After all, exactly how many toll roads in Texas (or anywhere) stopped collecting tolls once the original bonds were paid off?
In Texas, just one.
Which one? I now of a bridge in California that stopped taking tolls when it was paid off (the Coronado Bay Bridge). I didn’t realize anything in Texas stopped taking tolls (I’m in Houston, and it seems like half our roads are toll roads now).
I30 between Dallas and Ft Worth was a tollway, tied IIRC, to the construction of DFW airport.
Paid the bonds off in the 80’s and took out the toll booths.
For a long time there was a 1/2 mile stretch by Hampton Rd on I30 that was empty concrete, perfect for parking big rigs.
The last road in our area that stopped collecting tolls after the bonds were paid for.