox road
| state = TX
| type = I
| route = 37
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|from=Interstate 37.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-37 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 143.00
| length_ref = {{Cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=November 20, 2023 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=Federal Highway Administration}}
| established = October 16, 1959{{TxDOT|IH|37|access-date=February 27, 2008}}
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=TX|US|181|SH|35}} at Corpus Christi
| junction = {{Plainlist|
- {{Jct|state=TX|I|69E|US|77}} in Corpus Christi
- {{Jct|state=TX|I-Future|69W|I-Future|69C|US|59|US|281}} near George West
- {{Jct|state=TX|US|181}} in San Antonio
- {{Jct|state=TX|I|410|US|281}} in San Antonio
- {{Jct|state=TX|I|10|US|87|US|90}} in San Antonio
}}
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=TX|I|35|US|281}} in San Antonio
| counties = Nueces, San Patricio, Live Oak, Atascosa, Bexar
| previous_type = TX
| previous_route = 36
| next_type = TX
| next_route = 37
}}
File:Interstate 37 from the Tower of the Americas IMG_4598.JPG in San Antonio]]
Interstate 37 (I-37{{refn|Some sources use "IH-37", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.{{cite web |author = Transportation Planning and Programming Division |date = n.d. |url = https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-planning/highway-designation/glossary.html |title = Highway Designations Glossary |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |access-date = May 20, 2020 }}|group=lower-alpha}}) is a {{convert|143|mi|km|adj=on}} Interstate Highway located within the southern portion of the US state of Texas. The highway was first designated in 1959 as a route between Corpus Christi and San Antonio. Construction in the urban areas of Corpus Christi and San Antonio began in the 1960s, and the segments of the Interstate Highway in rural areas were completed by the 1980s. Prior to I-37, the route between Corpus Christi and San Antonio was served by a combination of State Highway 9 (SH 9) from Corpus Christi to Three Rivers and US Highway 281 (US 281) from Three Rivers to San Antonio. As a result of the construction of I-37, SH 9 was removed from the State Highway System (the designation would be reinstated to another highway in 2014).
The highway begins in Corpus Christi at US 181 and SH 35 and heads north to San Antonio, where it ends at I-35. Beyond I-35, the freeway continues as US 281 to northern San Antonio as a major freeway. In Corpus Christi, the highway provides access to the downtown area, the Port of Corpus Christi, and Corpus Christi International Airport. In San Antonio, it provides access to Downtown San Antonio, Brooks City-Base, the Alamodome, the Tower of the Americas, the San Antonio River Walk, the Alamo, and, by extension via US 281, San Antonio International Airport. The route provides an important connection between I-35 and the Texas Gulf Coast as well as one of the few limited-access hurricane evacuation routes away from the southern Texas coast.
Route description
I-37 starts near the Gulf Coast in Corpus Christi and heads northwest toward San Antonio. It links South Texas to the northern parts of the state via I-69E, US 77, and US 281. The highway functions as one of the few freeway hurricane evacuation routes for the southern Texas coast. It roughly parallels US 181, which both begins and ends at I-37, and US 281.
File:I-37 north of Corpus Christi.jpg
Unofficially, I-37 begins at an intersection with Shoreline Boulevard on the edge of Corpus Christi Bay. It then heads west as a surface street for three blocks where it becomes entrance and exit ramps which connect to the freeway.{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=27.801273,-97.395505&spn=0.005476,0.008969&sll=27.800409,-97.395859&sspn=0.005476,0.008969&geocode=FT46qAEduusx-g%3BFe4uqAEdRs4x-g&t=h&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=17&z=17|title=East of I-37 in Corpus Christi|access-date=April 20, 2013}} I-37 begins officially at the gore point for these ramps, which is part of an interchange complex that also represents the southern ends of US 181 and SH 35.{{cite web|url=http://www.tnris.org/get-data?quicktabs_maps_data=1|title=Maps & Data|year=2012|publisher=Texas Natural Resources Information System|access-date=April 20, 2013|format=ESRI shapefile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530105748/http://www.tnris.org/get-data?quicktabs_maps_data=1|archive-date=May 30, 2013|url-status=dead}}
It heads west from US 181 through Corpus Christi and intersects two freeways, SH 286 (the Crosstown Expressway) at exit 1C and SH 358 (Padre Island Drive) at exit 4A. The highway turns toward the northwest after the SH 358 interchange roughly parallel to the south of the Nueces River. Just prior to leaving the Corpus Christi city limits, it intersects and has a short concurrency with US 77 (future I-69E). US 77 (future I-69E) merges with I-37 as a freeway from the south at exit 14A northbound and exit 14 southbound; the two continue to the north and split after crossing the Nueces River. The Interstate continues to the northwest as US 77 (future I-69E) continues to the northeast at exit 17.
