2CAJUNS wrote:
We will be traveling this summer from Louisiana thru Texas, Oaklahoma,Colorada,Wyoming,Montana,and back thru New Mexico. Is there one Toll pass we can purchase for all these states?
This is a new question. The answer is most likely NO.
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority issues a single Pikepass usable all toll roads in Oklahoma, and it is good as well for the (single) Kansas Turnpike and the Texas toll roads managed by NTTA, e.g. the few in the Dallas area. There are other toll roads in Texas you might use, which are governed by different local or regional authorities. OTA is still negotiating with Austin and Houston authories but there is no pass exchange as yet.
Kansas K-Tag will work in Oklahoma, but not in Colorado or Texas, at least not yet.
I'm not even sure Colorado has a single pass for their two toll roads, although one of them is cashless and issues large fines if you use it without a pass. There are alternative free routes for both roads, the toll roads are largely for commuter bypass, like the toll road around Austin.
Wyoming, Montana and New Mexico have never had toll roads, but Wyoming legislators have been talking about taking I-80 toll, so get there soon.
Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska also have no toll roads, in case you might want to route that way.
But on a trip from Louisiana to Yellowstone, for example, and coming back through Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, I can't see needing to use many of the toll roads.
All of the toll roads in Texas are on commuter routes in urban areas, particularly tolls for use of the "express" or HOV lanes, which you can't use anyway with a large vehicle or vehicle combination.
Kansas Turnpike connects KC to Topeka to Wichita, running in a NW to SE. But you might use would be the short section of I-35 between Wichita and the Oklahoma state line. I don't think you would want to put the minimum $50 in a pass account to pay that toll one time.
Oklahoma's turnpike system largely connects the northeast corner of the state with Oklahoma City, extending southwest to Wichita Falls, a direction you would be unlikely to travel. You might use the Indian Nation Turnpike to get from NE Texas (Paris) to I-40, the cash toll is fairly reasonable. All of I-40 is free. North-south in Oklahoma, all of I-35 is free.
If coming from Fort Smith, you might use the Muskogee Turnpike to get from I-40 near Salisaw to Tulsa, as it is faster than the free alternatives. If you went through Tulsa, I don't know where you might be going from there. There are no superhighways going north or west from Tulsa, except the turnpike from Tulsa to Stillwater for the Oklahoma State U fans.
The rest of the toll roads in Oklahoma are like those in Texas, small sections of turnpike in the the Tulsa and OKC metro areas to help loop commuter traffic around congested freeway sections.
