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3.0 Getting Around·What's a TollTag and where can I get one? ·By Car ·What about mass transit? ·Where can I find traffic information? ·Where can I view traffic cameras and signs? ·Where are lane closures for the High Five?
| | | Ever wonder what the big wide open lanes are for on the Tollway? Well it's for drivers with a TollTag. The TollTag allows you to pass through the tollgate without having to stop and pay.
The TollTag is a transponder attached to your vehicle which communicates with a computer in the toll plazas. Every time you go through a plaza, the appropriate toll charge is deducted from an account you set up when applying for a TollTag.
All active TollTags can be used on the Dallas North Tollway, President George Bush Turnpike, DFW Airport, Addison Airport Tunnel and Mountain Creek Lake Bridge. Future NTTA projects will also accommodate the use of TollTags.
You must maintain a prepaid account to cover tolls for the use of your TollTag. You will pay $40 when you submit your TollTag application for up to three tags. Each time your Tag passes through an operating toll lane, we will deduct the applicable toll from your account. TollTag users save 20 - 25% in toll fees by using the automated system.
Visit the NTTA for more information.
Call Customer Service: 972-818-NTTA or 1-877-991-0033
TollTag Store * 12300 Inwood Road, Suite 110 Dallas, TX 75244 972-818-NTTA (6882)
Store Hours: Monday through Friday - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 260928 Plano, TX 75026-0928
TollTag Customer Center * 5900 West Plano Parkway Suite 200 972-818-NTTA (6882)
Store Hours: Monday through Friday - 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
TollTags for New Accounts Only - while you wait Hours: Monday through Friday - 8:30am - 4:30pm
CITY OF ALLEN 305 Century Parkway Allen, TX 75013 214-509-4560
CITY OF CARROLLTON 1945 E. Jackson Road Carrollton, TX 75006 972-466-3120
CITY OF COPPELL 255 Parkway Blvd Coppell, TX 75019 972-462-0022
CITY OF DUNCANVILLE 203 E. Wheatland Road Duncanville, TX 75138 972-780-5017
CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH 13000 Wm. Dodson Parkway Farmers Branch, TX 75381 972-919-2526
CITY OF FRISCO 6101 Frisco Square Blvd. Frisco, TX 75034 972-292-5000
CITY OF IRVING 825 W. Irving Blvd Irving, TX 75060 972-721-2411
CITY OF LANCASTER 211 N. Henry Street Lancaster, TX 75146 972-218-1302
CITY OF LEWISVILLE 151 W. Church Street Lewisville, TX 75074 972-219-3400
CITY OF LITTLE ELM 100 W. Eldorado Parkway Little Elm, TX 75068 214-975-0400
CITY OF PLANO 1520 Avenue K Plano, TX 775074 972-941-7105
CITY OF RICHARDSON 411 W. Arapaho Rd. Suite 101 Richardson, TX 75080 972-744-4120
CITY OF ROCKWALL 385 S. Goliad St. Rockwall, TX 75087 972-771-7700
CITY OF SACHSE 5560 Hwy 78 Sachse, TX 75048 469-429-4760
CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK 3800 University Blvd University Park, TX 75205 214-363-1644
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by MLOK5 edited by JMartin  last modified: 2008-03-05 12:54:34 | | | Dallas and Ft. Worth linked by I-20, which is the southern route, and I-30, generally the more useful road for visitors because many tourist destinations are in the northern part of town.
There are three tollways in the Dallas area: the Dallas North Tollway, running from I-35E north of downtown into Collin County to the north; George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190), an east-west route in the area's northern suburbs; and Mountain Creek Bridge, in southwestern Dallas County.
Three major expressways, I-30, I-35, and I-635, have High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes for vehicles with two or more occupants. Though the highway number designations are easy to find on a map, many of these thoroughfares are also known and referred to locally by name, which can make getting directions somewhat confusing. For example, Route 183, which leads to the south entrance of DFW Airport, is often referred to as Airport Freeway, and U.S. 75 is known to locals as Central Expressway. Dallas is circled by the I-635 ring road, known as LBJ Freeway; Fort Worth is looped by I-820.
Common Names for Freeways
Dallas North Tollway = Dallas Parkway N I-35 = Stemmons Freeway S I-35 = R.L. Thornton Fwy (south of Downtown) I-45 = Julius Schepps Fwy TX 183 = Airport Freeway West I-30 = Tom Landry Hwy, The Old Turnpike, East I-30 = R.L. Thornton Fwy (as you pass Downtown Dallas) I-635 = LBJ Freeway SH 190 = George Bush US 75 = Central Expressway SH 289 = Preston Road TX 114 = John Carpenter Freeway TX 121 = Airport Freeway US 67 = Marvin D. Love Freeway West segment of Loop 12 = Walton Walker TX 360 = Angus G. Wynne Freeway US 175 = S.M. Wright Freeway I-820 = Jim Wright Freeway Texas Spur 366 = Woodall Rogers Freeway Texas Spur 408 = Patriot Parkway Texas Spur 482 = Storey Lane
The speed limit in Texas is 70 mph.
By Texas law, drivers and front-seat passengers must wear seat belts. Children under 17 must wear a seat belt at all times, whether seated in the front or back. Children under age four or less than 36 inches tall must ride in a federally approved child safety seat.
Motorcyclists under age 21 must wear a helmet at all times; motorcyclists age 21 and over are not required to wear helmets if they have proof of insurance valued over $10,000 or proof of completion of a motorcycle operations course.
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by MLOK5 edited by JMartin  last modified: 2004-06-08 16:53:14 | | | The mass transit system in the DFW area is reasonably new and won't get you everywhere you want to go, but there's a lot of information on the DART website including a "how to get from here to there" lookup.
Visit DART for more info.
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by JMartin  | | | WFAA has a nice map (zoomable) of DFW that is kept updated. They also have links to many other traffic related websites.
Additional maps that do not require registration, courtesy of flarn : Dallas Area and Ft. Worth Area traffic reports.
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by flarn edited by 2kmaro  last modified: 2004-11-30 11:32:03 | | | There are a number of cameras that can be viewed to see what traffic is like on the roads (mainly freeways). You can also see what the big signs over the freeways and major roads have on them. The cameras cover Dallas, Fort Worth and the HighFive in Dallas is streaming video.
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by flarn edited by JMartin  last modified: 2004-06-11 15:51:50 | | | Since the High Five is under construction, this will enable you to click on dates for maps showing the area affected.
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by flarn edited by JMartin  last modified: 2004-06-11 16:15:30 |
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