Driven Out

An aerial view of I-35 from the Fiesta Mart. The upper decks stretch into the distance. The Austin skyline is in the background. It's a clear, sunny day but the horizon is just a bit hazy. — The upper decks are coming down. The highway is widening out. Dozens of homes and businesses will be forced to leave. They've already started to receive notice.

Driven Out

As TxDOT gears up for the largest expansion of I-35 in Austin's history, we're taking a closer look at the homes and businesses facing the wrecking ball.

Business

Progress Coffee's fresh start in Austin cut short by I-35 expansion

Nathan Bernier

The locally owned cafe is being driven out within two years of opening as the I-35 expansion steams ahead.
Transportation

Whip In won't be torn down for I-35 expansion, reversing earlier plans

Nathan Bernier

Early plans called for the almost 40-year-old restaurant, bar and music venue to be pushed off the map. Instead, it will lose one of two parking lots.
Transportation

With I-35 expansion, Austin gem Nature's Treasures is being forced to move

Nathan Bernier

The popular crystal store sees opportunity in being forced out, but the relocation will come with costs.
Transportation

Austin Chronicle's historic headquarters to be paved over for I-35

Nathan Bernier

The newspaper's building on the frontage road was once home to the 150-year-old Elgin-Butler Brick Co., which supplied bricks for the Capitol and UT.
Transportation

I-35 expansion will force out Spanish-immersion day care, scrambling plans for 200 kids

Nathan Bernier

Escuelita del Alma has been at I-35 and 32nd Street since 2008, when the day care was forced to leave its Congress Avenue location to make way for a hotel.
Transportation

Austinites in the path of wider I-35 prepare to be pushed out

Nathan Bernier

Relocation is becoming a reality for homes and businesses in the highway's new footprint.