Sec. 366.180.  CONTROLLED ACCESS TO TURNPIKE PROJECTS.  (a)  An authority may designate a turnpike project or a portion of a project as a controlled-access toll road.
(b)  An authority by order may:
(1)  prohibit the use of or access to or from a turnpike project by a motor vehicle, bicycle, other vehicle, or a pedestrian;
(2)  deny access to or from:
(A)  its turnpike projects;
(B)  real property adjacent to its turnpike projects;  or
(C)  a street, road, alley, highway, or other public or private way intersecting its turnpike projects;
(3)  designate locations on its turnpike projects at which access to or from the toll road is permitted;
(4)  control, restrict, and determine the type and extent of access permitted at a designated location of access to the turnpike projects;  or
(5)  erect appropriate protective devices to preserve the utility, integrity, and use of its turnpike projects.
(c)  Denial of access to or from a segment of the state highway system is subject to the approval of the commission.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 7.24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.