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In Florida, all vehicles in managed lanes are required to have a SunPass, E-Pass, E-ZPass, Peach Pass, or NC Quick Pass to use the lanes. The Lee Roy Selmon Express lanes permits Toll by plate travel as well as the use of transponders.
SunPass was introduced on April 24, 1999, and by October 1 of the same year, more than 100,000 SunPass transponders had been sold. [1] [2]In early 2009, all Easy Pay customers automatically became SunPass Plus customers if they opt-in and have the privilege of using their transponders to pay for airport parking at Tampa, Orlando, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami airports.
Map shows states that accept Florida's SunPass Mini and Sunpass Pro. Both the SunPass Mini and the SunPass PRO work across Florida, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and parts of Texas .
The following is a list of toll roads in Florida.Florida has 734 miles (1,181 km) of toll roads, bridges, and causeways as of June 2013. The longest of these is Florida's Turnpike, running 313 miles (504 km), opened in 1957.
The SunPass electronic toll collection system, in use since 1999, has become the primary method of paying tolls on the turnpike, with 80% of customers using the system as of October 2009. [14] [15] [16] SunPass can be used on most Florida toll roads, in conjunction with other electronic toll collection systems in Florida (E-Pass and
Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) eastbound with Downtown Miami in the background I-395 spur heading east past Downtown Miami. The highway begins just north of the intersection of Southwest 137th Avenue (unsigned SR 825) and U.S. Highway 41 in Tamiami, built in 2007 and initially accessible only to motorists with SunPass transponders, passing through the first toll gantry.
The SunPass electronic toll collection system was implemented during 1999, with the toll plazas being reconfigured to allow lanes dedicated to transponder users. [32] A toll hike took effect on March 7, 2004, increasing the toll rate for non SunPass users to $4 for a full-length trip, with SunPass users still using the 1995 toll rates. [33] [34]
In 2008, the Turnpike Enterprise began a $49 million project to reconstruct the Lake Jesup toll plaza, allowing for the inclusion of SunPass/E-PASS express lanes. The project was completed in April 2011. [6] On December 14, 2011, the northern terminus of SR 417 was extended from Interstate 4 to International Parkway.