Fastest road in America opens to motorists in Texas Published October 24, 2012 Associated Press SAN ANTONIO – Motorists, start your engines. It's opening day for the last leg of a Texas toll road with the nation's fastest speed limit. The final 41-mile stretch of Texas Highway 130 will open Wednesday after three years of construction. The speed limit will be 85 mph. The toll road is intended to help alleviate the increasingly crowded Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio, which are two of the state's largest metropolitan areas. The new stretch will be from Mustang Ridge, about 10 miles south of Austin's international airport, to Interstate 10 just east of Seguin. A 50-mile stretch bypassing Austin is already open. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/24/fastest-road-in-america-opens-to-motorists-in-texas/?test=latestnews#ixzz2AENL4oUV
When I was out in Arizona some of the speed limits were 80mph give someone the 10 your, driving 90mph before you know it. Course anywhere you go is a hundred miles away.
The story of the road is an interesting concept out of the 1800's--constructed using private funds and repaid by charging a $6 toll for one way. They pushed and paid extra for the 85 mph speed limit to help ensure they made the money back.
