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The Dallas North Tollway was the first toll road in the United States to implement [[Electronic Toll Collection]] technology, with the introduction of the [[TollTag]] in 1989. TollTag users were originally charged $0.05 extra per transaction, but by 1999, the agency moved to the active encouragement of TollTag use by giving tag users a discount off the cash toll rate. In August 2007, the NTTA announced plans to phase out manned toll booths entirely by May 2010.<ref>{{cite news | last=Lindenberger | first=Michael A | title=NTTA says goodbye to cash at toll booths | newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] | date=2007-08-15 | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/081607dnmettollway.389ef58a.html | accessdate=2007-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntta.org/AboutUs/Projects/AllETC | accessdate=2007-09-30 |title=AllETC }}</ref>
The Dallas North Tollway was the first toll road in the United States to implement [[Electronic Toll Collection]] technology, with the introduction of the [[TollTag]] in 1989. TollTag users were originally charged $0.05 extra per transaction, but by 1999, the agency moved to the active encouragement of TollTag use by giving tag users a discount off the cash toll rate. In August 2007, the NTTA announced plans to phase out manned toll booths entirely by May 2010.<ref>{{cite news | last=Lindenberger | first=Michael A | title=NTTA says goodbye to cash at toll booths | newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] | date=2007-08-15 | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/081607dnmettollway.389ef58a.html | accessdate=2007-09-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntta.org/AboutUs/Projects/AllETC | accessdate=2007-09-30 |title=AllETC }}</ref>
The Tollway was converted to all-electronic toll collection on December 11, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enews.ntta.org/DrivingForward/December2010SpecialEdition | accessdate=2010-12-13 |title=December2010SpecialEdition }}</ref>
The Tollway was converted to all-electronic toll collection on December 11, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enews.ntta.org/DrivingForward/December2010SpecialEdition |accessdate=2010-12-13 |title=December2010SpecialEdition |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215073751/http://enews.ntta.org:80/DrivingForward/December2010SpecialEdition |archivedate=2010-12-15 |df= }}</ref>


North of I-635, the Dallas North Tollway is accompanied by frontage roads, which are designated as '''Dallas Parkway''' for address purposes. This is attributed to when Dallas Parkway was a major thoroughfare before being converted to the current Tollway configuration.<ref>https://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x864c3c866a95acd3:0xfdcab511df21126&q=Dallas+Parkway,+Dallas,+TX&hl=en&ved=0CAwQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=TsThUOSXB6eIwQGa94GgCA Dallas Pkwy, Dallas ''[[Google Maps]]''</ref>
North of I-635, the Dallas North Tollway is accompanied by frontage roads, which are designated as '''Dallas Parkway''' for address purposes. This is attributed to when Dallas Parkway was a major thoroughfare before being converted to the current Tollway configuration.<ref>https://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x864c3c866a95acd3:0xfdcab511df21126&q=Dallas+Parkway,+Dallas,+TX&hl=en&ved=0CAwQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=TsThUOSXB6eIwQGa94GgCA Dallas Pkwy, Dallas ''[[Google Maps]]''</ref>

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Route information
Length30.2 mi[1] (48.6 km)
Existed1968–present
Major junctions
South end I-35E / US 77 in Dallas
Major intersections I-635 in Dallas

Pres. George Bush Turnpike in Dallas

Sam Rayburn Tollway in Plano
North end US 380 in Frisco
FM 121 near Gunter (future)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
DNT at the Harry Hines Boulevard interchange
DNT facing north from the University Boulevard overpass
DNT at the Lovers Lane overpass
DNT just north of the Northwest Highway
DNT at the Alpha Road interchange
DNT at the Spring Valley Road interchange

The Dallas North Tollway (DNT, or simply the Tollway) is a 30.2-mile (49 km) controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas (USA), to U.S. Highway 380, in Frisco, Texas.

