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State Highway 130 (Texas)
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State Highway 130, also known as SH 130 and Pickle Parkway, is a tollway from Interstate 35 (I-35) in Georgetown to US 183 and SH 45 at Mustang Ridge in Central Texas
. Portions south of Mustang Ridge are now under construction [As of 7/2010]. When completed, SH 130 will run in a 89 miles (143.2 km) corridor east and south of Austin, Texas
. It parallels I-35 and is intended to relieve the Interstate's traffic volume through the San Antonio
-Austin corridor by serving as an alternate route. The northern terminus of State Highway 130 is I-35 north of Georgetown
. Its eventual southern terminus is Interstate 10 near Seguin
.
The highway was developed in response to the tremendous surge in truck traffic on the I-35 corridor brought on by the North American Free Trade Agreement
during the late 1990s, especially truck traffic originating from Laredo
, where the Texas Department of Transportation reported 150 trucks entering the United States
every hour. A proponent of the highway's development, Capital Area Transportation Coalition, said that congestion along the I-35 corridor is costing businesses more than $194 million a year in higher operating costs and lost productivity.
State Highway 130 will initially be a four-lane highway, quickly expandable to six lanes.
and SH 54 in El Paso, Hudspeth
, and Culberson
counties of far west Texas. That route was constructed sometime before 1933. In 1932, the route was co-designated as a portion of US 62. The SH 130 designation was dropped with the general re-description of the state highway system in 1939. Since 1943, the previous route has also been designated as a portion of US 180 along with US 62.
In June 2002, Lone Star Infrastructure
, a consortium of major highway construction contractors and civil engineering firms, was awarded a Comprehensive Development Agreement by the Texas Department of Transportation
to design and build the section from I-35 in Georgetown to US 183 southeast of Austin. The cost of this section was expected to be $1.5 billion, a figure which includes utility relocation, right of way, design and construction. Right-of-way costs alone were estimated at $389 million.
Groundbreaking for SH 130 took place on October 3, 2003. The first segment of SH 130 to open to the public was from US 290 northward to US 79 on November 1, 2006. About a month later on December 13, the highway was extended northward to a junction with Interstate 35
. On September 6, 2007, the route was extended southward from US 290 to State Highway 71. Segment 4 opened on April 30, 2008. This 8.7 miles (14 km) segment runs from SH 71 to US 183.
On June 28, 2006, Cintra
-Zachry
, the Trans-Texas Corridor
developer, reached a $1.3 billion agreement with the state to build segments 5 and 6 from US 183 to I-10 in Seguin. In exchange for their investment, Cintra-Zachry will receive the right to collect tolls for 50 years in a revenue sharing agreement with the state. The state will own the road while the developer will be responsible for financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance over the life of the agreement. Construction has begun on the final segment, with completion expected in 2012. Most of Segment 5 will incorporate US 183 from the outskirts of Austin to Lockhart.
The 2007 session of the Texas Legislature
passed HB 2296, designating SH 130 in Williamson, Travis, Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties as the "Pickle Parkway" in honor of former United States Congressman J.J. "Jake" Pickle.
Construction has begun as of early 2009 on the final sections of SH 130 which will travel through the City of Lockhart and wind through Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties before meeting up with Interstate 10 east of Seguin.
TXDOT announced in September 2011 that the SH 130 designation will be extended westward, along I-10 to I-410, then southward and westward along I-410 to I-35 in southern San Antonio.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. Portions south of Mustang Ridge are now under construction [As of 7/2010]. When completed, SH 130 will run in a 89 miles (143.2 km) corridor east and south of Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. It parallels I-35 and is intended to relieve the Interstate's traffic volume through the San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
-Austin corridor by serving as an alternate route. The northern terminus of State Highway 130 is I-35 north of Georgetown
Georgetown, Texas
Georgetown is a city and also the county seat of Williamson County, Texas, United States with a population of 47,400 at the 2010 census. Southwestern University, founded in 1840, is the oldest university in Texas and is located in Georgetown, about 1/2 mile east of the historic square...
. Its eventual southern terminus is Interstate 10 near Seguin
Seguin, Texas
Seguin is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, in the United States. It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,011; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had increased to 26,842...
.
The highway was developed in response to the tremendous surge in truck traffic on the I-35 corridor brought on by the North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada – United States Free Trade Agreement...
during the late 1990s, especially truck traffic originating from Laredo
Laredo, Texas
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...
, where the Texas Department of Transportation reported 150 trucks entering the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
every hour. A proponent of the highway's development, Capital Area Transportation Coalition, said that congestion along the I-35 corridor is costing businesses more than $194 million a year in higher operating costs and lost productivity.
State Highway 130 will initially be a four-lane highway, quickly expandable to six lanes.
Previous route
SH 130 was originally a road between the city of El PasoEl Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
and SH 54 in El Paso, Hudspeth
Hudspeth County, Texas
Hudspeth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. As of 2000, the population was 3,344. By 2010, the population had increased to 3,476. Its county seat is Sierra Blanca. The largest city is Fort Hancock...
, and Culberson
Culberson County, Texas
Culberson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. In 2000, its population was 2,975. Culberson was founded in 1911. It is named for David B. Culberson, a lawyer and Confederate soldier in the American...
counties of far west Texas. That route was constructed sometime before 1933. In 1932, the route was co-designated as a portion of US 62. The SH 130 designation was dropped with the general re-description of the state highway system in 1939. Since 1943, the previous route has also been designated as a portion of US 180 along with US 62.
Current route
Lone Star Infrastructure
Lone Star Infrastructure is a consortium of major highway construction contractors and civil engineering firms that was awarded a Comprehensive Development Agreement by the Texas Department of Transportation to design and build State Highway 130....
