Cost of Toll Thru Indiana and Ohio

Dale.Traveling wrote:
No account fees for my Virginia EZ-Pass. Have three transponders, two daily drivers and the coach, all on the same account.

Back to the OP's question, if I used the correct vehicle info and entry/exit points from the Ohio and Indian Turnpike web site the Ohio part of the trip will be $20.50. Ohio Toll Calculator. Indiana $20.10 Indiana Toll Calculator.

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No account fees for my Virginia EZ-Pass. Have three transponders, two daily drivers and the coach, all on the same account.

Back to the OP's question, if I used the correct vehicle info and entry/exit points from the Ohio and Indian Turnpike web site the Ohio part of the trip will be $20.50. Ohio Toll Calculator. Indiana $20.10 Indiana Toll Calculator.

Try US 20 through Indiana, much prettier. That is our preferred route.

Matt_Colie wrote:
The BIG problem with any of those pass things is that it costs you even if you don't use it. Someone said that there was one state that would allow an unused account to "float", but when I inquired I found that to not be the case.

If someone knows, I would like to hear.

Nonsense. I-Pass (Illinois) doesn't charge any fee at all, just tolls (maybe that's why they are having fiscal problems ;-)). I've gone 1 to 2 years without using it since I live in Florida. No extra charges.

Suggest you get the pass. Just came through Houston on the toll road. No pass so we used cash. Every toll booth had about three lanes for passes, one for cash exact amount and one foe cash and making change. The one foe cash with change was always the far right lane. Absolutely a pain in the derrier to get across about 3 lanes as you left the booth to get back in the flow of traffic and not be forced into an exit only lane, the toll booths were at least 6 inches wider than my motor home mirrors leaving 3 inches each side. (That's what it seemed anyway) a pass would have made my white knuckle experience a little easier.

edited out didn't directly answer his question

I have had my I-Pass for many years and move it from car to RV and it goes many months at a time with no use. As long as I have the cars and MH listed. It counts axles and has always charged proper fee with no charges in used months. I got it when SIL had cancer and we made frequent trips. As soon as I got it she died.

Matt_Colie wrote:
The BIG problem with any of those pass things is that it costs you even if you don't use it. Someone said that there was one state that would allow an unused account to "float", but when I inquired I found that to not be the case.

If someone knows, I would like to hear.


Matt

I Pass takes an initial deposit ( $20 or $30) to be used against tolls. If you have multiple transponders ( wife has one, I have one) there is one account. There is no charge for anything except tolls. We can go for months without using it and our account balance stays the same.In August we were charged $5.00 for tolls, July was $34.65 with MH on trip to Oshkosh, WI. EZ Pass may work differently.

Matt_Colie wrote:
The BIG problem with any of those pass things is that it costs you even if you don't use it. Someone said that there was one state that would allow an unused account to "float", but when I inquired I found that to not be the case.

If someone knows, I would like to hear.

According to the terms on their website, NY does not list any maintenance fees of any sort if you have your statements delivered by email and have the account linked to a credit card. You do have to maintain a floating balance in the account, but I don't see any indication that it goes away over time. (They do also have a link-to-checking-account variant that doesn't keep a floating balance.)

Note that this is different than getting it through the NY/NJ Port Authority, which does charge maintenance fees.

I think there are other states that also have no annual or monthly fees, at least with certain plans or payment setups.

The BIG problem with any of those pass things is that it costs you even if you don't use it. Someone said that there was one state that would allow an unused account to "float", but when I inquired I found that to not be the case.

If someone knows, I would like to hear.

Until then, we will just continue to by=pass the toll roads. We like the scenery better anyway.

We have a classic coach that has six tires. Toll takers are so dumb that they think it has three axles. I doesn't. The rear four are one the same axle (By SAE engineering standards), but are tandem instead of dual.

"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything." - Charles Kuralt

Matt