Chisholm Trail Parkway is a 27.6-mile toll road that will extend from Tarrant County to Johnson County, starting from Fort Worth's central business district at Interstate 30 and continuing to U.S. 67 in Cleburne. The NTTA began initial construction in April 2010 on Section 2C, one of the northernmost sections of the project, located in Fort Worth near Union Pacific Railroad's Davidson Yard. In March 2010, the Texas Department of Transportation began construction of Section 3A, a $117 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act project. Section 3A consists of local access improvements to Interstate 20/State Highway 183 (Southwest Boulevard) at CTP. Construction of the remaining project sections is underway. The entire CTP project is anticipated to open to traffic in spring 2014.
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CTP community meeting in Johnson County this Thursday
Forty people attended a CTP community meeting in Burleson on Nov. 8 to hear the latest on the project.
The second of two CTP community meetings in Johnson County this month will be held Nov. 15 at the Cleburne Conference Center located at 1501 W. Henderson. It will be conducted in an open house format from 5:30-7 p.m. with a short presentation regarding the progress of the project at 6 p.m. Attendees can view aerial photographs of the construction and visit about the project with staff from both NTTA and Granite Construction. |
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Construction update
Crews working to remove the older Hulen Street bridge will focus their efforts this week on the portion of the bridge that extends over the Trinity Trails in Fort Worth. In order to protect the trails and the trains and rails in the Union Pacific Railroad's Davidson Yard, the bridge is being removed in large pieces. These activities will be performed outside of the trails' normal hours of operation from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly.
The closure of the intersection at Rutledge and Landers streets in Fort Worth has been extended to 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16. The intersection will be closed to through traffic while crews continue installing a storm sewer line.
Crews placed the final bridge deck for the eastbound I-30 frontage road between Forest Park Boulevard and Summit Avenue last week. Embankment work and roadway construction will continue as the deck concrete cures. In addition to this work, crews working in south Fort Worth will continue placing beams south of Overton Ridge Boulevard. Approximately 90 beams will be set over the next two weeks. |
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Progress in Pictures
Southeast view of westbound Rosedale-Lovell
bridge demolition in Fort Worth
CTP main lane bridge columns and caps, looking
south from north of I-20 in Fort Worth |
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NTTA: Building a legacy of mobility
 The NTTA didn't build the first toll road in North Texas, but it has built upon the legacy of responding to transportation needs while also putting North Texas drivers first.
The NTTA was established in 1997, long after the importance of toll roads to the region was recognized.
The Texas Turnpike Authority was created in 1953 to manage construction of a major thoroughfare between Dallas and Fort Worth. The TTA also was tasked with collecting tolls from drivers to repay bonds sold to finance the road's construction.
The men and women who helped form the NTTA out of the Texas Turnpike Authority shared a vision of enhancing mobility for drivers in this region by ensuring that tolls collected on roads in North Texas were reinvested in the region. When the NTTA took over the TTA's assets in North Texas, that vision became the roadmap for the NTTA, and it has stayed true to its mission.
Aside from adding 700 lane miles of safe and reliable toll roads to the North Texas landscape (and working to open additional lane miles), the NTTA has infused $3.4 billion into the region for non-tolled projects. Road enhancements and expansions funded by the NTTA are underway across the Metroplex.
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Cashless tolling benefits drivers
 TollTag customers enjoyed the freedom of sailing past toll booths long before the NTTA converted to cashless tolling. But even TollTag customers gained new benefits with the conversion to cashless tolling, and the benefits are measurable. Learn more here.
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 Touchdown! How 'bout them Cowboys TollTags!
Dallas Cowboys TollTags are on sale at area Dallas Cowboys Pro Shops and online at www.shopcowboys.com. Supplies are limited, so hurry and be one of the lucky ones with a Dallas Cowboys TollTag. To learn more, watch the Cowboys TollTag video or visit NTTA.org. |