I-37 transitions to a rural setting once outside of the Corpus Christi city limits on its way to Mathis and Lake Corpus Christi. It continues on to the northwest and intersects US 59 (future I-69W) east of George West at exit 56. It begins paralleling US 281 to the east before the two intersect at exit 72 and have a concurrency north of Three Rivers near Choke Canyon Reservoir. Alternate US 281 (Alt. US 281) splits off from I-37 near Sunniland at exit 76 and parallels I-37 before rejoining north of Campbellton at exit 92 southbound. The two routes remain concurrent until US 281 splits off at exit 104 northbound to head to Pleasanton, while I-37 bypasses the city to the east. After US 281 leaves toward the northwest, I-37 turns to the north toward San Antonio.
File:I-37, I-410 interchange, San Antonio, Texas.JPG
As I-37 enters the San Antonio city limits, it intersects the northern terminus of US 181 at exit 132 southbound (this is according to the Texas Department of Transportation, or TxDOT; the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, or AASHTO, extends US 181 northward to the northern terminus of I-37). Continuing to the north, it intersects I-410, the inner loop around San Antonio, at exit 133 at a stack interchange. At this junction, the Interstate once again runs concurrently with US 281 which had been concurrent with I-410. Heading north through the south side of San Antonio, I-37 provides access to Brooks City-Base (formerly Brooks Air Force Base). After exit 135, a cloverleaf interchange at Loop 13, the freeway turns toward the northwest. The highway intersects I-10, which is concurrent with US 90 and US 87, at exit 139 at a stack interchange on the southeastern corner of Downtown San Antonio. After the interchange, it once again heads north on the east side of downtown. It passes near the Alamodome, Tower of the Americas, San Antonio River Walk, and Alamo. I-37 ends at the northeastern corner of downtown at exits 142A and 142B at a junction with I-35. US 281 continues to the north as a freeway and provides access to San Antonio International Airport and later far north central Texas.
From I-410 to I-10 in San Antonio, I-37 is designated the Lucian Adams Freeway, after the World War II veteran. Adams is a native of Port Arthur and received the Medal of Honor for his service in France, along with the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart, for his gallantry during the Battle of Monte Cassino.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=11141 |title= Lucian Adams |publisher=Texas State Cemetery |access-date= February 27, 2008}} From I-10 to its northern terminus at I-35, it is designated the Staff Sergeant William J. Bordelon Freeway. Bordelon was the first San Antonio native to receive the Medal of Honor after being killed in action during WWII.{{cite news |url= http://www.cchs-satx.org/vnews/display.v/ART/4aae43d1eb11e |publisher= Central Catholic High School |date= September 14, 2009 |title= Signs designating William J. Bordelon Expressway unveiled |access-date= April 9, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110912000733/http://www.cchs-satx.org/vnews/display.v/ART/4aae43d1eb11e |archive-date= September 12, 2011 }}{{cite web |last= Leatherwood |first= Art |title= Bordelon, William James |work= Handbook of Texas Online |publisher= Texas State Historical Association |url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbosc |access-date= April 9, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120129020742/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbosc |archive-date= January 29, 2012 |url-status= dead }}
History
Prior to I-37, the routing between Corpus Christi and San Antonio was covered by SH 9 from Corpus Christi to Three Rivers and US 281 from Three Rivers to San Antonio. Beginning in 1971, sections of SH 9 were officially removed from the State Highway System as I-37 was completed.{{TxDOT|SH|9|access-date=February 27, 2008 |link=no}} No sections of US 281 were removed from the State Highway System as a result of the construction of I-37, but the two do share the same alignment at two different points between San Antonio and Three Rivers. Also, US 281 was rerouted onto I-37 in San Antonio in 1978.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=2568522560958495253,27.801020,-97.395701%3B6464171849619486050,29.438726,-98.477498&saddr=I-37+N+%4027.801020,+-97.395701&daddr=US-281+N+%4029.438726,+-98.477498&doflg=ptm&sll=28.61835,-97.938615&sspn=3.187023,5.108643&ie=UTF8&z=8 |title= Overview map of I-37 |access-date= February 25, 2008}}{{TxDOT|SS|536|access-date= March 8, 2008 |link=no}}{{TxDOT|SS|537|access-date= March 8, 2008 |link= no}}
I-37 was first designated in 1959 to provide a route between San Antonio and Corpus Christi, and construction began in the 1960s. The $11-million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|11000000|1969}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}) project to construct the interchange with I-10 was at the time the largest single contract in the history of the state highway commission.{{cite news|title=SA Project Top Single Road Job|work=Austin Statesman|date=April 2, 1965|id={{ProQuest|1521826279}}}} {{subscription required}} The route was completed by the 1980s.