II decided to look at all Texas toll roads and see what needs fixing.
Toll 49 is signed nowhere as Loop 49, even though that's what it was planned as. Toll should be a separate system or at least a banner.
Toll 550 is the mainlanes and FM 511 is the frontage roads. As of
May 2018, there is no 550 signage on the gap, so 550 should be split in two (endpoints at FM3248 and FM1847).
Beltway 8 is the frontage roads except between
just east of EllaBlvd and
just east of OldHumRd and between
just south of US90_E and JacPortBlvd. There is no Beltway 8 on the east side between TX225 and JacPortBlvd. The Sam Houston Tollway is signed from
east of OldHumRd to
south of US90_E and from
I-10(781) all the way clockwise to
I-45(60C), and does not exist on the rest near the airport or on the east side. In effect, the only overlaps are between just east of EllaBlvd and I-45(60C) and between I-10(781) and JacPortBlvd.
The Tomball Tollway has its own lanes in the middle of SH 249 between
the ramps south of NorBlvd and TX249Bus_N. 249
hops onto the main lanes south of there.
I-10 Toll is a separate tollway in the middle of I-10 from
just west of 751 to
just west of 761B (eastbound) and just east of 763 (westbound).
SH 99 is signed on the frontage roads (where available) from
I-69_S to
just north of WesTlwy. The tolled main lanes at interchanges (seven segments total, though southbound the bypasses at BelBlvd and WesTlwy are combined) are signed as Grand Parkway Toll Road and
rarely as Toll 99. North of there, SH 99 is a freeway until
just north of KinBlvd, where it leaves for the frontage roads and
another Toll 99 begins. SH 99 signage on the frontage roads ends at
FraRd, despite the free frontage roads continuing north. From there all the way to I-69_N it's just Toll 99 with no free SH 99. I'd probably put Toll 99 in two pieces, one from the beginning of freeway south of RivParkDr to WesTlwy and the other from I-10(743) to I-69_N. SH 99 is one continuous route from I-69_S to FraRd. I don't know how I'd handle the places where SH 99 exits to the frontage roads just for an interchange. Finally, SH 99Bay is signed as Toll 99 from I-10(799) to FisRd and plain SH 99 from
FisRd to TX146Bus.
SH 130 is only signed on the freeway on the I-410 and I-10 overlaps; the rest is Toll 130. Toll 130 has US 183 for its frontage roads between 470 and 458. FM 685 is its frontage roads from 428A to 425, and that's it.
Toll 45 begins
just east of PecParkBlvd, with the frontage roads signed as both SH 45 and RM 620. RM 620 leaves and SH 45 ends at
RM620_E. The next piece of frontage SH 45 begins at
TXLp1[sic] and runs east to
DonDr. Another begins at
HeaBlvd, and should end at TX130(428B), but does not seem to be signed there. Finally, SH 45Bea is signed as such west of
TXLp1 but as Toll 45 to the east.
Toll 1 (
not Loop 1) exists solo from TX45_N south to
Merrilltown Drive. From there south to
just south of ScoRidPkwy, the frontage roads are signed as both Loop 1 and FM 1325. Then Loop 1 hops on the freeway (FM 1325 sticks to the frontage roads until FM1325_S), and quickly another Toll 1 begins
between FM734 and FM1325_S as express lanes. These express lanes end at LakeAusBlvd.
The south end of Toll 183A is northbound in the middle of the TX45/620 interchange and southbound at the
slip ramp just north of US183_S. US 183 follows the frontage roads for a bit, but then it's a separate ROW to US183_N. Even the non-freeway part at the north end is signed as Toll 183A.
As far as I can tell, Toll 183 currently exists from just south of FM969 to just south of ManRd. The frontage roads are US 183.
Toll 71 is a short freeway past FM973 and TX45/130. SH 71 is
signed on the frontage roads.
Toll 290 is the main lanes of US 290 from
just east of US183 to FM734. US 290 is on the frontage roads.
The
I-30 express lanes have no numerical designation. Same for
I-635 east of US 75.
I-635 Toll begins
just east of 18B and runs separately to
I-35E south of 436. I-35E Toll is not signed until it splits from I-635 Toll in the middle of
440. And even then it's mostly signed as just
Express Lanes if you're not on I-635 Toll. Or on
183 Toll, where it runs down the middle of Loop 12 first. What's signed or not signed as I-35E Toll is apparently a big mess.
I-820 Toll runs from
16A to 22B. There Toll 183 picks up, beginning at
I-820(22) and east of EmpCenDr. Toll 121 overlaps Toll 183 west of TX121_N.
Toll 114 begins at
TX26_S and apparently runs all the way to TX183.
Chisholm Trail Parkway (Toll CTP) has no continuous frontage roads. The Dallas North Tollway (Toll DNT) frontage roads are not a signed route.
Now for the more interesting DFW toll roads. Toll 360 begins
north of US287, with SH 360 signed on the frontage roads. Just north of CampWisRd, Toll 360 ends and
SH 360 hops on the freeway.
Sam Rayburn Tollway (Toll SRT) runs continuously inside the SH 121 frontage roads from US75_S south to HebPkwy. There SH 121 hops on the freeway (signed
sometimes as just Toll SRT and
sometimes as an overlap) until I-35E, where it again
leaves for the frontage roads to the south end of Toll SRT
just north of TX121BusLew_S.
President George Bush Turnpike (Toll PGBT) runs in the middle of the discontinuous frontage-only SH 161 and SH 190. SH 161 has three frontage-only pieces; we have the first two as 161 mainline and 161SIr, but the third one (161Irv) only exists south of BeltLineRd. The frontage roads north of there have no designation, and the main lanes are only Toll PGBT. 190 also has three mapped frontage-only segments, 190Car, 190Pla and 190 (main), but there is a fourth between
MilRd and
MerRd, and a fifth between
MerLGCon and the turnaround south of
MlrRd[sic].
