Vroom! Fastest US road, 85 mph, opens in Texas

Speed Limit 85
Speed Limit 85
Speed Limit 85

Drivers, start your engines! The green flag has dropped on the last leg of a Texas toll road with the nation’s fastest speed limit. With a 3-foot-long pair of ceremonial scissors, Texas Gov. Rick Perry snipped a ribbon Wednesday on the privately built stretch of the Texas 130 toll road – famous for its 85-mph speed limit. “There are very few people that get up and say they love road construction, but I think everyone is happy when you open a road up,” Perry told those gathered for the dedication. Read the full story at the Huffington Post.

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