The San Antonio Water System is working on a project that will cause intermittent road closures in the vicinity of Walters Street at Commerce Street for a few weeks. When the closures are in effect, so are the following detours for route 515 Southcross.

Northbound
From Walters at Commerce, right on Commerce
Left on Grimes Street
Left on Center Street
Right on Walters
Continue regular route

Southbound
From Walters at Center, left on Center
Right on Grimes
Right on Commerce
Left on Walters
Continue regular route

Start: August 14, 2018
End: September 04, 2018

Due to a paving project, route 28 Porter will be on detours until further notice.

Outbound
From Porter Street at Peidmont Avenue, right on Piedmont
Left on Denver Boulevard
Left on New Braunfels Avenue
Right on Porter
Continue regular route

Inbound
From Porter at New Braunfels, right on New Braunfels
Left on Delmar Street
Left on Aransas Avenue
Left on Peidmont
Right on Porter
Continue regular route

Start: August 14, 2018
End: December 31, 2018

Due to a Public Works project, the following detours will be in place for 20 New Braunfels Frequent through September 2018.

Outbound
From Josephine Street at Broadway Street, right on Broadway
Left on Grayson Street
Right on Austin Street
Continue regular route

Inbound
From Austin at Grayson, left on Grayson
Right on Broadway
Left on Josephine
Continue regular route

Start: August 14, 2018
End: September 30, 2018

Due to ongoing construction, route 651 Deco District/Castle Hills will be on the following detours until further notice.

Northbound
From Mariposa Drive at Santa Paula Avenue, left on Santa Paula
Right on Gardina
Right on Buckeye Avenue
Right on Basse Road
Continue regular route

Southbound
From Basse at Neer, continue on Basse
Left on Buckeye
Left on Mariposa
Continue regular route

Start: August 07, 2018
End: December 31, 2018

Due to a project by a private contractor, route 509 Hildebrand will be on the following detours until further notice.

Eastbound
From Shadwell Drive at Colleen Drive, right on Colleen
Left on John Page Drive
Left on Wild Cherry Drive
Right on Alexander Hamilton Drive
Right on Cheryl Drive
Continue regular route

Westbound
From Cheryl at Alexander Hamilton, left on Alexander Hamilton
Right on Colleen
Left on Shadwell
Continue regular route

Start: August 07, 2018
End: December 31, 2018

Construction activities in Converse have made it necessary to place route 21 Kirby/Converse on detour until further notice.

Outbound
From FM 1516 at FM 78, right on FM 78
Left on Converse Center Street
Right on S. Seguin Road
Continue regular route

Start: July 10, 2018
End: December 31, 2018

Due to ongoing construction, route 651 Deco District/Castle Hills will be on the following detours until further notice.

Outbound
From Neer Avenue at San Francisco Street, right on San Francisco
Left on Santa Paula Avenue
Left on Pasadena Street
Right on Neer
Continue regular route

Inbound
From Neer at Pasadena, left on Pasadena
Right on Santa Paula
Right on San Francisco
Left on Neer
Continue regular route

Start: July 03, 2018
End: December 31, 2018

Route changes and stop closures in the Downtown San Antonio area due to major construction in the area which begun June 25, 2018 and will continue for up to two years. The City of San Antonio’s street improvements project will affect travel on Commerce Street between North Santa Rosa Avenue and North St. Mary’s Street. Lane closures will also occur on Buena Vista Street/Dolorosa and West Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard between South Santa Rosa Avenue and South Frio Street. VIA service will be detoured to alternate routes during this time. A map of expected changes is provided below.

While on detour please note the texting service (52020), automated trip planning and next bus digital signage will not be accurate for stops and routes affected.

Detours to the following routes went into effect June 25:
2, 3, 9, 10, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 34, 42, 51, 70, 75, 77, 82, 88, 93, 94, and 100.

Visit our Downtown Detours Page for detailed information.

Start: June 27, 2018
End: June 30, 2020

UPDATE: 6/25/2018 – Timeline extended for hotel construction work at St. Mary’s and Commerce.

Construction at the intersection of St. Mary’s and Commerce Streets performed by from May 6, 2018 to Mid August will have several VIA bus routes on varying detours, which are listed. The table below shows bus stop closures affected by the construction, as well as corresponding temporary stops.

Routes 28, 30, 32, 36, 54, 67, 95, and 97
From St. Mary’s at Martin, right on Martin
Left on Flores
Left on Dolorosa
Continue onto Market
Right on St. Mary’s
Continue regular route

Routes 6, 7, and 79
From Martin at St. Mary’s, continue on Martin
Left on Flores
Left on Dolorosa
Continue onto Market
Right on St. Mary’s
Continue regular route

Routes 2 to 34, 82 to 51, and 88 to 42
From Flores at Pecan, continue on Flores
Left on Dolorosa
Continue onto Market
Right on St. Mary’s
Continue regular route

The table below shows routes that travel along St. Mary’s Street and are affected by the construction at St. Mary’s and Commerce streets. Some stops are closed and have corresponding temporary stops.

Start: May 14, 2018
End: August 31, 2018

Due to ongoing construction, route 505 Basse will be on three sets of detours until further notice.

Set 1

Eastbound
From Eisenhauer Road at Kingston Drive, right on Kingston
Left on Diamondhead Drive
Left on Glendora Avenue
Left on Eisenhauer
Right on Dell Oak Drive
Continue regular route

Set 2

Eastbound
From Dell Oak at Lanark Drive, right on Lanark
Left on Elkhorn Drive
Left on Overland Drive
Left on Lakeshore Drive
Right on Hartline Drive
Continue regular route

Westbound
From Hartline at Lakeshore, left on Lakeshore
Right on Overland
Right on Elkhorn
Right on Lanark
Left on Dell Oak
Continue regular route

Start: May 09, 2018
End: June 09, 2019

Due to construction in the area, route 70 Cesar Chavez will be on the following detours through August 2018.

Outbound
From Cesar Chavez Boulevard at Navidad Street, right on Navidad
Left on Saunders Avenue
Left on Zarzamora Street
Right on Cesar Chavez
Continue regular route

Inbound
From Cesar Chavez at Zarzamora, left on Zarzamora
Right on Saunders
Right on Navidad
Left on Cesar Chavez
Continue regular route

Start: May 09, 2018
End: August 31, 2018

The following routes and/or schedules will be modified to adjust for recent lane/road closures in the Downtown area:

17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 70, 75, 77, 93, 94, 100 and all lineup routes

Routes with other service changes include:

2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 20, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 51, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 76, 79, 82, 88, 89, 90, 96, 97, 520, 550/551, 640, 641 and 642

See the detailed August Service Changes here.

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On Monday, July 30, 2018 the following bus stop changes will go into effect:

Stop 92899 – Starcrest at Skyblue
This is a new bus stop that will serve route 648.

Stop 24959 – Woodlawn at Grant
This stop, which serves route 90, is being moved from the near side of the intersection to the far side.

In addition to the stop changes above, the following two bus stops will be closed on Thursday, August 2:

Stop 92929 – Bitters opposite Blanche Coker, route 648 (nearest service is at new stop on Starcrest at Skyblue)

Stop 31497 – S. St. Mary’s opposite Florida, routes 34 and 42 (nearest service is on S. St. Mary’s at Barbe)

Start: July 26, 2018
End: August 31, 2018