{{cite report |url= http://tti.tamu.edu/interstate_anniversary/white_paper/ |title= From Anywhere to Everywhere: The Development of the Interstate Highway System in Texas |last1= Beaumont |first1= Penny |last2= Brinkmann |first2= Rhonda |last3= Ellis |first3= David |last4= Pourteau |first4= Chris |last5= Webb |first5= Brandon V. |year= 2006 |publisher= Texas Transportation Institute |page= 32 |access-date= February 25, 2008 |format= PDF |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080107001953/http://tti.tamu.edu/interstate_anniversary/white_paper/white_paper.pdf |archive-date= January 7, 2008 }} The first sections of the freeway completed were in Corpus Christi. The freeway was completed from its southern terminus to {{convert|1.2|mi|km}} to the west at the Port Avenue overpass to include the SH 286 interchange in 1963.{{cite web |author= Staff |url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406067 |title= Staples Street overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406065 |title= Brownlee Street overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406063 |title= SH 286 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406060 |title= Port Avenue overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=15654451446429096845,27.801340,-97.395350%3B13624965309344525125,27.798210,-97.414227&saddr=I-37+N+%4027.801340,+-97.395350&daddr=I-37+N+%4027.798210,+-97.414227&doflg=ptm&sll=27.799655,-97.40479&sspn=0.023878,0.024419&ie=UTF8&z=15 |title= Southern terminus to Port Avenue |access-date= April 7, 2008}} In 1964, the freeway was extended another {{convert|1.1|mi|km}} westward with the completion of the overpasses at Nueces Bay and Buddy Lawrence boulevards.{{cite web |author= Staff |url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406072|title=Nueces Bay Boulevard overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406070|title=Buddy Lawrence Boulevard overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=13624965309344525125,27.798210,-97.414227%3B11077645556041266954,27.802517,-97.430838&saddr=I-37+N+%4027.798210,+-97.414227&daddr=I-37+N+%4027.802517,+-97.430838&doflg=ptm&sll=27.800362,-97.422552&sspn=0.023878,0.024419&ie=UTF8&z=15 |title= Port Avenue to Buddy Lawrence Boulevard |access-date= April 7, 2008 |link= no}} By 1965, the freeway had been extended west {{convert|1.4|mi|km}} to Navigation Boulevard.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406075 |title= Navigation Boulevard overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=11077645556041266954,27.802517,-97.430838%3B5354723483406860925,27.803968,-97.453341&saddr=I-37+N+%4027.802517,+-97.430838&daddr=I-37+N+%4027.803968,+-97.453341&doflg=ptm&sll=27.803247,-97.442079&sspn=0.023877,0.024419&ie=UTF8&z=15 |title= Buddy Lawrence Boulevard to Navigation Boulevard |access-date= April 7, 2008 |link= no}} In 1966, the interchange at SH 358 was complete, as were the mainlanes to Corn Products Road, {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} west of the SH 358 interchange.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406083 |title= SH 358 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406079 |title= Corn Products Road overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=5354723483406860925,27.803968,-97.453341%3B8455734148794798386,27.804540,-97.467914%3B2735235264550711492,27.805159,-97.484440&saddr=I-37+N+%4027.804540,+-97.467914&daddr=I-37+N+%4027.805159,+-97.484440&mra=pr&doflg=ptm&sll=27.805069,-97.476196&sspn=0.023877,0.024419&ie=UTF8&z=15 |title= SH 358 to Corn Products Road |access-date= April 7, 2008 |link= no}} By 1968, the freeway had been completed an additional {{convert|8.1|mi|km}} further west to Callicoatte Road.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161780007406096 |title= Callicoatte Road overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=2735235264550711492,27.805159,-97.484440%3B3511226754397856169,27.857017,-97.601838&saddr=I-37+N+%4027.805159,+-97.484440&daddr=I-37+N+%4027.857017,+-97.601838&doflg=ptm&sll=27.83109,-97.54314&sspn=0.19097,0.195351&ie=UTF8&z=12 |title= Corn Products Road to Callicoatte Road |access-date= April 7, 2008 |link= no}} The southbound I-37 bridge over the Nueces River was built in 1933 for US 77 (future I-69E) when it was first routed through Corpus Christi.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=162050007405199 |title= Southbound Nueces River bridge |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{TxDOT|US|77|access-date= February 29, 2008 |link=no}} The northbound bridge was built in 1958 with the expansion of US 77 (future I-69E) to four lanes.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=162050007405048 |title= Northbound Nueces River bridge |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}
File:Interstate 37, southern terminus.jpg]]
Construction in San Antonio also began in the 1960s and was completed in 1972. The first sections were completed in 1967 to include the portion just south of I-410 at the US 181 interchange.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308080 |title= US 181 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} The section from Steves Avenue north to Florida Street to include the I-10 interchange was also complete in 1967.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308043 |title= Steves Avenue overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308031 |title= Florida Street overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308041 |title= I-10 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} In 1968, the section south of I-410 was extended south to Loop 1604.{{cite web |author= staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007309091 |title= Loop 1604 overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} In 1969, the two sections were connected with the completion of overpasses at Goliad Road, Pecan Valley Drive, Fair Avenue, and Hackberry Street as well as the completion of the interchanges at I-410 and Loop 13.