Sam Rayburn Tollway

Sam Rayburn Tollway
State Highway 121 Tollway
Route information
Length:	26 mi[1] (42 km)
Existed:	2006 – present
Major junctions
Southwest end:	I-635 in Grapevine
	I-35E / US 77 in Lewisville Dallas North Tollway in Plano
Northeast end:	US 75 / Spur 399 in McKinney
Highway system
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The Sam Rayburn Tollway (formerly the State Highway 121 Tollway) is a tollway operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority^[2] that runs from Grapevine to McKinney. Its frontage road is State Highway 121.

The original portion of the toll road from Business 121 near Coppell to FM 2281 opened in May 2006, and toll collection started December 1 of that year. The tolled portion extended to Hillcrest Road in Plano/Frisco on August 31, 2008. The tollway was extended to Custer Rd. on September 1, 2009, and again to Hardin Blvd. in McKinney on October 1, 2009.

The tollway (formerly named 121 Tollway) was renamed in honor of Sam Rayburn at a North Texas Tollway Authority meeting on March 16, 2009.

The tollway also currently features two five-level stack interchanges, at Dallas North Tollway and Interstate 35E/US 77.

History

The Sam Rayburn Tollway project was divided into five segments, all of which have been completed.

• Segment 1, from Denton Tap Road to Old Denton Road, opened to traffic in July 2006.
• Segment 2, which runs from Old Denton Road to Hillcrest Road, officially opened to traffic on Sept. 1, 2008, when NTTA took full responsibility for Segments 1 and 2 as well as the operation, maintenance and construction of the remaining segments of the SRT.
• NTTA contractors began work on Segment 3 of the SRT in March 2008 . On Sept. 1, 2009, the NTTA opened the main lanes from Hillcrest Road to just east of Custer Road. On Sept. 29, 2009, the NTTA opened the main lanes from just east of Custer Road to west of Hardin Boulevard.
• Segment 4 encompasses the Sam Rayburn Tollway/U.S. 75 interchange, from west of Hardin Boulevard to just east of U.S. 75. Construction on this portion of the corridor began in December 2008. Four major direct-connecting ramps were open to traffic in December 2010. The last two ramps were opened in March 2011.
• The Sam Rayburn Tollway/Dallas North Tollway interchange is referred to as Segment 5. The NTTA began construction on Segment 5 in February 2010. It was completed in 2012.

Exit list

Almost all exits include access to SH 121, which follows the frontage roads.

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Denton	Lewisville			SH 121 south / Bus. SH 121 north – D/FW Airport, Fort Worth
Dallas	Coppell–Lewisville line			Denton Tap Road
Denton	Lewisville			MacArthur Boulevard
				I-35E / SH 121 south – Denton, Dallas	south end of SH 121 overlap; no direct access from SRT north to I-35E north (signed at MacArthur Boulevard); I-35E north exit 447A, south exit 448A
	Carrollton			Marchant Boulevard / Huffines Boulevard
				SH 121 north / Hebron Parkway	north end of SH 121 overlap
				Carrollton Parkway
	Lewisville			FM 544	no direct southbound exit (signed at FM 2281)
				FM 2281 – Carrollton
				Bus. SH 121 south	no direct northbound exit
				Standridge Drive / Castle Hills Drive
				FM 423 (Main Street) / Josey Lane
	The Colony			Paige Road / Plano Parkway
				Nebraska Furniture Mart Drive	northbound exit and southbound entrance
				Spring Creek Parkway
Collin	Plano–Frisco line			Legacy Drive
				Dallas Parkway	no separate southbound exit (signed at Parkwood Boulevard)
				Dallas North Tollway
				Parkwood Boulevard
				SH 289 (Preston Road) / Ohio Drive
				Hillcrest Road / Rasor Boulevard / Ohio Drive
				Coit Road	Access to Centennial Medical Center
				Independence Parkway
	Plano–Frisco– Allen–McKinney quadripoint			FM 2478 (Custer Road)	no direct southbound exit (signed at Exchange Parkway / Craig Ranch Parkway)
	Allen–McKinney line			Exchange Parkway / Craig Ranch Parkway
				Alma Drive	no direct northbound exit (signed at Exchange Parkway / Craig Ranch Parkway)
				Stacy Road
				Lake Forest Drive / Watters Road
				Hardin Boulevard / Chelsea Boulevard
				Frontage Road	northbound exit only
				US 75 / SH 121 north to SH 5 (via Spur 399 east) / Medical Center Drive – Sherman, Dallas	US 75 exit 38C, access to Medical Center of McKinney
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

External links

• A YouTube video sponsored by the NTTA as the official tour (from Grapevine to McKinney)