Traffic Report

AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC IN 2020 (number of vehicles per day)

These estimates of vehicles per day on SH 130 and on other area highways and arterials in 2020 all presume that SH 130 will be a free road. The preliminary guesstimates show that a toll-road SH 130 would be carrying up to a third fewer cars; though the numbers haven't been run yet, we can suppose that traffic on the other roads would be correspondingly higher. But even if SH 130 is built as a toll road, it is feasible -- though not terribly likely -- that it would have paid off its bonds and been converted to a free road by 2020.

No-Build, Preferred Alignment (W/W/E), Eastern Alignment (E/E/E)


SH 130

Travis/Williamson Co Line: N/A; 121,000; 68,000

South of Pflugerville Rd: N/A; 94,000; 66,000

North of Parmer Ln: N/A; 93,000; 60,000

North of US 290: N/A; 124,000; 80,000

South of US 290: N/A; 95,000; 77,000

North of FM 969: N/A; 73,000; 76,000

North of SH 71: N/A; 95,000; 90,000

Mustang Ridge: N/A; 29,000; 23,000

Caldwell/Guadalupe Co Line: N/A; 32,000; 32,000

North of I-10 (Seguin): N/A; 33,500; 33,500


I-35

Travis/W'mson Co Line: 210,000; 165,000; (-21%); 181,000; (-14%)

North of US 183: 218,000; 173,000; (-21%); 199,000; (-13%)

North of US 290: 279,000; 248,000; (-11%); 258,000; (-8%)

North of 7th St: 353,000; 334,000; (-5%); 325,000; (-8%)


MoPac

North of US 183: 137,000; 114,000; (-17%); 117,000; (-15%)

North of 1st/5th: 153,000; 145,000; (-5%); 144,000; (-6%)


US 183

South of MoPac: 185,000; 173,000; (-6%); 175,000; (-5%)

South of I-35: 132,000; 108,000; (-18%); 116,000; (-12%)

Colorado River: 192,000; 165,000; (-14%); 174,000; (-9%)

Mustang Ridge: 59,000; 39,000; (-34%); 48,000; (-19%)


US 290

East of US 183: 60,000; 107,000; (+78%); 59,000; (-2%)


Loyola Ln

East of US 183: 37,000; 35,000; (-5%); 37,000; (0)


FM 969

East of US 183: 40,000; 31,000; (-23%); 39,000; (-3%)


SH 71

East of 183 (ABIA): 127,000; 120,000; (-6%); 144,000; (+13%)

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