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enzo1 09-09-2012 05:09 PM
Texas to open fastest US highway with 85 mph limit
 
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas will soon open a stretch of highway with the highest speed limit in the country. The Texas Transportation Commission has approved the 85 mph speed limit for a 41-mile-long toll road near the increasingly crowded Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. The road runs several miles east of the interstate between two of the state's largest metropolitan areas. ...

Joe Bob 09-09-2012 05:54 PM
There still will be a Prius on the far left camping out.....

drmatera 09-09-2012 06:35 PM
I thought Montana had "Reasonable and Prudent" ?

Sounds faster than 85 ;)

Shuie 09-09-2012 06:39 PM
whooohoooo!

Anyone who has ever driven across the I-10 corridor from San Antonio through West TX will sincerely appreciate this. I made the journey from Baton Rouge, LA to Bisbee, AZ two years ago to help a friend drag a '65 Dodge TownWagon Powerwagon home. It's an absolutely miserable drive West of San Antonio. Anything that shaves an hour or two off of this is a good start, IMHO.

onewhippedpuppy 09-09-2012 06:52 PM
God bless Texas. That could be easily done with a LOT of midwestern Interstates. Pretty much every one in KS is straight and flat, only moderately traveled, and with minimal exits. Even 75 feels slow.

masraum 09-09-2012 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by drmatera (Post 6965828)
I thought Montana had "Reasonable and Prudent" ?

Sounds faster than 85 ;)
No, they got rid of that many years ago.

red-beard 09-09-2012 07:21 PM
This is a new road and will be designed for 85. About 30-40 miles west of San Antonio, I-10 is already 80 mph. I'm just glad they upped the limit from Houston to San Antonio to 75.

island911 09-09-2012 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Bob (Post 6965770)
There still will be a Prius on the far left camping out.....
HA! :D

Yeah, if it's on any of the road in or out of Austin, you can count on it.

krichard 09-09-2012 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by island911 (Post 6965922)
HA! :D

Yeah, if it's on any of the road in or out of Austin, you can count on it.
yea and we all wear cowboy hats and own horses..... :rolleyes:

onewhippedpuppy 09-09-2012 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by krichard (Post 6965935)
yea and we all wear cowboy hats and own horses..... :rolleyes:
That's not true? Because everybody in KS lives on a farm, owns cattle, and sees tornadoes regularly.:cool:

dhrcr911s 09-09-2012 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 6965865)
No, they got rid of that many years ago.
Montanabahn is gone, but they still leave you alone up to 83-84... beyond that my luck runs out.

island911 09-09-2012 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by krichard (Post 6965935)
yea and we all wear cowboy hats and own horses..... :rolleyes:
Yes, the hipsters of Austin going for ironic. :cool:

redstrosekNic 09-09-2012 08:06 PM
Man, I was excited when the OH Turnpike raised the limit to 70mph... Another 15mph would be nice!

krichard 09-09-2012 08:34 PM
Even the locals can't figure out what the hipsters are trying to do here!!!
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look 171 09-09-2012 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by dhrcr911s (Post 6965947)
Montanabahn is gone, but they still leave you alone up to 83-84... beyond that my luck runs out.
really? I was being good through the whole state this summer and set cruise at 75.

Joeaksa 09-09-2012 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Bob (Post 6965770)
There still will be a Prius on the far left camping out.....
Thats why we put big bumpers on our pickup trucks... to punt these POS's out of the way.

Joeaksa 09-09-2012 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by drmatera (Post 6965828)
I thought Montana had "Reasonable and Prudent" ?

Sounds faster than 85 ;)
Only from 1995 to 1999 then it was ramped back.

DanielDudley 09-10-2012 12:50 AM
80 seems to be the ''new'' average speed in a lot of areas out East...

drmatera 09-10-2012 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Joeaksa (Post 6966081)
Only from 1995 to 1999 then it was ramped back.
that makes sense, a girl I was dating back in '96 was out there and took a picture of the sign... I wish I could find it.

scottmandue 09-10-2012 10:56 AM
Ba... ba... but how are they going to get the Texans to slow down to 85?

I have relatives there.


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