The Dallas North Tollway was the first toll road in the United States to implement Electronic Toll Collection technology, with the introduction of the TollTag in 1989. TollTag users were originally charged $0.05 extra per transaction, but by 1999, the agency moved to the active encouragement of TollTag use by giving tag users a discount off the cash toll rate. In August 2007, the NTTA announced plans to phase out manned toll booths entirely by May 2010.[2][3] The Tollway was converted to all-electronic toll collection on December 11, 2010.[4]

North of I-635, the Dallas North Tollway is accompanied by frontage roads, which are designated as Dallas Parkway for address purposes. This is attributed to when Dallas Parkway was a major thoroughfare before being converted to the current Tollway configuration.[5]

History

The initial segment of the tollway ran from Interstate 35E to Royal Lane along an old St. Louis Southwestern Railway corridor. The right-of-way is generally 100 feet (30 m) along this segment, one of the narrowest controlled-access roads in Texas. The segment was completed in June 1968 and toll was originally 20 cents. The tollway was later extended to Briargrove Lane in 1987, to Headquarters Drive in 1994, to S.H. 121 and Gaylord Parkway in 2004, and to US 380 in 2007. The extensions generally parallel S.H. 289, also known as Preston Road. The "DNT Extension Phase 3," which runs from State Highway 121 to U.S. Highway 380, opened in mid-2007.[6]

Current tolls vary from $0.40 to $2.15 for a car with it being more expensive closer to downtown; the lone exception is the Eldorado Pkwy. toll plaza in Frisco. The Tolltag offers a discount on these rates (tolls are $0.30 to $1.41) but requires a prepayment of $40 for up to three transponders, and after that, TollTag accounts can be reloaded at a minimum of $10. Rates increased in September 2009 and will increase every two years.[7] All toll plazas are now equipped for electronic toll collection and main lane plazas feature TollTag express lanes.

Route description

The Dallas North Tollway begins at an interchange with I-35E and Harry Hines Boulevard in the Victory Park and Market Center areas of Dallas. Southbound traffic from the Tollway going onto I-35E must first get on the access road before entering onto the main freeway. At Wycliff Avenue in Oak Lawn the Tollway has its first toll plaza. The Tollway has its first northbound exit at Lemmon Avenue before entering into Highland Park. The city streets of Eastern Avenue and Roland Avenue run alongside the Tollway on the southbound and northbound sides respectively. Due to passing through a heavily populated area, high noise cancelling walls line the Tollway with numerous signs warning drivers about limited sight distance. At the Mockingbird Lane interchange, the Dallas North Tollway briefly enters into University Park before returning back to Dallas. Between Loop 12 and Northaven Road, the Tollway runs about a 1/4 mile west of SH 289 (Preston Road).

The Tollway interchanges with I-635 (LBJ Freeway) near the Galleria Dallas and runs along the eastern edge of Farmers Branch and enters into Addison. At the Dallas-Collin county line, the Tollway enters into extreme North Dallas and has an interchange with the President George Bush Turnpike and enters the city of Plano. The Dallas North Tollway runs by many shopping centers and housing developments. Going through northern Plano, the Tollway passes by the corporate headquarters of Pizza Hut. The Tollway interchanges with SH 121/Sam Rayburn Tollway and enters into Frisco, passing by the Dr Pepper Ballpark. Development along the Tollway begins to thin before it picks up again near Main Street, passing by Toyota Stadium. Development thins again before the Tollway runs through rural areas of north Frisco. The Dallas North Tollway ends at an interchange with US 380, with Dallas Parkway continuing north as a county road.

Future

At the Tollway's southern end, near downtown, the agency has rebuilt the road around the main toll plaza and added ramps at Oak Lawn Avenue. This project, started in 2006, ended in late fall 2008. On the southern sector of the tollway, the agency plans to spend about US$43 million to add an entrance and exit at Oak Lawn and rebuild most of the tollway surface from the Interstate 35E ramps to Lemmon Avenue. The tollway authority has completely rebuilt the aging toll plaza, adding a third TollTag express lane in each direction. This work coincides with major projects by the city of Dallas to rebuild part of Oak Lawn under the tollway, and by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) to build a rail line along nearby Harry Hines Boulevard.

