EZ Pass questions

Our I-Pass from IL works on the EZ Pass system. It worked in IL, IN, OH, WV and PA. It will work in other states in the East.

Out west, we ran into tolls in California. They had a license-plate recognition system. We had about a week to log in to the web site and pay or there would be penalties. I never really researched the penalties, just paid as we went.

After the big muddy there are no tolls on 80 or 90.

accsys wrote:
If you run into a toll road west of the Mississippi, it is on a different toll system and has its own transponder. Though I am sure there are others, OK, KS, CO, and CA are the only ones I am aware of. The west hasn't seemed to have turned our entire interstate system into a toll road like the northeast has.

The northeast did not turn the Interstate highway system into a toll road. Quite the reverse in fact, the Massachusetts Turnpike, New York State Thruway, Ohio Turnpike, Indiana Toll Road, Chicago Skyway, and Jane Addams Memorial Tollway were all existing toll roads that were designated by the federal government to be part of the then new Interstate Highway system. By adding the existing toll roads to the system, taxpayers were saved the costs of either building parallel toll free roads or buying out the toll road bond holders. In exchange, no federal highway funds could be used by the toll road operators to build or improve their bridges or roadways except for limited standards compliance.

The best answer I can give is to scroll down this page on the E-ZPass group website to the "Where can I use E-ZPass?" heading and look at the little portion of a map there.

At least in the cases of Vermont and Connecticut, the lack of E-ZPass integration is due to a lack of toll roads or bridges in the state.

DW and I drove cross country this summer. We didn't concern ourselves with having electronic toll payments set up for every state. Just drove and when we got home the toll bills from the states arrived and we paid them electronically.

If you take a more southerly route you will miss most of the tolls and all of the Chicago traffic. Something like this Head South

What the others have already stated. I will add, with the route you will be taking, you will not be on any other toll roads beyond Illinois and the last toll going west will be around the lower Chicago stretch.

If you run into a toll road west of the Mississippi, it is on a different toll system and has its own transponder. Though I am sure there are others, OK, KS, CO, and CA are the only ones I am aware of. The west hasn't seemed to have turned our entire interstate system into a toll road like the northeast has.

H"mm we have iPass which is from Illinois and it's supposed to work anywhere EZ pass is accepted. And there are no toll roads after you get to Wisconsin on I90. I like living in Michigan where we have no toll roads, just one toll bridge (Mackinaw)!