Toll roads in Texas

Toll roads
Loop 1 Toll marker
Chisholm Trail Parkway marker
Sam Houston Tollway marker
Various toll road markers in use in Texas
System information
Formed1957
Highway names
InterstatesInterstate X (I-X)
Interstate Highway X (IH-X)
US HighwaysU.S. Highway X (US X)
StateState Highway X (SH X)
Loops:Loop X
Spurs:Spur X
Recreational:Recreational Road X (RE X)
Farm or Ranch
to Market Roads:
Farm to Market Road X (FM X)
Ranch to Market Road X (RM X)
Park Roads:Park Road X (PR X)
System links

There are approximately 25 current toll roads in the state of Texas.[1] Toll roads are more common in Texas than in many other U.S. states, since the relatively low revenues from the state's gasoline tax limits highway planners' means to fund the construction and operation of highways.[2]

  1. ^ Batheja, Aman (July 4, 2014). "As Perry Exits, Texas GOP Shifting Away from Toll Roads". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  2. ^ Rush, Mike (August 8, 2019). "What the Beep: Why are so many new roads toll roads?". Austin, Texas: KVUE-TV. Retrieved 2023-02-07.

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