UNT Press

Frontera Freeways: Highway Building and Displacement in El Paso, Texas

— Vol. 13: of Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series

Published: September, 2025  Pages: 288  Features: 10 b&w illus. 9 maps. Notes. Bib. Index.

The history of how the freeways of El Paso, Texas, were constructed, who lobbied for them to be built, who was displaced, and who opposed them, is largely unknown. Regional studies of highway building have been overlooked in most studies of Mexican American history. As in other Mexican American cities like San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Los Angeles, Mexican Americans who were displaced by highway building were not at the table. From 1915 to the 1960s, numerous road projects displaced people and neighborhoods using processes that were largely unknown to them. more... about Frontera Freeways: Highway Building and Displacement in El Paso, Texas