The North Texas Tollway Authority started work in January 2006 at seven north Dallas locations to improve ramps and add merging lanes. The project cost US$14 million. Northbound projects included adding acceleration or auxiliary lanes between Keller Springs and Trinity Mills roads and between Alpha and Spring Valley roads. Southbound projects include adding outside lane pavement at the President George Bush Turnpike exit; between the Bush Turnpike entrance ramp and Frankford Road; between the Frankford entrance ramp and Sojourn Drive; around the Keller Springs exit at the main lane toll plaza; and between the Keller Springs toll plaza and Spring Valley. The projects would noticeably lengthen many shorter merging lanes, including one at Trinity Mills where vehicles must merge quickly after driving around a curve.

Having completed the third extension north, NTTA plans to further extend Dallas Parkway from US 380 to the Grayson County line. It is planned to be a 13.5-mile (21.7 km) extension. A two-lane county road was upgraded from US 380 to Farm to Market Road 428 in Celina and is currently open to traffic. North of FM 428, a route has been established, but construction is far from complete. The tollway would end at US 82 if they finish the Gunter Plan. By the 2035s it will be launched to US 82. This will be a 1.2 billion-dollar project, ready to be built.

Exit list

Toll rates are effective July 1, 2013.[8] All exits are unnumbered.

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
DallasDallas0.00.0
I-35E south (Stemmons Freeway) – Downtown DallasModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
Southern terminus, interchange; I-35E north exit 429D
0.20.32 Oak Lawn AvenueSouthbound exit and northbound entrance, access to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Children's Medical Center
0.81.3Wycliff AvenueSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
0.91.4Wycliff Main Lane Gantry ($1.40 TollTag, $2.10 ZipCash)
1.21.9Lemmon AvenueNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Highland Park2.43.9Mockingbird Lane$1.02 TollTag, $1.53 ZipCash (southbound exit/northbound entrance)
University Park3.35.3Lovers LaneNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Dallas4.47.1 Loop 12 (Northwest Highway)$0.70 TollTag, $1.05 ZipCash (southbound exit/northbound entrance)
5.28.4Walnut Hill LaneNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
6.510.5Royal Lane$0.37 TollTag, $0.60 ZipCash (southbound exit/northbound entrance)
7.512.1Forest LaneNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
8.213.2Harvest Hill RoadNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
8.714.0 I-635 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway)Interchange; I-635 exits 22C-D
9.114.6Alpha Road / Galleria Road – Galleria Dallas
Farmers Branch10.016.1Spring Valley Road / Verde Valley Lane / Quorum Drive$0.25 TollTag, $0.48 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance)
Addison10.917.5Belt Line Road / Arapaho Road$0.32 TollTag, $0.55 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance)
11.518.5Keller Springs Road / Addison Airport Tunnel / Arapaho Road$0.49 TollTag, $0.74 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance)
13.020.9Trinity Mills Main Line Gantry ($1.01 TollTag, $1.52 ZipCash)
CollinDallas13.421.6Trinity Mills Road / Briargrove LaneNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
14.222.9Frankford Road / Haverwood Lane$0.25 TollTag, $0.48 ZipCash (southbound exit/northbound entrance)
14.924.0 Pres. George Bush TurnpikeInterchange
Plano15.224.5Plano ParkwayNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
16.226.1Chapel Hill Road / Park Boulevard$0.25 TollTag, $0.48 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance)
16.726.9Parker Main Lane Gantry ($0.90 TollTag, $1.35 ZipCash)
17.227.7 Parker Road$0.53 TollTag, $0.80 ZipCash (southbound exit/northbound entrance), access to Presbyterian Hospital of Plano
17.828.6Windhaven Parkway
18.830.3Tennyson Parkway / Spring Creek Parkway$0.30 TollTag, $0.53 ZipCash (southbound exit/northbound entrance)
