State Highway 130

The 174 square miles along and near the tollway corridor in Austin's extraterritorial jurisdiction have limited curb appeal for city

"...When it comes to the bright future around State Highway 130, it's the city of Austin's assessment that the..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

What Is the Real Story on Highway 130?

"...Dear Editor, Back when state Highway 130 was under consideration, many of us opposed it..."

April 22, 2004 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Highway Ho-Ho-Ho!

As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?

"...They all laughed when Perry said he wanted a highway a quarter-mile wide,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Why Not Trucks on 130?

"...they don't stop anywhere in Austin. So when State Highway 130 came along, I thought for certain that a..."

Aug. 9, 2007 Postmarks

SH 130 Hot Spots

"...Turnpike Authority has looked at western and eastern SH 130 alignments in three different segments, thus producing eight (2..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Then There's This: Highway 45 Revisited

Except for the mayor, Council reaffirms opposition to 'aquifer toll road'

"...The more one considers the plan for State Highway 45 – its patchwork of moving parts, the clever..."

May 23, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin at Large: Ain’t No Highway Wide Enough

TxDOT abandons any pretense of new thinking about I-35. It's time to stop them.

"...They were looking at a proposed highway cross section of 12 lanes, which would open in..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Wreck on the Highway

Why the dogs can't catch the toll road speed machine

"...from the Texas Mobility Fund to support the local highway plan, a decision that conventional wisdom has held would..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Hitting the Pavement

Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.

"...Order 85260, authorizing The Agency Formerly Known as the Highway Department to "conduct a feasibility study for an I-35..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

GOP luminaries turn the highway's groundbreaking into a blessed event.

"...Last Friday's groundbreaking for the State Highway 130 toll road -- held under a big white..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Born to be Reviled

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

"...Transportation office building, stacked with dozens of other rolled-up highway sketches in a tiny space that resembles a high..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Naked City

Round Rock residents decry the western alignment proposed for SH130 and plead the case for an eastern alignment before the Texas Turnpike Authority.

"...From the air, the proposed routes of SH 130 look, well, pretty. And attendees at the Texas Turnpike..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...especially as they might relate to the under-construction State Highway 130. See "Council Notes: Stack and Shuffle."..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Road Shows

Are County Bond Proposals Good for the Long Haul?

"...will be building opposition to right-of-way purchases for State Highway 130 (the "Pickle Parkway") and State Highway 45 (part..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

To Bond, or Not to Bond?

Bonds dominate the immediate City Council horizon

"...dealing with the package's late-gestation problem child – State Highway 130, the 49-mile tollway development east of the city,..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Dreaming of Buffalo

Prairie preservationists want to turn Austin's eyes – and energies – eastward

"...Driving out Highway 71 toward the Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, the roadways..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Developing Stories: The State Eyes an Eastern Campus

And about that regional plan …?

"...search has focused on raw "greenfield" sites along State Highway 130, particularly near the intersections of either U.S. 290..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Round Rock Growth Explosion

SH 130 likely to shift epicenter of growth in Round Rock from land around Dell to one-time farmland on northeast end of town

"...The opening of State Highway 130 is likely to shift the epicenter of growth..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Point Austin: Kicking Around the Bonds

T he Sisyphus bond committee just rolled the stone up the hill – be ready to duck

"...potential projects associated with the ongoing construction of State Highway 130...."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...What's the Story on SH 130?..."

April 30, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Planned properly, State Highway 130 offers Central Texas the chance to let growth..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Column

Planning More Important Than Ever

"...any and equally daunting to resolve. Planned properly, State Highway 130 offers Central Texas the chance to let growth..."

Sept. 18, 2006 Postmarks

Y Not?

The battle over AMD's move to Lantana is a one-tract skirmish in a larger war over the uncertain future of Central Texas

"..."The Y": the congested intersection in Oak Hill where Highway 71 branches off from 290 West and heads northwest,..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Texas Turnpike Authority changes its position on SH 130; Max Nofziger has joined the anti-light rail campaign; Father Bill Elliott is not resigning, he's being forced out against his wishes; University of Texas makes another selection of short-listed architects for the Blanton Museum; Renetta Armadour is leaving OutYouth.

"...a surprise turnaround on its recommended route for State Highway 130, opting for the locally preferred eastern alignment. The..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Corridor Conundrum

The Truth Is Out There on the Highway

"...Lake bridge is the most congested point along the highway's entire length, from Laredo to Duluth, Minnesota.)..."

May 8, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

TxDot is digging up thousands of wetlands plants in the path of State Highway 130, then paving the entire area over

"...In the some-may-wish-it-were-only-a-movie development of State Highway 130, the $1.5 billion toll road project that will..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...to drive. The Jacobsons crashed into a guardrail on Highway 71 near Bee Creek after leaving the nearby Cedars..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Commuter Rail: Stuck in the Station Again

The attempt to salvage commuter rail in the San Antonio-Dallas Corridor

"...the Union Pacific rail line and onto the SH 130 corridor...."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Page Two

"...I am in favor of Texas 130, an Austin bypass that would start outside of San..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Travis Bonds: Roadways & Park Ways

Road and pedestrian proposals draw no opposition so far

"...million widening of Cameron Road from Howard Lane to Highway 130 that would also add bike lanes and sidewalks..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

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