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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 .
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.
E-ZPass tollbooths, like this one on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, use transponders to bill motorists.. Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels.
The 12-lane New Jersey Turnpike in the U.S. is the most heavily traveled toll road in the world, carrying hundreds of thousands of automobiles daily.. A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.
Enter the correct toll booth lanes. Stop at the toll booth and pay the toll. E-Zpass users can no longer wave their pass at a toll booth as the systems have changed. If you have an E-Zpass, be ...
Paying toll on passing a bridge. From a painted window in the Tournai Cathedral (15th century). A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or toll) is required to pass over. Generally the private or public owner, builder and maintainer of the bridge uses the toll to recoup their investment, in much the same way as a toll road.
Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge: New Jersey Turnpike Authority / Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission: I-95: 6,751.0 2,057.7 $8.20 Pay-by-Plate or E-ZPass (Toll southbound only) Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission: I-80: 2,465.0 751.3 $3.00 Cash, Pay-by-Plate or E-ZPass (Toll westbound only) Dingman's ...