The San Antonio River is the historic lifeline of San Antonio. Within downtown San Antonio, the river continues to thrive as the famous River Walk, or Paseo del Rio. However, an additional 13 miles of urban river exist beyond downtown: The San Antonio River Improvements Project includes two reaches. The Museum (Northern) Reach begins at Lexington Street and runs north about four miles to E. Hildebrand Avenue at Brackenridge Park. The Historical Mission (Southern) Reach extends southward from S. Alamo Street to the Espada Mission just below Interstate Loop 410. This reach measures approximately nine miles, for an entire project length of about 13 linear miles. This concept design and Master Plan support the continued charting of possibilities for the historic river reaches.
These public improvements will restore the Historic Mission (Southern) Reach to a more natural river, set the framework for an urban context in the Museum (Northern) Reach that will provide for new, urban neighborhoods, and provide a continuous linear park and pedestrian linkage from one end to the other. The Park segment of the Museum Reach will be preserved and very little work is proposed other than erosion control, removal of invasive plant species, and continuation of the hike and bike pathway
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