Project Overview
| The North Tarrant Express (NTE) project involves the reconstruction, widening, and addition of tolled managed lanes along approximately 31 miles of roadway north and east of Fort Worth, Texas. The NTE is being delivered in two phases. The $2.12 billion Phase I of the NTE (Segments 1 and 2A) along I-820 and SH 121/SH 183 opened in October 2014 after nearly a five-year design and construction period. |
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The project includes the reconstruction, widening, and addition of tolled managed lanes along 13.3 miles of roadway northeast of Fort Worth, Texas. Two tolled managed lanes were constructed in each direction together with new frontage roads on I-820 and SH 121/SH 183 extending east from Fort Worth toward Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). By 2030, a third tolled managed lane will be added along SH 121/SH 183 and a third general purpose lane will also be constructed on I-820.
Known as TEXpress Lanes, the new managed lanes will allow drivers without passengers in their vehicles to pay a toll when they want to avoid travel delays on the (free) general purpose lanes. Prices on the managed lanes will be set in real time every five minutes to control the number of vehicles entering the lanes and keep traffic moving at speeds of at least 50 miles per hour.