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The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) is an administrative agency of the U.S. state of Illinois charged with building, operating, and maintaining toll roads in the state. The roads, as well as the authority itself, are sometimes referred to as the Illinois Tollway .
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.
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 terminology) [citation needed].
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.
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 .
Why is the Illinois Tollway making this change? The stickers are being introduced in step with 19 other states, the tollway said. Therefore, I-PASS customers will be able to use their sticker tag ...
The Tri-State Tollway is a controlled-access toll road in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. Originally U.S. Route 41 Toll , it follows: Interstate 80 from I-94/I-294/IL 394 in South Holland to I-294 in Hazel Crest;
Jan. 1, 1978: As the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike was opened to free traffic, this sign remained along the highway saying “This is the turnpike, connects U.S. 80 in Dallas. Avoids 63 stop lights ...