Tex. Transp. Code § 370.179 · Subchapter E. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
CONTROLLED ACCESS TO TURNPIKE PROJECTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An authority by order may designate a turnpike project or a portion of a project as a controlled-access toll road.
(b) An authority by order may:
(1) prohibit the use of or access to or from a turnpike project by a motor vehicle, bicycle, another classification or type of vehicle, or a pedestrian;
(2) deny access to or from:
(A) a turnpike project;
(B) real property adjacent to a turnpike project; or
(C) a street, road, alley, highway, or other public or private way intersecting a turnpike project;
(3) designate locations on a turnpike project at which access to or from the toll road is permitted;
(4) control, restrict, and determine the type and extent of access permitted at a designated location of access to a turnpike project; or
(5) erect appropriate protective devices to preserve the utility, integrity, and use of a turnpike project.
(c) Denial of access to or from a segment of the state highway system is subject to the approval of the commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 2.01, eff. June 21, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.370.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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