| President George Bush Turnpike | |||||||
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| Maintained by : NTTA (mainlaines) TXDOT (frontage roads) |
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| Length: | 45 mi[3] (72 km) | ||||||
| Existed: | 1977[1][2] – present | ||||||
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| CCW end: | IH 20 in Grand Prairie | ||||||
| IH 30 in Grand Prairie IH 635 in Irving IH 35E in Carrollton US 75 in Richardson SH 78 in Garland SH 66 in Rowlett |
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| CW end: | IH 30 in Garland | ||||||
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The President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT) is a 45.1-mile (73 km)[4] toll road running generally east–west through the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. At its west end near Belt Line Road in Irving, State Highway 161 (SH 161) continues southwest as a freeway to State Highway 183 near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. A further extension of SH 161 south to Interstate 20 in Grand Prairie is under construction. The discontinuous free frontage roads along the Turnpike from Interstate 35E in Carrollton east to its end at State Highway 78 in Garland are assigned the State Highway 190 (SH 190) designation. "190 TEXAS" signage appears only along the Garland, Richardson, Plano, and Carrollton sections of the frontage road with the undersign "frontage road only." At intersections with city streets, only the Bush Turnpike signs are displayed, not the "190 TEXAS" signage. Prior to the construction of the main lanes as a tollway, SH 190 was used as the name of the planned main lanes too. Similarly, the part west of I-35E was planned as part of SH 161. Bush Turnpike is signed as an east–west road east of I-35E and as a north–south road west (i.e., south) of I-35E, as Bush Turnpike makes a nearly 90-degree curve immediately west of its I-35E interchange.
The turnpike is operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA). Currently, all maintenance is done under a five-year Total Routine Maintenance (TRM) contract with Infrastructure Corporation of America (ICA) based in Brentwood, Tennessee that started in November 2006.
The turnpike passes through three Texas counties (Dallas, Collin and Denton) and seven Dallas suburbs (Garland, Richardson, Plano, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Irving and Grand Prairie).
Originally PGBT was equipped with traditional toll plazas for cash payment as well as RFID-based Tolltag express lanes. However on July 1, 2009 the cash plazas were closed and replaced with "ZipCash", an OCR-based camera system which reads the license plate and bills the owner by mail. This made the turnpike the first in the United States to transition to all-electronic toll collection.[5] The ZipCash rates, however, come at a premium being significantly higher than both the TollTag rate and the earlier cash prices.[5]
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The corridor of SH 161 and the Turnpike was first proposed as an outer loop within Dallas County in 1957.[6] The 1964 plan was the first to designate it as a freeway,[7] and in 1969 the full loop was added to the state highway system as Loop 9. The loop would begin at Interstate 20 just east of the Tarrant County line and head north (along a corridor still planned as an extension of SH 161). From State Highway 183 it would run roughly along present SH 161, turning north on Belt Line Road and east just south of the Denton County line, crossing Interstate 35E near the present junction. Rather than cross into Denton and Tarrant Counties, the loop would stay in Dallas County, running roughly where Campbell Road is now. It would rejoin the present Turnpike alignment and head southeast to Interstate 30 west of Lake Ray Hubbard. The south part of the loop would continue in a roughly circular route to end at the junction of Interstate 20 and Spur 408, several miles east of the beginning of the loop. The short Spur 484, designated in 1970, would run from Loop 9 at Belt Line Road northeast along the present Turnpike alignment to Interstate 635.[8][9][10]
Some of the opposition to the loop came from the city of Richardson, which was already divided by the Central Expressway. In conjunction with Plano, the city acquired empty right-of-way about two miles (3 km) to the north, where the Turnpike now runs, and set the centerline of the right-of-way to the border between Richardson and Plano.[6]
Loop 9 was cancelled in 1977, and the western and northern section was split between two new designations: State Highway 161 from Interstate 20 to State Highway 114 (at Belt Line Road) and State Highway 190 from Interstate 35E to State Highway 78. (The piece between SH 114 and IH 35E was removed from the state highway system.) Spur 484 was absorbed into SH 161 in 1979, making its northern terminus Interstate 635 (at Valley View Lane). The connection between I-635 and I-35E was added to SH 161 in 1988.[1][2][8][10]
Construction on service roads began in late 1988 in north Garland and Richardson. A stack interchange was constructed in 1990 at U.S. Highway 75 in Richardson, which quickly became a white elephant as the structure remained abandoned for several years. In 1995 following a revision in federal laws, authorities agreed to shift to a toll financing scheme, providing an infusion of cash and new construction. The SH 190 designation was removed from the plans for the not-yet-constructed main lanes in 1996,[2] and in 1998 SH 161 was removed from the piece between Belt Line Road and I-635 (Segment V).[1]
Segment I (North Dallas). Extends from Campbell Road to Midway Road, and includes the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway) interchanges. Opened in December 1998.
Segment II (Garland/Richardson). Extends from Campbell Road to State Highway 78. Opened in 2000.
Segment III (Carrollton). Extends from Midway Road in north Dallas to Interstate 35E. Opened July 2001.
Segment IV ("PGBT Superconnector"). Connects I-35E to the I-635 airport extension. It covers 5.2 miles (8.4 km) and was built at the cost of $339 million. Much of the expense is because the segment is built within the Trinity River wetland and comprises many miles of bridges. Construction began in January 2003 and was completed in October 2005.
Segment V (Irving). A 3.9-mile (6.3 km) segment connecting the I-635 airport extension to the SH 161 freeway near Belt Line Road. It opened in December 2001. Unstable clay soil was a significant problem in this segment, requiring contractors to use concentrated liquid stabilizers and geosynthetic reinforcement.
