Dallas is just one giant megalopolis ready to explode! I bet in the next hundred years, Dallas will one of the largest cities in North America. In 1890, it only had 38,000 people. Within a hundred years, by 1990, it had over 1,000,000 people. Massive growth, literally around 100,000 new people per decade! With Dallas still growing and now considered one of the top 10 cities to go to and the new hub development for the railroads, I expect this town is gonna get huge
@zcat68 to get a toll road transponder in texas you must have a vilid drivers license . they will check the license plate that you give them to make sure that it is your vehicle... if you rent a car you cannot get a transponder in texas. you can obviously go on the road and get billed in the mail , the bill would come to the person that owns the vehicle in this case the rental agency , and when they recieve the bill there gonna look who had that car at the time/date. send you the bill
@ScrewdUPClickV2 toll roads in houston you will not be able to even drive on them for long . example the westpark toll rd . they see that u dont have a transponder you will get pulled over by hctra, and local police.
@bsdpowa its not legal to moniter the speed of cars on the roadways in the state of texas with camera monitering technology . only people that can do that are the police , state troopers ect with a radar detector . there are a few red light cameras that will take a picture of you car running a red light and issue a citation. but there are no speed monitering systems that issue tickets. there are monitering systems to keep track of the way a frwy is moving and the speeds tho.
Your videos are really beautiful. I like the construction zone. Usually, during economic downturn, the government helps people find a job and the economy back in growth by financing construction projects, such as freeways, interchanges or railroad. I've heard many bad things about Texas but your videos make me want to come and visit.
@screwdUPClickV2- sorry for the mistypo, my bad. :) f/u with my last post (due to limited characters), i think both toll roads will be a success with greater return of investment with newer development along the corridors - not to mention, texans love frontage roads.
@scredUPClickV2 - no, this won't be the newest mega highway (i think it would be the turnpike with both western and eastern extensions - 50 miles apx). check dallas north tollway phase 4 and 5, going north to oklahoma connecting another toll road from a different toll authority (grayson county).
i think 121 and 130 toll had different objectives - 121 was to respond to the sprawl coming near them, while 130 was to put trucks there. new developments are in the works for both toll roads.
@damonhynes, there are some not too old photos of 121 and dfw freeways in erik (fellow houstonian) book and website at dfwfreeways and texasfreeways...google it up. :)
@screwdUPClickV2 - that 121 toll is the prototype of what toll roads will be like (and eventually upgraded as with DNT and others) across north texas - as with ETC, toll gantries, electronic signs, and what's nice, thank you for driving NTTA - you notice that? :)
@therapy2run ya thank you for driving with ntta , i see that everyday exiting lanes of the sam houston tollway .. but for less than 4 dollars it wasnt a bad ride . even tho i have drove it northbound nearly a yr ago , but minus the construction. it look boring then which is why i didnt make the video a year ago
@therapy2run BTW I have talked to Eric Slotboom . I am very well aware of his work from the state of Texas, and out of state work. he is one of the more famous roadfans, which actually has 2 books , and freeway vids of houston dating back to 2004-06 .
Brian, 121 was 2-lane with the odd 3-lane at intersections. Traffic lights on wood poles with wires. Going the other way, 121 @ Denton Tap Road was a T-intersection with no lights at all.
@damonhynes thank you sir for that history .. even i dont recall much of the history of the dfw area frwy even from growing up near this area. i will be able to give u a low down dating to the early 50s on much of the others tho haha.. thx again
Funny thing when the toll lanes were about to open I used to ride my bicycle from Indepence Pkwy to 121 bus. split all the time. I said that when would open it it would be fast. And it is. I lived in The Colony from 1984-96 and now I live in Lewisville. I have been down that road lots of times =)
@McBearPEI yea , i see it also . it was prolly just a un level section of roadway. i will refilmed and put a new video together and edit it accordingly when the projects are finsihed. thx for watching
@damonhynes Same here! It seemed like it took forever to drive that road with the many traffic signals along that route. Almost nothing but farmland at the time.
Great video as always, it's amazing that this was barely starting to be a tollway in 2005 when I left Dallas. Recession definitely isn't a Texas word. This expressway will do well, a new convenient route for the growing northern suburbs.
is this the newest mega frwy in the dfw metroplex in the never ending northern sprawl? , or will this fail like toll 130 did in austin ? comments or predictions ?
