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Central Polk Parkway—planned, unfunded toll road in Polk County. As of January 2015, the design phase of seven of eight segments has been funded. [106] Heartland Parkway—proposed 110-mile (180 km) toll road through interior counties, from southwest of the Orlando metro area to the Fort Myers-Naples area. [107]
By 1956, most limited-access highways in the eastern United States were toll roads. In that year, the federal Interstate Highway System was established, funding non-toll roads with 90% federal dollars and 10% state match, giving little incentive for states to expand their turnpike systems. Funding rules initially restricted collections of tolls ...
The Dulles Greenway, Virginia's first private toll road since 1816, is a 14-mile (23 km) highway connecting Washington Dulles International Airport with Leesburg, Virginia. In 1988, the Virginia General Assembly authorized private development of toll roads.
US 51 uses part of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Illinois; the old road is Illinois Route 251. US 278 uses the tolled Cross Island Parkway in South Carolina; the old road is US 278 Business. The tolls were removed in July 2021. US 301 is a toll road through Delaware; the former routing is a free road and uses several Delaware state routes ...
The department said the congestion pricing toll runs counter to the federal highway aid program, which prohibits tolling on roads built with federal funds unless Congress grants an exception.
Dozens of toll highways now exist in Mexico, referred to as autopistas or supercarreteras. Most federal toll roads are four lanes, though some, especially in mountainous areas, are two. Toll (quota) roads provide high-speed alternatives to non-toll federal highways as well as bypasses of major and mid-sized cities.
At best, they are getting just enough road investment to maintain the current condition of roads, but not enough to improve them. About 1 in 10 U.S. roads are in poor condition, but urban roads ...
The more traditional means of managing toll roads in the United States is through semi-autonomous public authorities. Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia manage their toll roads in this manner. While most of the toll roads in California, Delaware ...