San Antonio’s Northwest Side is looking up these days — way up.

That’s due to the construction of a five-level flyover ramp system connecting Loop 1604 to Interstate 10.

According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the most recently opened section of this system, which connects westbound I-10 to westbound Loop 1604, is 101 feet high.

Other ramps in the area, including one still under construction, reach heights of more than 120 feet.

“It is remarkably high. You can see a lot of San Antonio,” said James Donbavand, who admitted they had not ventured onto any of the flyovers yet. “You can see Fiesta Texas. I think you can even see all the way down to SeaWorld.”

“My kids are excited to get up there and me drive on it,” Donbavand said. “But it makes me a little nervous because of h

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