Austin’s I-35 highway stretch through downtown ranks as 10th worst bottleneck in U.S.

Whether it’s trying to get to a downtown hotel from the airport or making a trip to 6th Street, we’ve all seen the mess that is the traffic buildup on I-35. A new highway study has validated that yes, driving down the downtown stretch of I-35 is awful by ranking it the worst bottleneck in Texas and the 10th worst in the country.