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A tollbooth (or toll booth) is an enclosure placed along a toll road that is used for the purpose of collecting a toll from passing traffic. A structure consisting of several tollbooths placed next to each other is called a toll plaza , tollgate , or toll station .
The 12-lane New Jersey Turnpike in the U.S. is the most heavily traveled toll road in the world, carrying hundreds of thousands of automobiles daily.. A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.
Many toll roads have implemented open road tolling which eliminates the need to stop at toll booths. Toll roads, especially near the East Coast, are often called turnpikes; the term turnpike originated from pikes, which were long sticks that blocked passage until the fare was paid and the pike turned at a toll house (or toll booth in current ...
All-electronic toll; must have FasTrak; HOV-2+ and motorcycles toll-free [8] US 101 (Express Lanes) 27.0 43.5 SR 237 – Sunnyvale: I-380 – South San Francisco: Variable toll pricing All-electronic toll; must have Fastrak; HOV-3+ and motorcycles toll-free; HOV-2 and single-occupant clean air vehicles pay half-price [9] I-405 (Express Lanes ...
The Kansas Turnpike Authority Board announced Jan. 17 that starting in July, the cash collection equipment and toll booths will be removed and the entire roadway will move to cashless tolling at ...
The term turnpike originated from the turnstile or gate which blocked passage until the fare was paid at a toll house (or toll booth in current terminology). Most tolled facilities in the US today use an electronic toll collection system as an alternative to paying cash.
Paying toll on passing a bridge. From a painted window in the Tournai Cathedral (15th century). A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or toll) is required to pass over. Generally the private or public owner, builder and maintainer of the bridge uses the toll to recoup their investment, in much the same way as a toll road.
The Garden State Parkway northbound approaching the Cape May barrier toll plaza in New Jersey.At the time of the photograph, the toll plaza had a 70-cent toll for cars. A barrier toll system (also known as an open toll system) is a method of collecting tolls on highways using toll barriers at regularly spaced intervals on the toll road's mainline. [1]