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308054 |title= Goliad Road overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308052 |title= Pecan Valley Drive overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308046 |title= Fair Avenue overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308044 |title= Hackberry Street overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308198 |title= I-410 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308202 |title= Loop 13 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} The last sections left were on the eastside of downtown. The downtown overpasses at Durango Boulevard, Commerce Street, and the overpass stretching from Houston Street to Jones Avenue were all completed in 1972.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308269 |title= Durango Boulevard overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308267 |title= Commerce Street overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150007308266 |title= Houston Street to Jones Avenue overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} The last portion completed in San Antonio was the stack interchange at I-35 (also known as the San Antonio "Downtown Mixer"), near the Pearl Brewery. With the completion of the interchange in 1972,{{cite web |author= Staff |url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150150001710295 |title= IH 35 & IH 37 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} the city had a complete freeway loop in conjunction with I-10 and I-35 around the central business district of the city. At the time construction began in July 1969, the I-35 interchange was the largest highway construction project in state history at $11 million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|11000000|1969}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}{{Inflation/fn|index=US-GDP}}).{{cite web |url= http://www.texasfreeway.com/SanAntonio/historic/photos/texas_highways_images/txhwys_june71_sanantonio_i35_i37_2e.shtml |title= Where the Freeways Meet |work= Texas Highways |date= June 1971 |last= Kelly |first= Frank G. |access-date= February 27, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080513154133/http://www.texasfreeway.com/SanAntonio/historic/photos/texas_highways_images/txhwys_june71_sanantonio_i35_i37_2e.shtml |archive-date= May 13, 2008 |url-status= dead }}
File:I-37 - US 77 interchange.jpg
The rural sections of the freeway were completed later than those in the urban areas. Construction of the highway in Corpus Christi and Nueces County continued north over the Nueces River into San Patrico County. The interchange at US 77 (future I-69E) was completed in 1969.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=162050007405112 |title= US 77 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} The road that was already in existence along this stretch, SH 9, would be utilized as a frontage road as many of the bridges along this stretch were from when SH 9 was built in the 1930s.{{cite web|url=http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=162050007404009|title=Arroyo Nombre de Dios Bridge |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=162050007405038 |title= SH 234 frontage overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} The mainlanes were extended northward to SH 234 in 1969.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=162050007405109 |title= SH 234 overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} By 1970, the freeway had been extended as far north as SH 188.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=162050007404121 |title= SH 188 overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} In 1971, I-37 reached Farm to Market Road 888 (FM 888) and service to the city of Mathis.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161490007402134 |title= FM 888 overpass |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} During the mid-1970s, the southern section and northern section were both being extended. The southern section was extended northward in Live Oak County to US 59 (future I-69W) in 1975 and FM 799 in 1976.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161490007402148 |title= US 59 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161490007401166 |title= FM 799 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} The northern section saw completion in Atascosa County to FM 541 in 1975 and FM 1099 in 1976.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150070007305153 |title= FM 541 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=150070007306172 |title= FM 1099 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} By the early 1980s, the freeway was nearly complete. In 1980, the interchange at US 281 southeast of Pleasanton was complete.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161490007307247 |title= US 281 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}} With the completion of the interchange at SH 72 and other bridges in the Pleasanton area in 1981, I-37 was complete.{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161490007401185 |title= SH 72 interchange |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://nationalbridges.com/nbi_record.php?StateCode=48&struct=161490007401183 |title= Rock Quarry Branch Bridge |work= National Bridge Inventory |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |access-date= February 29, 2008}}{{dead link|date=November 2011}}
Exit list
{{TXint|exit
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|notes=At-grade intersection
