Toll 49 Segment 3A Opens
Posted/updated on: November 10, 2012 at 4:45 pm
TYLER – Segment 3A of Toll 49 is open. TxDOT cleared the way for drivers on the new stretch Friday afternoon following a Friday morning ribbon-cutting. Motorists will be able to drive Toll 49 between State Highway 110 in Whitehouse to State Highway 31 west of Tyler in approximately 15 minutes.
The new 8-mile segment, which began construction in 2009, connects the former west end of Toll 49 at SH 155 in Noonday with SH 31 between Tyler and Chandler, and will be free to drive through Monday, December 3. “We’re almost there,” said TxDOT spokesman Larry Krantz. “But we wouldn’t be this far along without help from our partners.” Segment 3B of Toll 49, which will connect SH 31 and IH 20, is under construction by the North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority and is scheduled to be open to traffic in 2013.
For a limited time only, East Texans will have the ability to purchase a TxTAG this week at the Tyler Area Office, located at Toll 49 and SH 155. TxTAGs will be on sale between 8:00am to 6:00pm Tuesday and Wednesday, and between 8:00am and noon Thursday. TxTAGs can also be purchased by logging on to http://www.txtag.org or by calling 1-888-Go-TxTAG.
TxDOT opened Segment 5 of Toll 49, which runs between State Highway 110 and Farm Road 756 (Paluxy Drive), in June. Segment 1 of Toll 49, which runs between SH 155 and U.S. Highway 69, opened in August of 2006. Segment 2, which runs between US 69 and FM 756 opened in February 2008. Segment 4 of Toll 49, also known as the Lindale Reliever Route, would connect US 69 in Lindale to IH 20. It is not currently funded for construction, but planning and environmental impact studies have been under way for several years in anticipation of funding becoming available one day.
