Speed limit is 85mph. So not an autobahn with no posted speed limit…or a Saudi highway at 160kmh/100mph.
Kind of still is...just a few more occasional cops. There were several places where hogs/deer crossed for years and they had numerous accidents. The crappy soils south of Lockhart also made for some "great jumps at 90+MPH" until they fixed them.trouble said:
It became a toll road while I was still living there. First couple of years, almost zero cops. It was wild and fast out there
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STATE HIGHWAY SPUR NO. 129
Minute Order 109041, dated 09/26/2002; DesLtr3-2002, dated 09/27/2002
In Whitesboro, from US 377 at Locust St. eastward to SH 56, a distance of 0.265 mile. (Grayson County)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SS/SS0129.htm
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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 128
Minute Order 090669, dated 08/29/1990; Adm. Ltr. 003-1990, dated 12/18/1990
From the Texas/New Mexico State Line eastward approximately 13.8 miles to FM 703. (Andrews County)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0128.htm
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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 127
Minute Order 016701, dated 09/26/1939
From a point on US 83 west of Concan via Concan to Sabinal. (Uvalde County)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0127.htm
Yeah, that's the worst thing on the shirt.dabo man said:
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no wordsaggiewilliford said:
You Had One Job 126
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STATE HIGHWAY SPUR NO. 126
Minute Order 087192, dated 03/29/1988; Adm. Ltr. 004-1988, dated 04/15/1988
In San Angelo, from FM 388 southwestward approximately 0.2 mile to FM 1223. (Tom Green County)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SS/SS0126.htm
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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 125
Minute Order 090669, dated 08/29/1990; Adm. Ltr. 003-1990, dated 12/18/1990
From the Texas/New Mexico State Line eastward approximately 28.0 miles to SH 114 at Whiteface. (Cochran County)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0125.htm
greg.w.h said:
My great aunt was an executive assistant in the Pegasus building in downtown Dallas from I think the 40s to 60s then relocated to Atlanta with similar role. I'll have to ask how close she was to that family though her only child is in his late 80s.
I've really enjoyed the Swiss Avenue stories since we have been in and out of the Metroplex and mostly on the Dallas side in my adult years. I'll note I've always called it "Needless Markup"
Rongagin71 said:
Free testimonial - "Hunt's 100% Natural Tomato Ketchup, thicker&richer" is better than anything Heinz puts out, but Hunt's cheap brand of ketchup sucks.
The daughter-in-law of the great aunt I mentioned worked in the Hunt family office for decades. We would join them at Arlington Stadium on occasion for Ranger games in the office's season seats. In addition to her four kids she raised…though part time some other time.aggiewilliford said:
Days Left: 125
Dallas, Texas
White Rock Lake Historic Distric
White Rock Lake homes defined Dallas long before the construction of Highland Park. White Rock Reservoir and the lake were created due to a drought in Dallas from the years 1908 to 1911. The drought was so severe that all insurance companies threatened to remove fire insurance from all of Dallas if something wasn't done. So, White Rock Creek was diverted and the Lake and its homes began to take shape. The most famous of all would be the home on the hill built by H.L. Hunt.
4009 West Lawther
Since the 1920s until today, Dallas residents and visitors have driven around White Rock Lake and marveled at this imposing home looking over the lake. Built by H.L. Hunt at the time, one of the richest men in the world, who symbolized Texas. The Hunt family has contributed greatly to the architecture in Dallas, restoring historic properties, adapting landmark properties for other uses, and designing new homes by the city's finest architects. The home was purchased and renovated in the first part of the twenty-first century. It remains a Dallas landmark.