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|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; to be demolished in the summer of 2025}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=0.44
|exit=1A
|road=Buffalo Street
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
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|road=Brownlee Boulevard, Port Avenue
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
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|mile2=1.33
|mspan=2
|exit=1C
|espan=2
|ospan=2
|road={{jct|state=TX|TX|286|dir1=south|name1=Crosstown Expressway|extra=hospital}}
|notes=Access to Spohn Memorial Hospital}}
{{TXint
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|notes=Under construction; to open in June 2025}}
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|road=Port Avenue
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=2.12
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|exit=1E
|road=Lawrence Drive, Nueces Bay Boulevard
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=3.27
|exit=2
|road=Up River Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=3.92
|exit=3A
|road=Navigation Boulevard
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
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|road=McBride Lane, Lantana Street
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=4.78
|exit=4A
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|notes=}}
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|type=incomplete
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|exit=4B
|road=Lantana Street, McBride Lane
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=5.82
|exit=5
|road=Corn Products Road / Valero Way
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=7.01
|exit=6
|road=Southern Minerals Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=8.31
|mile2=8.55
|exit=7
|road=Tuloso Road, Suntide Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=10.15
|exit=9
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|2292|road|Up River Road|name1=Rand Morgan Road}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=11.23
|exit=10
|road=Carbon Plant Road/Joe Fulton Int'l Trade Corridor
|notes=Southbound exit leads to Carbon Plant Road}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=11.34
|exit=10A
|road=Joe Fulton Int'l Trade Corridor
|notes=southbound exit; northbound exit is part of exit 10}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=11.95
|exit=11A
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|3386|name1=McKinzie Road}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=12.59
|exit=11B
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|24|name1=Violet Road|road|Hart Road}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=13.89
|exit=13A
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1694|name1=Callicoatte Road|road|Leopard Street}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=14.66
|exit=13B
|road=Sharpsburg Road
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=15.22
|exit=14A
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|69E|dir1=south|US|77|dir2=south|city1=Kingsville|city2=Robstown|city3=Brownsville|extra=hospital}}
|notes=South end of US 77 overlap; current northern end of I-69E, signed as exit 14 southbound; access to Corpus Christi Medical Center-Northwest}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=15.47
|exit=14B
|road=Red Bird Lane
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=15.96
|exit=15
|road=Sharpsburg Road, Red Bird Lane
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=17.01
|exit=16
|road=Labonte Park
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
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|county=San Patricio
|cspan=7
|location=none
|mile=18.04
|exit=17
|road={{jct|state=TX|I-Future|69E|US|77|dir1=north|dir2=north|city1=Victoria|city2=Sinton}}
|notes=North end of US 77 overlap; US 77 is the future Interstate 69E}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=20.46
|exit=20A
|road=Picnic Area
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=21.47
|exit=20B
|road=Cooper Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Edroy
|mile=23.42
|mile2=23.94
|exit=22
|road={{jct|state=TX|TX|234|FM|796|city1=Edroy|city2=Odem}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=31.75
|exit=31
|road={{jct|state=TX|TX|188|city1=Sinton|city2=Rockport}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=Mathis
|lspan=2
|mile=35.21
|exit=34
|road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|459|city1=Mathis|city2=Alice}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=36.83
|exit=36
|road={{jct|state=TX|TX|359|city1=Skidmore|city2=Mathis}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|county=Live Oak
|cspan=11
|location=none
|mile=41.05
|exit=40
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|888}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=47.88
|exit=47
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|534|FM|3024|city1=Swinney Switch}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=51.87
|exit=51
|road=Hailey Ranch Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=57.17
|exit=56
|road={{jct|state=TX|Future|69W|US|59|city1=George West|city2=Beeville}}
|notes=US 59 is the future Interstate 69W}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=60.41
|exit=59
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|799}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=66.43
|exit=65
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1358|city1=Oakville}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=proposed
|location=none
|mile=68.60
