Site Navigation Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma New Mexico Texas       Texas Loop 1 - MoPac Expressway Texas Toll 1 Texas Toll 1 opened on November 1, 2007, extending Texas Loop 1 north from Texas Farm to Market Road 734 (Parmer Lane) to the new Texas Toll 45 freeway west of Interstate 35 and east of U.S. 183 & Toll Texas 183A. Texas 1 Loop / Texas 1 Toll Highway Guides Texas Loop 1 North (MoPac Expressway) Texas Toll 1 North Texas Loop 1 south (MoPac Expressway) Texas Loop 1 / Texas Toll 1 travels along the MoPac Expressway from Texas 45, a future limited access parkway, north to Texas Toll 45. Map created by Kelly Krapp. [Click for larger] Scenes pertaining to Loop 1 The MoPac is so named because the freeway overlays the MoPac Railroad. Brandon Kraft writes, "For a good amount of the length of the freeway, the Missouri-Pacific rail line is laid between the main lanes of the freeway on the medians. The freeway was known for having the MoPac lines with it so thus the name stuck." Photo taken 04/00. Overhead signage for Enfield Road from Texas Loop 1. Photo taken 04/00. Here is a view of the Texas Loop 1 Bridge over Townlake looking west. Notice the two tiers of the bridge; the lower deck is a pedestrian crossing over the water, while the top deck serves the freeway. Photo taken 04/00. This picture shows northbound Texas Loop 1 at Junction First Street. The bike paths that parallel Townlake allowed me to access this "median" in between the two bridges. Townlake itself is behind where I am standing. I was amazed at how easy it is to walk so close to the freeways in Austin; it wouldn't be possible to stand in a place like this along many California urban freeways due to fencing and other restrictions. Photo taken 04/00. Looking northeast from a vantage point close to the "median" above is this view of the exit signage on the off-ramp from northbound Loop 1 to First Street and Fifth Street. Photo taken 04/00. Texas Loop 1 overpass over Fifth Street looking east. Photo taken 04/00. Here is a good look at the pedestrian/bike crossing under the southbound lanes of Texas Loop 1 at the Townlake crossing (Colorado River). This bridge connects to the pedestrian/bike trails under the Texas Loop 1 bridges and off-ramps near First Street and Townlake. Photo taken 04/00. This picture is taken from the Texas Loop 1 frontage road looking southbound as Texas Loop 1 crosses Townlake. Note how the left lane of the frontage road leads onto the freeway. Photo taken 04/00. Here is another view of the Townlake bridge on southbound Texas Loop 1, just east of the frontage road on-ramp from the previous picture. Notice all of the ramps that come together at the foot of the bridge. Photo taken 04/00. Surprisingly, there are several pedestrian/bike trails under the Texas Loop 1 bridges and off-ramps near First Street and Townlake. Photo taken 04/00. This picture shows eastbound First Street at Junction Loop 1. Check out the traffic signal configuration. Photo taken 04/00. Cesar Chavez Street (West 1st Street) ends at a directional stack interchange with Texas Loop 1 (MoPac Expressway) and Lake Austin Boulevard. Cesar Chavez Street partitions into ramps for Texas Loop 1 north and Texas Loop 1 south/Lake Austin Boulevard west. This sign bridge lies within the folded diamond interchange with Stephen F. Austin Drive. Photo taken 09/29/07. Two lanes depart Cesar Chavez Street westbound for the northbound MoPac Expressway. Both ramps pass over West 5th Street and a Union Pacific Railroad below. Photo taken 09/29/07. Overheads at the Cesar Chavez Street westbound ramp split for Texas Loop 1 south across the Townlake Bridge and Lake Austin Boulevard west, which continues West 6th Street to the Tarrytown neighborhood and Lake Austin. Photo taken 09/29/07. Newfield Lane represents the northbound side frontage road of the MoPac Expressway within the vicinity of Enfield Road. Ramps connect Texas Loop 1 with Enfield Road via Newfield Lane north and Westfield Lane south. These shields reside at the Newfield Lane intersection with Enfield Road. Photo taken 09/29/07. Newfield Lane splits with a northbound on-ramp to Texas Loop 1 north of Enfield Road. The Enfield neighborhood lies east of the freeway here. Photo taken 09/29/07. Page Updated November 11, 2007