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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 ...
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.
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.
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 .
Tollbooths and stopping to pay will be a thing of the past on the Kansas Turnpike this summer. Here’s what you need to know about how to use K-TAG for cashless tolling.
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 Pay-by-Plate or E-ZPass (Toll westbound only) Dingman's Ferry ...
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 ...
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 ...