|exit=68
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|81}}
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{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=69.88
|exit=69
|road={{jct|state=TX|TX|72|city1=Three Rivers|city2=Kenedy}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=73.55
|exit=72
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|notes=South end of US 281 overlap}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=77.40
|exit=76
|road={{jct|state=TX|US-Alt|281|FM|2049|city1=Whitsett}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=84.19
|exit=83
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|99|city1=Whitsett|city2=Karnes City}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|county=Atascosa
|cspan=10
|location=none
|mile=89.52
|exit=88
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|1099|city1=Campbellton}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=none
|mile=93.31
|exit=92
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|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=99.09
|exit=98
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|541|city1=McCoy|countydab1=Atascosa|city2=Poth}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=104.85
|exit=103
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|281|dir1=north|city1=Pleasanton}}
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{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=none
|mile=105.32
|exit=104
|road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|199|name1=Leal Road}}
|notes=No southbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=107.34
|exit=106
|road=Coughran Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=110.73
|exit=109
|road={{jct|state=TX|TX|97|city1=Pleasanton|city2=Floresville}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=114.73
|exit=113
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|3006}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=118.48
|exit=117
|road={{jct|state=TX|FM|536}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=proposed
|location=none
|mile=119.00
|exit=118
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|57}}
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{{TXint|exit
|county=Bexar
|cspan=20
|location=none
|mile=120.97
|exit=120
|road=Hardy Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=123.64
|exit=122
|road=Priest Road/Mathis Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=none
|mile=126.40
|exit=125
|road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|1604|name1=Anderson Loop|city1=Elmendorf}}
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|location=none
|mile=127.55
|exit=127
|road=San Antonio River Turnaround
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|location=San Antonio
|lspan=16
|mile=131.04
|exit=130
|road=Southton Road, Donop Road
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=132.88
|exit=132
|road={{jct|state=TX|Spur|122}}
|notes=Northbound exit and southbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=133.60
|exit=132
|road={{jct|state=TX|US|181|dir1=south|city1=Floresville}}
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=134.70
|exit=133
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|410|TX|130|US|281|dir3=south|name1=Connally Loop}}
|notes=South end of US 281 overlap; I-410 exit 41}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=136.47
|exit=135
|road={{jct|state=TX|Loop|13|name1=Military Drive|location1=Brooks City-Base|extra=airport}}
|notes=Access to Stinson Municipal Airport and Mission Trail Baptist Hospital}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=137.62
|exit=136
|road=Pecan Valley Drive
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=138.34
|exit=137
|road=Hot Wells Boulevard
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=138.98
|mile2=139.14
|exit=138
|road=New Braunfels Avenue, Southcross Boulevard
|notes=Signed as exits 138A (east) and 138B (west) southbound}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=139.84
|exit=138C
|road=Fair Avenue, Hackberry Street
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=140.77
|exit=139
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|10|US|87|US|90|name1=Jose Lopez Freeway|city1=El Paso|location2=Houston|city3=Victoria|city4=Del Rio}}
|notes=I-10 exit 575A}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=141.53
|mile2=141.61
|exit=140A
|road=Florida Street, Carolina Street
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=142.13
|exit=140B
|road=Cesar Chavez Boulevard – Alamodome
|notes=}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=142.69
|exit=141A
|road=Commerce Street – Downtown San Antonio
|notes=Signed as exit 141 northbound}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=142.90
|exit=141B
|road=Houston Street – The Alamo
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|type=incomplete
|mile=143.23
|exit=141C
|road=McCullough Avenue, Nolan Street
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance}}
{{TXint|exit
|mile=143.91
|exit=142
|road={{jct|state=TX|I|35|name1=Pan Am Expressway|city1=Austin|city2=Laredo}}
{{jct|state=TX|US|281|dir1=north|name1=McAllister Freeway|city1=Johnson City|location2=San Antonio International Airport }}
|notes=Signed as exits 142A (north) and 142B (south); I-35 exit 158; northern terminus; roadway continues beyond I-35 as US 281}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete,proposed}}
See also
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Notes
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References
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