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According to KVUE, TxDOT announced that the HCTRA will take over toll collection, billing, and customer service for TxTag users. According to KVUE, TxDOT announced that the HCTRA will take over ...
The Tomball Tollway is three lanes in each direction that are used to bypass seven stoplights and will only accept electronic toll-tags (EZ Tag, TollTag and TxTag) as no cash payments will be allowed; the total cost of the toll for HCTRA's segment is $1.50 for two-axle vehicles, while the SH 249 frontage roads will remain free to all drivers.
HCTRA came into being in September 1983 after Harris County voters approved a $900 million bond referendum by a 7–3 margin to release up to $900 million in bonds to create two toll roads – the Hardy Toll Road and the Sam Houston Tollway – to improve the regional mobility and reduce traffic congestion in the Greater Houston area, an area known for rapid population growth.
Operated by FBCTRA from Sienna Parkway to Fort Bend/Harris county line; operated by HCTRA from county line to US 90 Alt: Hardy Toll Road: 21.6: 34.8 I-610 in Houston: I-45 in Spring: 1988: current Operated by HCTRA; has one spur connecting to George Bush Intercontinental Airport: International Parkway: 7.5: 12.1 SH 183 in Euless: SH 114 in ...
EZ TAG is an electronic toll collection system in Houston, Texas, United States, that allows motorists to pay tolls without stopping at toll booths. Motorists with the tags are allowed to use lanes reserved exclusively for them on all Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) roads. As of late 2003, the EZ TAG can also be used on all lanes of ...
Cash collection (in the form of exact change) continued on the HCTRA maintained segment, the Fort Bend Toll Road until May 2017. [6] The only valid payments on both segments of the toll road include HCTRA's EZ TAG , NTTA 's TollTag , TxDOT's TxTAG and two out-of-state toll tags: K-TAG from Kansas (since May 2017) [ 7 ] and Pikepass from ...
The 14-mile (23 km) HCTRA section is simply named Westpark Tollway; however, the 8-mile (12 km) section of the toll road operated by the FBCTRA is named Fort Bend Westpark Tollway. There are three major interchanges in between: the Southwest Freeway ( I-69 )/( US 59 ), the West Sam Houston Tollway ( Beltway 8 ), and Grand Parkway ( State ...
One-way direct connector exit ramp from SH 242 westbound onto I-45 southbound. Opened on May 11, 2015; toll collection began on July 6, 2015. The Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) was the collecting agency for the MCTRA. The tolls were removed on May 28, 2019. [3] SH 249 Toll: 3.2: 5.1 Harris County line at Spring Creek