Texas State Highway Spur 345

Spur 345 is a 4.538-mile-long (7.303 km) loop route through the city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. It follows a former route of U.S. Highway 87 (US 87), which it now separates from, about 4.5-mile (7.242 km) north of Balcones Heights on the outskirts of San Antonio, on the way into that city. The road is a major arterial for San Antonio and a main route into Balcones Heights, providing access to the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) headquarters as well as to the South Texas Medical Center.

State Highway Spur 345
Fredericksburg Road
Spur 345 highlighted in red
Route information
Length4.538 mi[1] (7.303 km)
Existed2014 as a Spur–present
Major junctions
South end I-410 in Balcones Heights
North end I-10 / US 87 in San Antonio
Location
CountiesBexar
Highway system
← Loop 344→ Loop 346

History

Spur 345 follows the original routing of US 87 on the northwest side of San Antonio.[1] The road was designated as US 87 along this stretch in 1935. It is named Fredericksburg Road because this road out of San Antonio was, at that time, the main route to Fredericksburg, about 65-mile (104.607 km) north of San Antonio.[2] On January 26, 1962, when US 87 was rerouted onto a freeway to the east of this section of the Fredericksburg Road, the route was signed as Business US 87 but designated as Business US 87 until 1990, when it was kept as Loop 345.[1] On December 18, 2014 the section from IH-410 south to IH-10 was removed from the state highway system and the rest was redesignated as Spur 345 as part of TxDOT's San Antonio turnback program, which gave 21.8 miles of roads to the city.[3] The original turnback proposal would have turned back over 129 miles and decommissioned the section of Loop 345 south of Balcones Heights as well (renaming the last section from I-410 to Balcones Heights as Spur 345), but the city of San Antonio said no to that proposal.[4]

Route description

Spur 345 follows Fredericksburg Road from Interstate 10 northwest of Downtown San Antonio towards the northwest, ending at Balcones Heights. The road passes through Balcones Heights, providing access to Crossroads Mall before a junction with Interstate 410.[5]

Junction list

The entire route is in Bexar County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Balcones Heights0.00.0 I-410 (Conally Loop) – SATI-410 exit 15.
San Antonio4.5387.303 I-10 / US 87 (McDermott Freeway)I-10 exit 567 eastbound, 567B westbound.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 345". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 87". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  3. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-approves-switch-in-road-maintenance-5189753.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/City-officials-say-no-to-TxDOT-turnback-program-4997151.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Google (2008-02-22). "overview map of Loop 345" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
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