Toll roads
Hello, we are first time RV'ers doing a long distance trip to the coast of Maine from Wisconsin. We have been out locally in our 38ft. class A RV but never cross country. Our question concerns the Tol...
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Lynnmor wrote:
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Just think, I80 crosses PA in the east-west direction and no tolls are needed. They did try to make it a toll road to prevent the competition but it failed to pass. I spent some time in the Pittsburgh area last summer and learned that the toll cancer has spread in all directions from there.
https://www.paturnpike.com/business/act44.aspx
Apparently a 2007 Legislative act (44) is a big reason for the toll increases. It mandates payments by the Tollway to PennDOT to statewide transportation needs, including upgrades on I80.
At $50 for the full 360 miles the toll rate per mile is 13-14c/mile.
But according to the Wiki history section, initial tolls were 1 c/mile:
The toll rate was about 1 cent per mile (0.62 ¢/km)—17 ¢/mi (11 ¢/km) in 2016[159]—when the turnpike opened. The ticket system was used to pay for tolls.[26] This toll rate remained the same for the turnpike's first 25 years; other toll roads (such as the New York State Thruway and the Ohio, Connecticut and Massachusetts Turnpikes) had a higher rate
