AUSTIN · HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
Austin freeway construction photo archive
Return to Austin work zones recorded from 2000 through 2004. The photographs and original accounts are arranged by corridor, then by the date of each archive visit.
Historical archive: project wording and completion notes reflect the source period. This page does not report current road conditions.
Before the lanes opened.
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US 183 North construction photographs
Published directory heading: US HWY 183 North Construction
Four dated visits follow work around Anderson Mill and the north end of the freeway.
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US 290, Texas 71 and I-35 interchange stack
Published directory heading: US290, TX71 & I35 Interchange Stack
Two archive chapters document the five-level stack on Austin's south side.
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I-35 North at US 290 construction photographs
Published directory heading: I-35 North at US290
One collected account follows the northern interchange from June 2000 through August 2001.
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SH 45 North construction photographs
Published directory heading: SH 45 North
Four dated visits document frontage-road and interchange work around Round Rock.
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LEGACY SOURCE RECORD · LAST UPDATED NOVEMBER 17, 2001
Austin project ledger preserved from November 2001
The table and completed-project notes below retain the data from the original Austin Construction directory. Dates, costs and status language are historical.
| Location | Cost ($ millions) | Start | Finish | Source description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-35 — US 290 south / SH 71 / Ben White Boulevard | 87.8 | 10/99 | 2003 | Build 71 main lanes, rebuild I-35, build 4 direct connectors |
| US 183 North | 50.5 | 10/99 | Q4/01 | Upgrade to 6 lane freeway with 6 lane feeders |
| I-35, north of Georgtown | 34.2 | 6/00 | 2002 | Add one lane in each direction for 6 lane freeway |