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PG Bush Turnpike Extension opened in Dallas


The President George Bush Turnpike eastern extension (PGBT-EX) main lanes opened today (Dec 21) connecting the PGBT in Garland at SH78 to I-30. The 9.9 mile 15km pike cost $958m and comprises part of an envisaged belt route around the Dallas metro area.

A 2x3 main lanes highway it has a one-mile long bridge over Dallas' Lake Hubbard. Groundbreaking took place in August 2008.

5th direct connector ramp opened SRT121/US75 IC north of Dallas


Motorists traveling west on the Sam Rayburn Tollway TX121 and wanting to go south on US75/Central Expressway have a splendid new direct connector ramp that allows them to a gentle left turn without the need to slow. The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) opened the ramp Saturday Mar 12 about 7pm.

Sunday/Monday closures to remove remnants of stop-to-pay toll collection in Dallas TX


North Texas Tollway will be doing full road closures on two Sundays and partial closures the following Mondays and Tuesdays to expedite removal of the remnants of two mainline toll plazas on the Dallas North Tollway.

North Texas Tollways aim to end cash toll collection evening Dec 10


North Texas Tollway Authority say they are doing the final conversion of their network to all-electronic tolling (AET) with a schedule that will have the last cash tolls collected on the evening of December 10 2010.

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.

Trinity tollroad in Dallas delayed by dike peek


The Trinity tollroad will be delayed at least 20 months with more work needed to evaluate the Trinity River flood levees on which it is planned to be constructed.  The US Army Corps of Engineers said recently it couldn't approve construction on the river levees without some 1500 bore samples being taken and remediation to allow the levees to withstand an 800-year flood event.

TECHNOLOGY:Automated Occupancy Count Trials Disappoint


TECHNOLOGY:Automated Occupancy Count Trials Disappoint

Originally published in issue 35 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Jan 1999.

Page:13

Subjects:occupancy counting HOVER

Facilities:I-30 Dallas

Agencies:TTI

Locations:Dallas

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