For the thousands of drivers who use Hildebrand Avenue as a key connection between Interstate 10 and major roads around San Antonio, brace for major disruptions over the next six months. Crews are set to begin tearing up century-old water mains notorious for failures, which will mean total closures of the busy avenue through March of next year.
At the start of October, San Antonio Water System crews have been working along Hildebrand – the avenue that directly connects McCullough and San Pedro to I-10 – marking underground utilities, installing project signs and unfurling electronic message boards warning of impending closures. Now, in just a matter of weeks, those closures will begin to take shape on October 26.
“Once work starts, portions of Hildebrand will be completely closed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” a project update states…