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">Texas State Highway 130 bisects an unremarkable and scrubby stretch of the Hill Country, giving drivers a route to San Antonio that bypasses the notoriously clogged I-35. The state’s newest toll road attracted particular notice because it boasts a 85 mph-speed limit, the highest in the nation. But now, the road is garnering headlines for another reason: the presence of feral hogs.</div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; ">“That is known as a pig route,” Caldwell County Constable Victor Terrel <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/On-Texas-130-road-hogs-are-the-feral-kind-3981958.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 116, 189) !important; text-decoration: none; ">told</a> Vianna Davila of the <em>San Antonio Express-News</em>.</div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; ">Since opening last week, Texas 130, which connects southeast Austin to Seguin, three collisions with
animals have been reported on this 41-mile stretch of toll road. And the hits will probably keep coming. As an article in the <em>San Antonio Express-News</em> <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/On-Texas-130-road-hogs-are-the-feral-kind-3981958.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 116, 189) !important; text-decoration: none; ">notes</a>, Texas has the highest population of feral hogs in the country...</div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; ">more:</div><div style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: adobe-caslon-pro, 'Times New Roman', Times, Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><a
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