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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.
Interstate 66 (I-66) is a 76.32 mile east–west Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. The highway runs from an interchange with I-81 near Middletown, Virginia , on its western end to an interchange with U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Washington, D.C. , at the eastern terminus.
SR 133 (Eastern Toll Road) $6.66 17 Mile Drive: 17.0 27.4 Pebble Beach: Pacific Grove: $11.25 Private road. Cash, [2] [clarification needed] motorcycles prohibited SR 120 (Tioga Road) Groveland: Lee Vining: $20.00 No cash accepted. Reservations required, toll is entrance fee for Yosemite National Park. Open in summer only.
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The tolls were to be used to pay off bonds to build the road and were to be removed when the bonds were paid. [134] However, tolls continue to be charged to finance improvements to the turnpike system. [171] The toll rate was about $0.01 per mile ($0.0062/km) (equivalent to $0.17 per mile ($0.11/km) in 2023 [110]) when the
Most toll plazas were located on the entrance/exit ramps before entering the turnpike itself. An exception was the mainline West Stockbridge toll plaza, designed for toll collection from inbound traffic from New York; it existed shortly after exit 3, an eastbound-only entrance and westbound-only exit in Massachusetts. [9]
The first toll amount was $1.40 for a one-way trip. [7] A two-axle vehicle currently pays $8.75 with Platepay ($4.50 with Pikepass) to drive the full length of the Turnpike. When adjusted for inflation, tolls have fallen over 50% to 4.65 cents per mile (2.89 ¢/km), among the cheapest in the nation. (In 2005 dollars, the toll was $9 in 1953.)
Payment of tolls in exact-change lanes has been enforced by photo since 2011. [232] The Union Toll Plaza was the first to use an automated toll-collection machine; a plaque commemorating this event includes the first quarter collected at its toll booths. [233] As of 2018, exact-change lanes are only used for exit and entrance ramp toll plazas ...