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By 1956, most limited-access highways in the eastern United States were toll roads. In that year, the federal Interstate Highway System was established, funding non-toll roads with 90% federal dollars and 10% state match, giving little incentive for states to expand their turnpike systems. Funding rules initially restricted collections of tolls ...
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States.The E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG) consists of member agencies in several states, which use the same technology and allow travelers to use the same transponder on toll roads throughout the network.
Turnpike—Express lanes are being added to 20 miles (32 km) of the Turnpike through Miami-Dade County. [110] [111] I-295—Express lanes are being added between I-95 and the St. John's River (Buckman Bridge). [112] Plans for express lanes between State Road 9B and J. Turner Butler Boulevard are being finalized with land acquisition beginning ...
A tollbooth (or toll booth) is an enclosure placed along a toll road that is used for the purpose of collecting a toll from passing traffic. A structure consisting of several tollbooths placed next to each other is called a toll plaza , tollgate , or toll station .
Transportation officials have proposed four optional toll lanes, including two in Nashville on I-24 and I-65, followed by Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Toll booth at the junction of I-84 and the Mass Pike (exit 9). The original electronic toll collection system in Massachusetts was called MassPass and was installed at the Ted Williams Tunnel. This system was scrapped and replaced by the current E-ZPass-compatible system in 1998 for the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Massachusetts Turnpike Boston ...
Turnpike ridership ended up exceeding expectations by the mid-1970s, and the bond debt used to build the pike was paid off 17 years ahead of schedule. On Dec. 31, 1977, the turnpike was “freed ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing nearly $400 million to build a new Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas across the Mississippi River, replacing the existing 75 ...