Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge Dallas TX opens August 1

North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) are due to open their sixth toll facility, Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge August 1. The bridge is part of a 22km (14 mile) east-west surface arterial route between I-35E on its western end and Dallas North Tollway on its eastern end. Apart from the bridge the route is untolled and is being built by TxDOT Denton County and local cities, Frisco and Little Elm.

The toll bridge is 2.7km (1.7 miles) long plus another segment over a floodway. It is 4 lanes wide.

The bridge's centerpiece is a 110m (360ft) long steel through-arch center span. Groundbreaking on the bridge was Jan 2007, although the arch only began installation at the beginning of this year.

The NTTA has spent $122m on the Lewisville Lake Bridge project and TxDOT, and local governments are spending a similar sum widening the connecting arterial Eldorado Parkway (Route 720) from mostly 2 lanes to 4 and 6 lanes surface divided.

AET

Tolling for cars at the bridge will be $1.00 with a Texas system transponder (TollTag, TxTag etc) or $1.50 for camera or video tolls (brandnamed ZipCash) - all-electronic tolling (AET).

Electronic Transactions Consultants (ETC) do the toll systems work for NTTA.

No cash tolling

There is no cash toll payment option.

BACKGROUND: Lewisville Lake is an artificial reservoir of about 45 square miles (117km2) created by a dam built in the 1920s for water supply. A new larger dam was built in the late 1950s. Its function is now storm water management and recreation.

Other operating toll facilities of NTTA are: Dallas North Tollway, President George Bush Turnpike, Sam Rayburn Tollway (121 Toll), Addison Airport Tunnel and Mountain Creek Lake Bridge.

Also in progress are Southwest Parkway, Trinity Parkway, SH360, SH170, SH190, SH361 and extensions to Dallas North Tollway and Pres Geo Bush Turnpike.

TOLLROADSnews 2009-07-24