, a consortium of major highway construction contractors and civil engineering firms, was awarded a Comprehensive Development Agreement by the Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Department of Transportation
The Texas Department of Transportation is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas. Its stated mission is to "work cooperatively to provide safe, effective and efficient movement of people and goods" throughout the state...
to design and build the section from I-35 in Georgetown to US 183 southeast of Austin. The cost of this section was expected to be $1.5 billion, a figure which includes utility relocation, right of way, design and construction. Right-of-way costs alone were estimated at $389 million.
Groundbreaking for SH 130 took place on October 3, 2003. The first segment of SH 130 to open to the public was from US 290 northward to US 79 on November 1, 2006. About a month later on December 13, the highway was extended northward to a junction with Interstate 35
Interstate 35 in Texas
Interstate 35 in Texas is a major north–south Interstate Highway running from Laredo near the United States-Mexico border to the Red River north of Gainesville where it crosses into Oklahoma. Along its route, it passes through the cities of San Antonio, Austin, and Waco before it splits into two...
. On September 6, 2007, the route was extended southward from US 290 to State Highway 71. Segment 4 opened on April 30, 2008. This 8.7 miles (14 km) segment runs from SH 71 to US 183.
On June 28, 2006, Cintra
Cintra
Cintra, S.A. is one of the largest private developers of transport infrastructure in the world. Its assets are fundamentally toll roads and car parks, in which it has a total investment of €16billion...
-Zachry
Zachry Construction Corporation
Zachry Construction Corporation was a construction company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 1924 by H. Bartell Zachry. In 2008, this entity was split into two distinct companies, Zachry Corporation and Zachry Holdings, Inc....
, the Trans-Texas Corridor
Trans-Texas Corridor
The Trans-Texas Corridor was a transportation network that was discontinued in the planning and early construction stages in the U.S. State of Texas. The network, as originally envisioned, would have been composed of a network of supercorridors up to wide to carry parallel links of tollways,...
developer, reached a $1.3 billion agreement with the state to build segments 5 and 6 from US 183 to I-10 in Seguin. In exchange for their investment, Cintra-Zachry will receive the right to collect tolls for 50 years in a revenue sharing agreement with the state. The state will own the road while the developer will be responsible for financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance over the life of the agreement. Construction has begun on the final segment, with completion expected in 2012. Most of Segment 5 will incorporate US 183 from the outskirts of Austin to Lockhart.
The 2007 session of the Texas Legislature
Texas Legislature
The Legislature of the state of Texas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The Legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin...
passed HB 2296, designating SH 130 in Williamson, Travis, Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties as the "Pickle Parkway" in honor of former United States Congressman J.J. "Jake" Pickle.
Route description
SH 130 begins at I-35 north of Georgetown in Williamson County. The tollway heads south from the interchange with I-35 and bypasses to the east of the Georgetown city limits. It continues to the southeast to a junction with SH 29 and begins to take a more southerly course at the interchange with US 79. The tollway continues to the south and curves to the southwest as it approaches the interchange with SH 45. The tollway continues heading south, passing to the east of the Austin city limits. It reaches an interchange with US 290 west of Manor before heading curving to the southeast to pass around Walter E. Long Municipal Park. It turns back to the southwest once it has passed the park. It reaches its current southern terminus at US 183 in Mustang Ridge.Construction has begun as of early 2009 on the final sections of SH 130 which will travel through the City of Lockhart and wind through Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties before meeting up with Interstate 10 east of Seguin.
TXDOT announced in September 2011 that the SH 130 designation will be extended westward, along I-10 to I-410, then southward and westward along I-410 to I-35 in southern San Antonio.
Exit list
| County | Location | # Exit number An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore.... |
Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson Williamson County, Texas Williamson County is a county located on both the Edwards Plateau to the west, consisting of rocky terrain and hills, and Blackland Prairies in the east consising of rich, fertile farming land, The two areas are roughly bisected by Interstate 35... |
Georgetown Georgetown, Texas Georgetown is a city and also the county seat of Williamson County, Texas, United States with a population of 47,400 at the 2010 census. Southwestern University, founded in 1840, is the oldest university in Texas and is located in Georgetown, about 1/2 mile east of the historic square... |
Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 411 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 413 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 415 | ||||
| 417 | CR 104 | |||
| 419 | Chandler Road | |||
| 421 | CR 109 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| Hutto Hutto, Texas Hutto is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. The population was 1,250 at the 2000 census; it had grown to 7,401 in the 2005 census estimate and had reached 17,120 by January 2008.... |
423 | |||
| 425 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| Travis Travis County, Texas As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile... |
426 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| Pflugerville Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 16,335 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 39,653... |
428A | |||
| 428B | North end of SH 45 overlap | |||
| 429 | Pfluger Lane | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 431 | Pecan Street | |||
| 432 | Cameron Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 435 | Gregg Manor Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| Austin | 436 | |||
| 437 | ||||
| 439 | Blue Bluff Road | No northbound exit | ||
| 441 | ||||
| 444 | ||||
| 446 | Harold Green Road | |||
| Austin Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in... |
449 | |||
| 450 | Pearce Lane | |||
| 451 | Elroy Road | |||
| 453 | ||||
| 455 | Moore Road | |||
| Mustang Ridge Mustang Ridge, Texas Mustang Ridge is a city in Caldwell, and Travis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 785 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mustang Ridge is located at .... |
457 | Maha Loop | ||
| 458 |
External links
- Central Texas Turnpike - official page
- State Highway 130 Concession Company, LLC, developers of SH 130 segments 5 and 6.
- Anti-130 page (BicycleAustin.info)