Border West Expressway

This aerial view of the Mexico–US border near the Sun Bowl stadium in El Paso, Texas, shows the state of construction of the Border West Expressway crossing above the railroad tracks (center), in December 2017. The neighborhood at the lower left is in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

The Border West Expressway is an under-construction highway in El Paso, Texas, intended as an alternate route to Interstate 10 to relieve traffic congestion in and around downtown El Paso.[1] Originally described as a Loop 375 extension, the project was renamed as Border West Expressway in 2014.[2]

As of March, 2018, the original completion date estimate of late 2017 has been pushed back to May 2019.[3]

A panoramic view from Sun Bowl Drive at the University of Texas at El Paso, toward the nearby residential neighborhood of Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, about 350 m away. This pass full of transportation arteries is the "Paso del Norte" after which El Paso is named, the route of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (royal road of the interior land) from Mexico to Santa Fe. In this narrow valley are the Interstate 10 freeway, the under-construction (in August 2018) Border West Expressway, the Union Pacific and BNSF railroads, US Highway 85 (Paisano Drive, CanAm Highway), a border fence, the American Canal, and the Rio Grande. The new expressway will mostly occupy space above the railroad tracks.

References

  1. ↑ "Border West Expressway". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Loop 375 Extension Now Called 'Border West Expressway'". El Paso Development News. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Ochoa, Adrian (9 March 2018). "Completion of Border West Expressway is delayed further". KVIA TV. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
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