/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. en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:59:49 GMT /transportation/2024-10-31/austin-tx-bats-bridge-displaced-i-35-expansion From Howard Lane to Onion Creek, bat colonies will lose roosting sites due to highway demolition. TxDOT is vowing to build them back. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:59:49 GMT /transportation/2024-10-31/austin-tx-bats-bridge-displaced-i-35-expansion Nathan Bernier /transportation/2024-06-12/austin-texas-txdot-interstate-35-expansion-i35-housing The state says the 1946 building needed asbestos remediation before it could be demolished for the I-35 expansion, but neighbors say the state agency didn't communicate with them. Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:02:00 GMT /transportation/2024-06-12/austin-texas-txdot-interstate-35-expansion-i35-housing Nathan Bernier /business/2024-03-27/progress-coffees-fresh-start-in-austin-cut-short-by-i-35-expansion The locally owned cafe is being driven out within two years of opening as the I-35 expansion steams ahead. Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:01:00 GMT /business/2024-03-27/progress-coffees-fresh-start-in-austin-cut-short-by-i-35-expansion Nathan Bernier /transportation/2023-10-19/whip-in-wont-be-torn-down-for-i-35-expansion-reversing-earlier-plans 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. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2023-10-19/whip-in-wont-be-torn-down-for-i-35-expansion-reversing-earlier-plans Nathan Bernier /transportation/2023-10-18/with-i-35-expansion-austin-gem-natures-treasures-is-being-forced-to-move The popular crystal store sees opportunity in being forced out, but the relocation will come with costs. Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2023-10-18/with-i-35-expansion-austin-gem-natures-treasures-is-being-forced-to-move Nathan Bernier /transportation/2023-10-17/austin-chronicles-historic-headquarters-to-be-paved-over-for-i-35 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. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:59:25 GMT /transportation/2023-10-17/austin-chronicles-historic-headquarters-to-be-paved-over-for-i-35 Nathan Bernier /transportation/2023-10-17/i-35-expansion-will-force-out-spanish-immersion-day-care-scrambling-plans-for-200-kids 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. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2023-10-17/i-35-expansion-will-force-out-spanish-immersion-day-care-scrambling-plans-for-200-kids Nathan Bernier /transportation/2023-10-16/austin-i-35-expansion-displacements Relocation is becoming a reality for homes and businesses in the highway's new footprint. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:01:00 GMT /transportation/2023-10-16/austin-i-35-expansion-displacements Nathan Bernier