For those arriving at POG on a week day, do so after 9 a.m. or before 3 p.m. If arriving from East of Austin via I-10 and Highway 71, be aware that Highway 71 West will be a parking lot from the airport Southeast of Austin, around the South of the city and all the way up to Highway 71 from Oak Hill to Bee Caves and then North on 620 to La Hacianda. Friday afternoon, admittedly a bad time for travel, took one hour and forty-five minutes to travel from Bergstrom Airport to La Hacianta (a distance of about 35 miles). Highway 71 is under construction from Oak Hill to Bee Caves and is two lanes only. We idled for over ten miles during the process. Two lights had lines one mile long.
If you can do so, there is less construction from the North via Highway 183 West from I-35 to 620 and then South on 620 across Mansfield Dam to the La Hacienta turnoff. If you are in the heavy trafffic time, however, it wll be difficult ....so relax, take it in stride and enjoy the view.
Pres