San Antonio straight through?

Always good to get actual results from the OP.

OP: Took the "straight through" route... no problems... and hey, it was around noon.

Lar

Taking 1604 around the east side of SA adds 11.5 miles to the trip and is relatively easy to traverse (1604 around northwest SA is much more difficult as Mountain Mama discovered). Taking 281 to the center of town and transferring to IH37 isn't complicated and is fine unless it's during rush hour.

OP: Thx. Will follow up with my results.

1604 north is actually about the same miles and ucluttered any time of the day...hands down the way to go.

X2 on 281 straight through to I-37, especially if you go through between the rush hour traffic periods.

I would just plan on mid day and go straight thru. 281 is mostly 8 lanes (4 each way) and 281 turns into I-37 downtown. There are longer alternate routes going around the east side and the west side, but most likely slower in total time.

We take a loop that goes on the east side of SA when we go to RGV. Don't remember # of it though. I know you exit/veer to the left. A lot less traffic. We use it whether we're pulling RV or not. Have several eating places @ Rigsby exit & WM.

We took 1604 on west side off 281 when we we to Garner SP & it took us forever! Lots of traffic & many stop lights plus construction. Would never go that way intentionally again! The only blessing to going that way was we had blowout & there was a Discount Tire real close & even had room to park RV while we waited for tires to be delivered.

Just drove straight thru a few days ago around noon....kinda a pain but doable..

Depending on what you are driving and how comfortable you are with traffic, coming straight through, during mid-day, isn't terrible. Loop 1604 will add a lot of distance to your trip and may not save you all that much of a headache.