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The highest posted speed limit in the country is 85 mph (137 km/h) and can be found only on Texas State Highway 130, a toll road that bypasses the Austin metropolitan area for long-distance traffic. A standard sign indicating a speed limit of 80 mph (129 km/h), a night-time speed limit of 65 mph (105 km/h), and a truck speed limit of 55 mph (89 ...
SH 130 northbound near Kingsbury, July 2013 SH 130 northbound in Pflugerville, May 2008 85 mph speed limit sign in 2014. SH 130 was designated on May 22, 1985, along with SH 45, as a route from I-35 to US 183 south of Austin. On January 30, 1989, SH 297 was designated from US 183 in Mendoza to I-10 in Seguin. On December 8, 1993, SH 297 became ...
The bill also would raise truck and two-lane highway speed limits to 70 mph (113 km/h). [58] As of July 24, 2014, the new 80 mph (129 km/h) signs are up on rural Idaho Interstates. [59] On March 22, 2017, the speed limit on a four-lane, divided stretch of US 20 between Idaho Falls and Ashton was raised from 65 mph (105 km/h) to 70 mph (113 km/h).
A highway in the United Arab Emirates capitol Abu Dhabi posts a speed limit of roughly 99 mph. This Texas highway comes close. This Texas highway is the fastest in the United States.
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The legislation required 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limits on all four-lane divided highways unless the road had a lower limit before November 1, 1973. In some cases, like the New York State Thruway, the 50 mph (80 km/h) speed limit had to be raised to comply with the law. The law capped speed limits at 55 mph (89 km/h) on all other roads. [18]
The stretch from Kerr County to El Paso County has an 80 mph (129 km/h) speed limit, which was the highest in the nation [5] until the opening of the 85 mph (137 km/h) southern section of Texas State Highway 130 (SH 130) on October 24, 2012. [6]