Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Celebrating the 50th: Getting to UTSA

(Sept. 6, 2019) -- When UTSA’s new campus opened in 1975 in northwest San Antonio, one of its main points of access was the newly built UTSA Boulevard. The city created the roadway, stretching from Interstate 10 to Babcock Road, to provide increased accessibility, since Loop 1604 at the time was a narrow farm-to-market road.

During those early days, the route handled a lot of traffic, as documented by university photographer John Poindexter.

>> Read the rest of this story and see Poindexter's images and relive other memories from UTSA’s history as we celebrate UTSA’s 50th Anniversary.


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The University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.

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