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Transportation

Texas' 85 mph Highway Opening Later This Month

KUT 90.5 | By Ben Philpott
Published October 11, 2012 at 12:54 PM CDT
SH 130 Concession Company
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The latest toll road in Central Texas is set to open later this month.

Operators of the newest segment to State Highway 130 – from Mustang Ridge to Interstate 10 near Seguin – announced this morning the road will be open on Oct. 24.

The 41-mile segment has gained national notoriety because it will have a posted speed limit of 85 miles an hour. As KUT News previoisly reported, It took a new law, passed in 2011, to get the new speed limit in place. 

The San Antonio Express-News reports that the toll road will be free through Nov. 11. 

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