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Title:

Crossroads of the Americas: Trans Texas Corridor Plan

Authors:

by Texas Department of Transportation Public Information Office

Published:

2002

Austin, Texas

Texas. Department of Transportation

Type:

Hard copy + Online document

1 volume (95 pages)

Online Access:

https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/digitized/texasarch...

Access Note:

5.9 MB

Supplement:

A 20-page report summary is available at http://web.archive.org/web/20050404033641/http://www.keeptexasmoving.org/publications/files/ttc_report_summary.pdf

Summary

"The Trans Texas Corridor is the largest engineering project ever proposed for Texas. The corridor paves the way—literally—to the future of Texas.... The Trans Texas Corridor is an all-Texas transportation network of corridors up to 1,200 feet wide. The corridor will include separate tollways for passenger vehicles and trucks. The corridor also will include six rail lines (three in each direction): two tracks for highspeed passenger rail, two for commuter rail and two for freight. The third component of the corridor will be a protected network of safe and reliable utility lines for water, petroleum, natural gas, electricity and data. Four routes have been identified as priority segments of the Trans Texas Corridor. These corridors parallel I-35, I-37 and I-69 (proposed) from Denison to the Rio Grande Valley, I-69 (proposed) from Texarkana to Houston to Laredo, I-45 from Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston and I-10 from El Paso to Orange."--Executive Summary, page 9.

Publ. Place

Austin, Texas

Contents

Looking Down the Road -- Executive Summary -- Action Plan (TxDOT Actions; United States Congress; Texas Legislature) -- Planning (Connectivity; Routes) -- Design (Design Elements; Cost Estimates) -- Environmental -- Right of Way -- Toll -- Rail -- Dedicated Utility Zone -- Finance (Toll Equity; Concessions; TIFIA [Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1998]; Other Federal Funds; Leasing) -- Maps (Trans Texas Corridor; Priority Corridors) -- Drawings (Rail Component; Roadway Component) -- Glossary

Notes

"June 2002"