@ScrewdUPClickV2 S.H. 121 has always been a vital link in the metroplex's transportation system (my dad remembers driving on it when he was a boy), and it's capacity has had to increase as the populations of Lewisville, The Colony, Frisco, McKinney, etc. have drastically increased. This tollway is the inevitable next step, and I think it is appropriate and necessary, especially since Frisco is now only half-way built-out and the towns north of U.S. 380 are anticipating a population boom.
@Dwafiz your right it has grown alot and myself i didnt recognize it , even from 3 years ago when i had last seen the area. the area is definitely on a big boom.
due to the overall construction , i have not edited this video much , when the corridor is finished in early 2012 it will be refilmed and made . enjoy one of the best frwys in the metroplex when it comes to design and stack itnerchanges
Dallas is just one giant megalopolis ready to explode! I bet in the next hundred years, Dallas will one of the largest cities in North America. In 1890, it only had 38,000 people. Within a hundred years, by 1990, it had over 1,000,000 people. Massive growth, literally around 100,000 new people per decade! With Dallas still growing and now considered one of the top 10 cities to go to and the new hub development for the railroads, I expect this town is gonna get huge
LordoftheKaty 2 months ago
PERFECT!
SonSawyer 2 months ago
I miss North Texas...
beanbagtraveler 2 months ago
they just opened up the ramps going to the Tollway. Now it's fucking sweet
PhyreManDan 3 months ago
@PhyreManDan I'll probably be up there in 1-2 months time refilming the entire corridor.
ScrewdUPClickV2 2 months ago
@ScrewdUPClickV2
Sweet. Will you be coming up the tollway to get the bridges or taking another route?
PhyreManDan 2 months ago
@ScrewdUPClickV2 Hope it's a month I really want to see the rest of PGBTP now that the section between SH78 and I30 is open!
brian461oia 2 months ago
the stacks of so cool areas see high awesome The Interchanges See That Logos To Video Tutorial
8RAPS 7 months ago
North Texas highway system is just awesome. There is really nothing like it.
xg3000 1 year ago
Nice job,always!!!.Great scenery and fantastic soundtrack,enjoy it ... Video-Master!!! 5*******
CAMINOANDALUZ 1 year ago
Texas freeways are just as awesome to watch being built as they are when they're done.
PanzerVIZeke 1 year ago
@PanzerVIZeke ah the corridor has been finsihed for a few years now .. there is just alot of major upgrades..
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
This is probably a stupid question, but what happens if you have a rental car and you want to take it on a toll road?
zcat68 1 year ago
@zcat68 to get a toll road transponder in texas you must have a vilid drivers license . they will check the license plate that you give them to make sure that it is your vehicle... if you rent a car you cannot get a transponder in texas. you can obviously go on the road and get billed in the mail , the bill would come to the person that owns the vehicle in this case the rental agency , and when they recieve the bill there gonna look who had that car at the time/date. send you the bill
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
@ScrewdUPClickV2 toll roads in houston you will not be able to even drive on them for long . example the westpark toll rd . they see that u dont have a transponder you will get pulled over by hctra, and local police.
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
Great!!!
Dmitryars 1 year ago
i wish have some road here in Europe...
Good Luck
TransporterEurope 1 year ago
good video and good song, do tollways have speed cameras?
bsdpowa 1 year ago
@bsdpowa its not legal to moniter the speed of cars on the roadways in the state of texas with camera monitering technology . only people that can do that are the police , state troopers ect with a radar detector . there are a few red light cameras that will take a picture of you car running a red light and issue a citation. but there are no speed monitering systems that issue tickets. there are monitering systems to keep track of the way a frwy is moving and the speeds tho.
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
@ScrewdUPClickV2 wow I didn't know that, Texas looks like a good place for some highway speeding :)
bsdpowa 1 year ago
Your videos are really beautiful. I like the construction zone. Usually, during economic downturn, the government helps people find a job and the economy back in growth by financing construction projects, such as freeways, interchanges or railroad. I've heard many bad things about Texas but your videos make me want to come and visit.
wipandco 1 year ago
@screwdUPClickV2- sorry for the mistypo, my bad. :) f/u with my last post (due to limited characters), i think both toll roads will be a success with greater return of investment with newer development along the corridors - not to mention, texans love frontage roads.
therapy2run 1 year ago
@scredUPClickV2 - no, this won't be the newest mega highway (i think it would be the turnpike with both western and eastern extensions - 50 miles apx). check dallas north tollway phase 4 and 5, going north to oklahoma connecting another toll road from a different toll authority (grayson county).
