Editing Interstate 37 (section)

{{Short description|Interstate Highway in South Texas}}
{{Distinguish|Texas State Highway 37}}
{{Good article}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox road
| state = TX
| type = I
| route = 37
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|from=Interstate 37.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-37 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 143.00
| length_ref = <ref name="I-37 length">{{Cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=November 20, 2023 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref>
| established = October 16, 1959<ref name="TxDOT">{{TxDOT|IH|37|access-date=February 27, 2008}}</ref>
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=TX|US|181|SH|35}} at [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]
| junction = <!-- Major junctions only; Only 5-8 most major intersections and cities belong here; please read [[WP:USRD/STDS]] for more info -->{{Plainlist|
*{{Jct|state=TX|I|69E|US|77}} in Corpus Christi
*{{Jct|state=TX|I-Future|69W|I-Future|69C|US|59|US|281}} near [[George West, Texas|George West]]
*{{Jct|state=TX|US|181}} in [[San Antonio]]
*{{Jct|state=TX|I|410|US|281}} in [[San Antonio]]
*{{Jct|state=TX|I|10|US|87|US|90}} in San Antonio
}}
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=TX|I|35|US|281}} in San Antonio
| counties = [[Nueces County, Texas|Nueces]], [[San Patricio County, Texas|San Patricio]], [[Live Oak County, Texas|Live Oak]], [[Atascosa County, Texas|Atascosa]], [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar]]
| previous_type = TX
| previous_route = 36
| next_type = TX
| next_route = 37
}}
[[File:Interstate 37 from the Tower of the Americas IMG_4598.JPG|225px|right|thumb|I-37 from the top of the [[Tower of the Americas]] in San Antonio]]
'''Interstate&nbsp;37''' ('''I-37'''{{refn|Some sources use "IH-37", as "IH" is an abbreviation used by TxDOT for Interstate Highways.<ref>{{cite web |author = Transportation Planning and Programming Division |date = n.d. |url = https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/division/transportation-planning/highway-designation/glossary.html |title = Highway Designations Glossary |publisher = Texas Department of Transportation |access-date = May 20, 2020 }}</ref>|group=lower-alpha}}) is a {{convert|143|mi|km|adj=on}} [[Interstate Highway]] located within the [[South Texas|southern]] portion of the US state of [[Texas]]. The highway was first designated in 1959 as a route between [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]] and [[San Antonio]]. Construction in the urban areas of Corpus Christi and San Antonio began in the 1960s, and the segments of the Interstate Highway in rural areas were completed by the 1980s. Prior to I-37, the route between Corpus Christi and San Antonio was served by a combination of [[Texas State Highway 9|State Highway&nbsp;9]] (SH&nbsp;9) from Corpus Christi to [[Three Rivers, Texas|Three Rivers]] and [[U.S. Route 281 in Texas|US Highway&nbsp;281]] (US&nbsp;281) from Three Rivers to San Antonio. As a result of the construction of I-37, SH&nbsp;9 was removed from the [[Texas state highway system|State Highway System]] (the designation would be reinstated to another highway in 2014).

The highway begins in Corpus Christi at [[U.S. Route 181|US&nbsp;181]] and [[Texas State Highway 35|SH&nbsp;35]] and heads north to San Antonio, where it ends at [[Interstate 35 in Texas|I-35]]. Beyond I-35, the freeway continues as US&nbsp;281 to northern San Antonio as a major [[freeway]]. In Corpus Christi, the highway provides access to the downtown area, the [[Port of Corpus Christi]], and [[Corpus Christi International Airport]]. In San Antonio, it provides access to [[Downtown San Antonio]], [[Brooks City-Base]], the [[Alamodome]], the [[Tower of the Americas]], the [[San Antonio River Walk]], the [[Alamo Mission|Alamo]], and, by extension via US&nbsp;281, [[San Antonio International Airport]]. The route provides an important connection between I-35 and the [[Texas Gulf Coast]] as well as one of the few [[Limited-access road|limited-access]] [[hurricane evacuation]] routes away from the southern Texas coast.