The Addison Airport Toll Tunnel, also known as the Addison Airport Tunnel and the Addison Toll Tunnel, is part of the

North Texas Tollway Authority The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is an organization that maintains and operates toll roads, bridges, and tunnels in the North Texas area. Functioning as a political subdivision of the State of Texas under Chapter 366 of the Transpor ...

(NTTA) system and extends Keller Springs Road under the Addison Airport property. Built for the NTTA, this toll tunnel enables vehicular traffic to travel ''under'' rather than around the airport, which expands traffic capacity and eases the notorious congestion of

north Dallas North Dallas is an area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas (United States). The phrase "North Dallas" is also sometimes used to include any suburb or exurb north of Dallas proper within the metropolitan area. The majority of ...

and Addison by providing an east–west route between the

Dallas North Tollway The Dallas North Tollway (DNT, or simply the Tollway) is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas ( USA), to U.S. Highway 380, in Frisco, ...

and Interstate 35E under the Addison Airport runway. It provides motorists a through passage on Keller Springs Road, which once ended on either side of Addison Airport, as an alternate route to the heavily traveled Belt Line Road and Trinity Mills Road. The lanes of the Addison Airport Toll Tunnel toll plaza are equipped for electronic toll collection via

TollTag The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is an organization that maintains and operates toll roads, bridges, and tunnels in the North Texas area. Functioning as a political subdivision of the State of Texas under Chapter 366 of the Transp ...

. , the toll charged on the Addison Airport Toll Tunnel is for a two-axle vehicle with TollTag.

History

In September 1997, tunnelling crews started constructing a two-lane vehicular toll tunnel under Addison Airport. Completed in 1999, the tunnel is approximately in length with a total roadway length of . The NTTA-commissioned project cost nearly $20 million.

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External links

Addison Airport Toll Tunnel

North Texas Tollway Authority
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