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Why doesn’t I-10 go through Austin as it cuts across Texas?
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:36 pm
Helping my mom plan a drive from Cali to Fla. and happened to notice the path I-10 cuts across Texas. I never really paid much attention to the route of the interstate, but in Texas, I-10 seems to veer out of its way to hit San Antonio missing Austin in the process. Factor in that Austin is the state capital, it really does not make sense to me.
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Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:37 pm to Emteein
san antonio was a bigger city back then
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:38 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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san antonio was a bigger city back then
It’s a bigger city now
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:38 pm to Emteein
San Antonio was an older, bigger more established city. roads ran where history took them when/where it made sense
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:38 pm to Emteein
Because frick Austin.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:40 pm to Emteein
Probably because San Antonio has always been a major city in this country & sits almost parallel to Houston on the map going west through Texas when I-10 was built. Austin has only blown up to be a huge major city in the last 25 years. Thanks hipsters. That pretty much sums it up.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:40 pm to Emteein
El Paso 1126
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:42 pm to Emteein
Austin was not a large city when the interstate was built. San Antonio was
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:43 pm to Emteein
missed where you said cali to florida
This post was edited on 5/28/18 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:45 pm to Emteein
290 gets you there SH130 is sometimes faster depending where you are going
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:47 pm to robertLSU
Expand that map you were looking at and view I-10 coming from the west to the east.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:48 pm to Emteein
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Factor in that Austin is the state capital, it really does not make sense to me.
Traffic in austin is awful
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:51 pm to Emteein
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Expand that map you were looking at and view I-10 coming from the west to the east.
This does show what you are talking about, but in 1960 SA was 587K and Austin was 187K so they weren't going to bypass SA
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:52 pm to Emteein
If you are going west is it quicker to go through Austin or San Antonio?
Posted on 5/28/18 at 7:59 pm to Emteein
It's the southernmost route from coast to coast. Austin is not a logical part of that route.
Do any of you look at a map?
Do any of you look at a map?
Posted on 5/28/18 at 8:00 pm to Emteein
It’s fine...we’re fine...
Posted on 5/28/18 at 8:01 pm to Emteein
Because, LaGrange has a lot of nice girls HA...
Posted on 5/28/18 at 8:02 pm to Emteein
Because I-10 already has enough traffic on it.
Posted on 5/28/18 at 8:14 pm to Napoleon
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290 gets you there SH130 is sometimes faster depending where you are going
Most marriages don't last as long as the 290 construction.
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