19.531.4Legacy Drive$0.25 TollTag, $0.48 ZipCash (southbound exit/northbound entrance)
19.932.0 SH 121Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated$0.25 TollTag, $0.48 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance)
20.432.8 Sam Rayburn Tollway – Lewisville, McKinneyModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecatedInterchange, access to Baylor Medical Center of Frisco
Frisco21.334.3 Gaylord Parkway / Warren Parkway$0.25 TollTag, $0.48 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance), access to Baylor Medical Center of Frisco
22.736.5CR 18 (Lebanon Road)$0.36 TollTag, $0.59 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance)
23.337.5Stonebrook Parkway$0.47 TollTag, $0.71 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance)
24.940.1Cotton Gin Road / Main Street$0.76 TollTag, $1.14 ZipCash (northbound exit/southbound entrance)
25.941.7Eldorado Main Lane Gantry ($1.58 TollTag, $2.37 ZipCash)
26.743.0 FM 2934 (Eldorado Parkway)$0.57 TollTag, $0.86 ZipCash (southbound exit/northbound entrance)
27.744.6Panther Creek Parkway
29.747.8CR 24 (Virginia Parkway)Northbound exit and southbound entrance
30.248.6 US 380 – Denton, Greenville
CR 27 (Dallas Parkway)
Northern terminus at an at-grade intersection
Dallas Parkway continues north as CR 27 (DNT Phase 4A)
Prosper31.250.2CR 3 (First Street)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecatedAt-grade intersection, future interchange (DNT Phase 4A)
32.251.8CR 4 (Prosper Parkway)At-grade intersection, future interchange (DNT Phase 4A)
33.253.4CR 5 (Frontier Parkway)At-grade intersection, future interchange (DNT Phase 4A)
34.154.9CR 51 (Light Farms Way)At-grade intersection, future interchange (DNT Phase 4A)
Celina34.956.2CR 7At-grade intersection, future interchange (DNT Phase 4A)
35.356.8CR 51 (Proposed Outer Loop Freeway)At-grade intersection, future interchange (DNT Phase 4A)
36.458.6 FM 428Northern terminus of CR 27, future interchange (DNT Phase 4A)
CR 54Future interchange (DNT Phase 4B)
CollinDenton
county line
CR 5 / CR 8 (Mobberly Road)Future interchange (DNT Phase 4B)
CR 9Future interchange (DNT Phase 4B)
Future Road 1Future interchange (DNT Phase 4B)
FM 455Future interchange (DNT Phase 4B)
Fritcher RoadFuture interchange (DNT Phase 4B)
Future Road 2Future interchange (DNT Phase 4B)
GraysonBerend Road / Future Road 3Future interchange (DNT Phase 5A)
Jaresh Road / Future Road 4Future interchange (DNT Phase 5A)
Stiff Chapel Road / Future Road 5Future interchange (DNT Phase 5A)
FM 121Future interchange (DNT Phase 5A)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Note: NTTA does not provide mile reference markers or exit numbers. However, reference markers are provided at 500-foot (150 m) intervals along the major corridors. These markers are installed on the top of the concrete traffic barrier along the DNT corridor. The reference marker corresponds to the station of the alignment in the construction plans.

References

  1. ^ a b Google Maps
  2. ^ Lindenberger, Michael A (2007-08-15). "NTTA says goodbye to cash at toll booths". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  3. ^ "AllETC". Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  4. ^ "December2010SpecialEdition". Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ https://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x864c3c866a95acd3:0xfdcab511df21126&q=Dallas+Parkway,+Dallas,+TX&hl=en&ved=0CAwQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=TsThUOSXB6eIwQGa94GgCA Dallas Pkwy, Dallas Google Maps
  6. ^ "Tollway Extension To Open" (Document). NTTA. 2007-09-24Template:Inconsistent citations {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |accessdate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  7. ^ "New Toll Rates" (Document). NTTA. 2007-08-16Template:Inconsistent citations {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |accessdate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ "Toll Rate Charts". North Texas Tollway Authority. July 1, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
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