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I-35 Expansion Clears Final Hurdle; Construction to Start Next Year
TxDOT releases final Environmental Impact Statement
"...include two new HOV lanes, the removal of the upper decks north of Downtown, and boulevard-style frontage road improvements...."

Aug. 21, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music
Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival
"...screamo makes hyphens cower in terror – clears the decks for album numero quatro. The ear-bleeding power trio already..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35
Riding on TxDOT's endless highway
"...is now. Since TxDOT plans to take down the upper deck between MLK and Airport boulevards, making the resulting..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund's newest Cannes' award-winning social satire falls flat
"...passengers’ stomachs. Vomit and excrement flood the cabins and decks, while the drunk captain (an ill-used Harrelson) and the..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Notice: Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
The fall schedule is heating up
"...rebuilding of I-35, throughout Central Austin – removing the upper decks, lowering the freeway below grade, and reconfiguring the..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin at Large: Too Late to Turn Back Now?
The long, slow slog to a new I-35 could still change direction
"...Hwy. 290 W./Ben White Blvd., which will remove the upper decks between MLK and Airport, depress the mainlanes through..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Damn the Analysis – Full Speed Ahead
City report cut to protect "false narrative" on LDC?
"...study of potential alternatives for I-35, "including removing the upper decks and lowering the highway between Airport Boulevard and..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Consensus? Conschmensus.
Majority rules ... absolutely
"...study of potential alternatives for I-35, "including removing the upper decks and lowering the highway between Airport Boulevard and..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Sen. Kirk Watson on the 86th Texas Legislature
“In Texas, we don’t focus on what our needs are; we focus on what we want to pay”
"...do feel pretty strongly about I-35, taking out the upper decks, and making it so you can have transit..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines
"...through Downtown Austin, and possibly do away with the upper decks spanning MLK Blvd. to Airport. Public open houses..."

Nov. 10, 2017 News Feature

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools
The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?
"...there's some bad news in Senate Bill 1, the upper chamber's drafted proposal. When senators unanimously approved it on..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Benefits From a Reconnected Austin?
"...facilities and schools in Austin were still segregated. (The upper decks were built in the early Seventies.)..."

Jan. 31, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

More Bad Weather, More Closures
UPDATE: A fresh chilly blast means more lousy driving conditions
"...I-35, S. Capital of Texas Highway • Southbound I-35 upper and lower decks..."

Jan. 28, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Reconnect Austin: Part One
The Great Depression
"...an intent similar to the current split between the upper and lower decks: Drivers who don't plan to exit..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Then There's This: Honk If You Prefer Walking
Young people are changing transportation trends as city rushes to catch up
"...and seeing the endless crawl and stall on the upper and lower decks of I-35. And you wouldn't know..."

May 24, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

'The Voice in My Head': Astros Must Sink to Reach for the Stars
Looking good, for 2015
"...of team colors pack places like Doc’s and the Upper Decks every NFL Sunday; the big games in other..."

Feb. 14, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

‘Downton’ or Bust
Financial ruin and a wedding in peril kick off season 3
"...– but that’s the last moment of calm below decks: Kitchen maid Daisy goes on strike when her promotion..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Turkey Chronicles: Deep Fried
Deep-frying your holiday bird
"...away from any flammable structure. Don’t fry on wood decks or concrete, which can be stained by the oil...."

Nov. 20, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Food-o-File
Gordon Ramsay scouts Texas, new chains arrive, and trailers go brick and mortar
"...Another new sports bar on the scene is the Upper Decks (301 Barton Springs Rd.), now open daily in..."

March 25, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Top 9 Letters of 2009
"...barricaded exits, roads, and parked cars on both the upper and lower decks of I-35, shining their high beams..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Features Feature by Mark Fagan

Texas Relays Given the Cold Shoulder
"...barricaded exits, roads, and parked cars on both the upper and lower decks of I-35, shining their high beams..."

April 5, 2009 Postmarks

Critical Mass Upper-Decks Austin, Celebrates Bike Blog's Birthday
Yay for bicycles!
"...made the somewhat questionable, group-think-motivated decision to bike the upper deck of I-35 from Martin Luther King Boulevard to..."

Oct. 1, 2008 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Attack of the Crickets
UT suffering under plague of field crickets
"...was so extreme, you could smell it on the upper floors of the tower through the ventilation system...."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...horrendous act of animal cruelty is happening on the upper decks of I-35. It is apparent that kittens are..."

July 23, 2004 Column

Stop Horrendous Acts of Animal Cruelty
"...horrendous act of animal cruelty is happening on the upper decks of I-35. It is apparent that kittens are..."

July 21, 2004 Postmarks

Coach's Corner
The XFLdebut: It has to get better, doesn't it?.
"...even the network's considerable technical expertise can't hide vacant upper decks, empty end zone bleachers, and large swaths of..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Day Trips
From Galveston to Cozumel on a Carnival cruise ship: food, gambling, food, and ruins.
"...hallway from where we entered the ship and seven decks below the morning coffee pot. The room would be..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Sea Cruise
Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.
"...A festive atmosphere permeates the fourth and fifth decks, where most of the clubs, restaurants, casino, shops, and..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Grow and Prosper
With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.
"...are too slow, keeping churchgoers away from the garage's upper decks. ASHP member Wechsler points out that much of..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Two Turntables and a Microphone
Austin's DJ Culture
"...getting her off the dance floor and behind the decks...."

May 29, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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