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Toll 49
Toll 49, a proposed corridor in North East Texas connecting Tyler, Longview and Marshall, is the NET RMA's top priority project. This project is comprised of three previously unrelated projects; Loop 49, the proposed outer loop around Tyler, Texas which has been in the planning stages for over 30 years; the Longview Outer Loop, a project that has conceptually been known as the East Texas Hourglass (ETHG), with connection to Marshall and the US 59 corridor; and the Lindale Relief Route, an extension of Loop 49 from I-20 west of Tyler to US 69 north of Lindale. Toll 49 has been broken into segments for further project development.
The TxDOT Tyler District has done a great deal of work on the planning and design of this loop. However, due to limited finances, TxDOT projected that construction on Toll 49 might not be completed until 2033. In January, 2006, the Texas Transportation Commission designated the new Tyler loop as a Toll Road, and provided the NET RMA with a $12.25 million Toll Equity Grant to assist TxDOT in advancing the design and construction of Toll 49. With assistance from NET RMA, and based upon the concept of using toll revenue to help finance the roadway design and construction, it is now estimated that the first 5 segments of Toll 49 will be in place and open to traffic by 2014.
Toll 49 is initially being designed and constructed as a two-lane
roadway,  with one lane traveling in each direction. There will be no centerline barriers on the roadway, so travelers will be able to pass slower vehicles when conditions allow a safe passing movement. In later years, a second set of travel lanes will be constructed, so that Toll 49 will ultimately be a four-lane divided highway with a grassed center median, similar to Interstate 20 near Tyler.
Customers are able to travel this road using a TxTag  to enable driving from one end of the Loop to the other without having to slow down to pay a toll. In addition, customers without a TxTag have their License Plate captured by video cameras and are sent an invoice in the mail. Either way, customers on Toll 49 are able to drive the roadway without delays or disruptions.
Once complete, segments 1-5 of Toll 49 will form a 32-mile loop around the south and west sides of Tyler. As a Toll Road, Toll 49 will offer drivers a choice of a fast-moving, convenient method of traveling around the city, as well as providing quick access to IH-20 for travel to Dallas, Shreveport, and points beyond.
Toll 49 - Main Page
Toll 49 East Texas Hourglass
Segments 1-2
Segment 3A
Segment 3B
Segment 4
Segment 5
Segment 6
Segment 7
Segment 8
Segment 8A
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