The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced that it awarded El Paso-based Jordan Foster Construction a $146 million contract to build the first phase of a project to reconstruct U.S. 90 between Interstate 410 and State Highway 21 in western Bexar County.

The main east-west corridor in western San Antonio handled approximately 60,000 to 70,000 vehicles each day in 2019, and city officials anticipate a doubling in traffic volumes by 2045.

If no improvements are constructed, the added congestion will cause travel times to increase to 70 minutes by 2045. With the expanded U.S. 90, travel times will be just 6-8 minutes, according to TxDOT.

The first phase includes construction with a 3.3-mi. stretch on U.S. 90 between I-410 and Loop 1604, a stretch of approximately 3.3-mi.

The first phase is expected to be completed by early 2030.

When work is complete, U.S. 90 will be a six-lane highway with three main lanes and continuous frontage roads in each direction. U.S. 90 is only four lanes in each direction now.

Plans also include a roundabout constructed on the south side of U.S. 90 at Ray Ellison Boulevard; sidewalk and intersection improvements; and upgraded shoulders and auxiliary lanes.

A second phase incorporates work from Loop 1604 to State Highway 211, about 4.3 mi.

That cost for that phase hasn't been determined, although TxDOT anticipates work possibly beginning in 2028 and lasting for four years. This phase of the project hasn't been funded, nor has a contractor been announced. 