Central Texas Turnpike System

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When the TIFIA loan closed, the Central Texas Turnpike System (CTTS) - now simply referred to as Austin Area Toll Roads - consisted of three contiguous toll highways serving the Austin metropolitan region and the Austin-San Antonio corridor: SH 45 North - 13 miles, four to six lanes, from Ridgeline Boulevard west of U.S. 183 eastward to SH 130 Loop 1 - a northward extension of the existing Loop 1 (Mopac Expressway), three miles from Parmer Lane to SH 45 North SH 130 (Segments 1-4) - a 49-mile, four-lane tollway extending north-south through Williamson and Travis Counties, extending from I-35 north of Georgetown to US 183 southeast of Austin. SH 130 (Segments 1-4) was procured through Texas' first application of its Exclusive Development Agreement (later Comprehensive Development Agreement) provision, contractual arrangements equivalent to public-private partnerships. In this case, a design-build contract was used to accelerate completion. All three components are open. In November 2006, Loop 1 and portions of SH 45 and SH 130 opened to traffic. The remainder of SH 45 opened in April 2007. All of SH 130 (Segments 1-4) was open by April 2008. SH 130 is 91 miles in total length extending further south and west to I-10. Segments 5 and 6 were constructed under a separate DBFOM (design, build, finance, operate, and maintain) procurement. In August 2012, State Highway 45 Southeast (SH 45 SE) was added to the Central Texas Turnpike System. Service commenced on November 11, 2012.

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