Texas Adopts 85 MPH Speed Limit

Because, if anybody can't drive 55, it's Texans

Reason Staff | 9.7.2012 9:16 PM

Texas will soon open a stretch of highway with the highest speed limit in the country, giving eager drivers a chance to rip through a trip between two of the state's largest metropolitan areas.

The Texas Transportation Commission has approved a speed limit of 85 mph for a 41-mile toll road several miles east of the increasingly crowded Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio.

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Texas Adopts 85 MPH Speed Limit

Because, if anybody can't drive 55, it's Texans

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