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Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge Nearing Completion The Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge (LLTB) in Denton County is 80 percent complete and on schedule for a summer 2009 opening. This month, the bridge’s 360-foot-long steel tied signature arch began to take shape over Lewisville Lake with the installation of a “knuckle,” or one of the arch’s corner pieces.
As part of a regional effort, the NTTA is working cooperatively with Denton County, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the cities of Frisco, Little Elm and Lake Dallas to build the 13.8-mile overall Lewisville Lake corridor project.
After more than 24 months of construction, the LLTB project is well under way with remaining corridor sections in various stages of completion.
The 1.7-mile toll bridge will feature two lanes in each direction and an all-electronic toll collection (all-ETC) system on the project’s western approach. With all-ETC, drivers will not have to stop or look for change to pay the toll needed to drive over the bridge.
The LTTB design boasts a lighted, semi-circular arch near the center of the bridge that will be tied together 58 feet above the top of the bridge deck, spanning all four lanes.
Also at its center, the 8-foot-thick bridge deck structure will sit 52 feet above the Lewisville Lake spillway elevation, meaning that the top of the arch will soar 118 feet above the lake surface. The tall arch, coupled with lighted columns approaching both ends of the span, is destined to give motorists, area residents and boaters an easily recognizable landmark in southern Denton County,
Upon completion, the LLTB corridor will open a new east-west connection between Interstate Highway 35E and the Dallas North Tollway, transforming Denton County’s infrastructure and providing more mobility options for area residents.
Willow Grove Park, located in Lake Dallas, offers a great view of the LLTB for those interested in seeing the arch installation or the bridge construction. Work on the arch is expected to continue through April 2009.
For more information about the LLTB or other NTTA projects, please visit www.ntta.org.
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