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The toll barrier has both electronic toll collection and cash payment in the same barrier, before a new toll plaza was added. Overhead cameras and reader attached to a gantry on Highway 407 in Ontario. Traditionally, tolls were paid by hand at a toll gate.
This is a list of toll roads in the United States (and its territories). Included are current and future high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, express toll (ETL) lanes, and hybrid systems.
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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a faster alternative which is replacing toll booths , where vehicles must stop and the driver manually pays the toll with cash or a card.
The following is a list of toll roads.Toll roads are roads on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. This list also contains toll bridges and toll tunnels.Lists of these subsets of toll roads can be found in List of toll bridges and List of toll tunnels
Many toll roads have implemented open road tolling which eliminates the need to stop at toll booths. Toll roads, especially near the East Coast , are often called turnpikes ; the term turnpike originated from pikes , which were long sticks that blocked passage until the fare was paid and the pike turned at a toll house (or toll booth in current ...
Benefits of automatic toll collection include reducing air pollution and fuel consumption, and saving motorists time and money compared to traditional tollbooths. [1] [2] Some tollbooths have been widened with the addition of toll gates to accommodate increasing automobile traffic, such as this one on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Bakwena N1N4 Toll Concession [2] The Bakwena N1N4 Toll is a separate system and has been operating for the past 12 years. The e-tag system employed by Sanral is also compatible with the current Bakwena tags and may be registered with Sanral's e-toll system for use on certain sections of the N1 and N4 towards Bela-Bela, Rustenburg and Botswana. [3]
In most motorways, toll is proportional to the distance traveled and has to be paid on exit, where toll gates — (in Italian) caselli — are placed. On other motorways, however, toll gates are placed directly along the route — (in Italian) barriere —. In such cases, it is required to pay a fixed amount, regardless of the distance traveled.