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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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