i think 121 and 130 toll had different objectives - 121 was to respond to the sprawl coming near them, while 130 was to put trucks there. new developments are in the works for both toll roads.
therapy2run 1 year ago
@damonhynes, there are some not too old photos of 121 and dfw freeways in erik (fellow houstonian) book and website at dfwfreeways and texasfreeways...google it up. :)
@screwdUPClickV2 - that 121 toll is the prototype of what toll roads will be like (and eventually upgraded as with DNT and others) across north texas - as with ETC, toll gantries, electronic signs, and what's nice, thank you for driving NTTA - you notice that? :)
therapy2run 1 year ago
@therapy2run ya thank you for driving with ntta , i see that everyday exiting lanes of the sam houston tollway .. but for less than 4 dollars it wasnt a bad ride . even tho i have drove it northbound nearly a yr ago , but minus the construction. it look boring then which is why i didnt make the video a year ago
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
@therapy2run BTW I have talked to Eric Slotboom . I am very well aware of his work from the state of Texas, and out of state work. he is one of the more famous roadfans, which actually has 2 books , and freeway vids of houston dating back to 2004-06 .
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
@therapy2run
I love that site. Thanx for the reminder!
damonhynes 1 year ago
Nice work, there is something very cool about seeing Stacks in mid-construction like that, 5*
Freewayjim 1 year ago
@Freewayjim lol wait till u see the dfw connector 1 year in...
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
Brian, 121 was 2-lane with the odd 3-lane at intersections. Traffic lights on wood poles with wires. Going the other way, 121 @ Denton Tap Road was a T-intersection with no lights at all.
damonhynes 1 year ago
@damonhynes thank you sir for that history .. even i dont recall much of the history of the dfw area frwy even from growing up near this area. i will be able to give u a low down dating to the early 50s on much of the others tho haha.. thx again
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
@ScrewdUPClickV2
:-)
damonhynes 1 year ago
...that's a lot of road works - like the track too..
GeoffJennyOliver 1 year ago
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Omegasunrise 1 year ago
Funny thing when the toll lanes were about to open I used to ride my bicycle from Indepence Pkwy to 121 bus. split all the time. I said that when would open it it would be fast. And it is. I lived in The Colony from 1984-96 and now I live in Lewisville. I have been down that road lots of times =)
Omegasunrise 1 year ago
1982-83, Brian :-)
damonhynes 1 year ago
@damonhynes was that the road? or was it a highway 2lane ?
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
@McBearPEI yea , i see it also . it was prolly just a un level section of roadway. i will refilmed and put a new video together and edit it accordingly when the projects are finsihed. thx for watching
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
Nice video!!
FreewayTitan 1 year ago
Wow. I remember when 121 from Grapevine to McKinney was 2-lane. Great vid!
damonhynes 1 year ago
@damonhynes lol that was the good old 1990s lol
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
@damonhynes Same here! It seemed like it took forever to drive that road with the many traffic signals along that route. Almost nothing but farmland at the time.
henryd1981 1 year ago
Nice video, Brian. Nice job.
Bryant5493 1 year ago
Great video as always, it's amazing that this was barely starting to be a tollway in 2005 when I left Dallas. Recession definitely isn't a Texas word. This expressway will do well, a new convenient route for the growing northern suburbs.
I275westflorida 1 year ago
and of course yours truly brings it to you first lol . Who is the real Texas Frwy King ?
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago 2
is this the newest mega frwy in the dfw metroplex in the never ending northern sprawl? , or will this fail like toll 130 did in austin ? comments or predictions ?
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
@ScrewdUPClickV2 S.H. 121 has always been a vital link in the metroplex's transportation system (my dad remembers driving on it when he was a boy), and it's capacity has had to increase as the populations of Lewisville, The Colony, Frisco, McKinney, etc. have drastically increased. This tollway is the inevitable next step, and I think it is appropriate and necessary, especially since Frisco is now only half-way built-out and the towns north of U.S. 380 are anticipating a population boom.
Dwafiz 1 year ago
@Dwafiz your right it has grown alot and myself i didnt recognize it , even from 3 years ago when i had last seen the area. the area is definitely on a big boom.
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago
due to the overall construction , i have not edited this video much , when the corridor is finished in early 2012 it will be refilmed and made . enjoy one of the best frwys in the metroplex when it comes to design and stack itnerchanges
ScrewdUPClickV2 1 year ago