Segment VI (Irving/Grand Prairie) Extends from SH-183 to I-30 in Grand Prairie. Opened in late 2009.
Segment VII (Grand Prairie) Goes from I-30 in Grand Prairie to I-20. Opened in late 2010.
Segment VIII (Sachse/Rowlett/Garland) Extends from SH-78 to I-30 in Garland. Google Earth imagery showed that construction had commenced in 2009, with the bridge being laid across Lake Ray Hubbard in 2010. The highway opened to traffic in December 2011 [1]. However, cosmetic work will be ongoing into early 2012.
Segment IX (Sunnyvale/Mesquite) Extends from I-30 in Garland to I-20 in Mesquite and includes the US-80 interchange. A completion date has not been released yet.
SH 190 was formerly a route proposed in 1933 from Cuero southwestward to SH 119. That route was transferred to SH 29 by 1936.
The Eastern Extension phase of the President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT) will extend the highway 9.9 miles (15.9 km) southeast to Interstate 30 through the cities of Sachse and Rowlett, meeting I-30 in extreme southeast Garland.[11] (This was added to the definition of SH 190 in 2006.[2]) The NTTA received environmental clearance in 2005 and construction began in October 2008, with completion scheduled for Q4 2011. The project will include a 1-mile (1.5 km) bridge spanning Lake Ray Hubbard. Costs estimates are anticipated to be $1.04 billion. The Eastern Extention opened to traffic in the late afternoon of December 21, 2011, delivered on time as proposed in the original bidding.
From the terminus of the Eastern Extension project, the next PGBT segment is planned to continue through Mesquite and Sunnyvale, meeting I-20 in southern Mesquite near Lawson Road. Approximately five miles south of I-20, the PGBT is planned to merge into Loop 9.
The southern segment from the confluence with Loop 9 to US 287 was planned to be included in the Trans-Texas Corridor loop around Dallas/Ft. Worth. The mainlane design speed was to be 90 mph (140 km/h), and the highway was expected to be signed for a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h). However, as the TTC project has been officially cancelled, current plans for this segment are not known.
Long term plans are for the turnpike to form a full outer loop around Dallas, dubbed Loop 9 (despite the cancellation of that number by TxDOT in 1977).
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| County | Location | Destination | Notes |
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| Dallas | Grand Prairie | I-20 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway) – Fort Worth, Dallas | |
| Crossland Boulevard/ Forum Drive | Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance | ||
| Mayfield Road, Warrior Trail | |||
| Spur 303 (Pioneer Parkway) / Arkansas Lane | |||
| Marshall Drive | |||
| SH 180 (Main Street) / Dalworth Street | |||
| Tarrant Road, Egyptian Way | Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance | ||
| I-30 (Tom Landry Highway) – Fort Worth, Dallas | |||
| Lower Tarrant Road, Carrier Parkway | Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance | ||
| Oakdale Road | Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance | ||
| Trinity Boulevard, Shady Grove Road | |||
| Irving | Colfan Boulevard | ||
| SH 183 (Airport Freeway) – Fort Worth, D/FW Airport, Dallas | |||
| Rochelle Road | Counter-clockwise exit only | ||
| Northgate Drive | |||
| Walnut Hill Lane | |||
| Bush Turnpike begins | |||
| Belt Line Road | |||
| Toll Plaza | |||
| SH 114 (John W. Carpenter Freeway) – Grapevine, Dallas/ Royal Lane, Gateway Boulevard | |||
| MacArthur Boulevard | Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance | ||
| I-635 west/Los Colinas Boulevard/ Riverside Drive | Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance | ||
| I-635 east | Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance | ||
| I-635 | Counter-clockwise exit and clockwise entrance | ||
| Valley View Lane | |||
| Carrollton | Belt Line Road, Luna Road | ||
| Toll Plaza | |||
| Sandy Lake Road | |||
| I-35E – Denton, Dallas | |||
| SH 161 ends and SH 190 begins | |||
| Old Denton Road, McCoy Road | |||
| Josey Lane, Scott Mill Road | |||
| Kelly Boulevard, Trinity Mills Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| Denton | Dallas | Toll Plaza | |
| Frankford Road, Marsh Lane | |||
| Rosemeade Parkway, Midway Road | |||
| Collin | Dallas North Tollway | ||
| SH 289 (Preston Road) | |||
| Toll Plaza | |||
| Richardson | Coit Road | ||
| Waterview Parkway | Known as Independence Parkway north of PGBT | ||
| Custer Road | |||
| Alma Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| US 75 – McKinney, Dallas | |||
| Plano Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; Former SH 5, known as Avenue K north of PGBT | ||
| Jupiter Road | |||
| Renner Road | |||
| Dallas | Garland | ||
| Toll Plaza | |||
| Lookout Drive, Shiloh Road | |||
| Campbell Road | |||
| Garland Avenue | |||
| Brand Road | Westound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| SH 78 – Wylie, Garland, Dallas | Counter-clockwise exit part of Crist Road/Firewheel Parkway exit | ||
| Crist Road, Firewheel Parkway – Firewheel | |||
| Sachse | Old Miles Road, Miles Road | ||
| Toll Plaza | |||
| Pleasant Valley Road, Merrit Road | |||
| Rowlett | Merrit-Liberty Grove Connector | ||
| SH 66 (Lakeview Parkway) / Main Street | |||
| Miller Road | |||
| Bridge over Lake Ray Hubbard | |||
| Garland | I-30 (US 67) – Dallas, Texarkana | Clockwise exit and counter-clockwise entrance; current end of PGBT | |
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