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The new Mystic River bridge (Chelsea Bridge) had two draw spans and cost $53,000 (equivalent to $1,310,000 in 2023) to construct. [4] The Boston and Chelsea Railroad opened a single horsecar track over the bridge on November 20, 1858. [5]: 225 The toll was dropped on November 9, 1869, when the bridge and turnpike became state property. [6]
As of 2016, a toll of $1.50 is charged for non-commercial two-axle vehicles with a Massachusetts E-ZPass, while non-Massachusetts E-ZPass holders are charged $1.75. Vehicles without E-ZPass are charged $2.05 through MassDOT's Pay By Plate MA program.
Fast Lane was the original branding for the electronic toll collection system used on toll roads in Massachusetts, including the Massachusetts Turnpike, Sumner Tunnel, Ted Williams Tunnel, and Tobin Bridge. It was introduced in 1998, and later folded into the E-ZPass branding in 2012. Fast Lane transponders were fully interoperable with member ...
U.S. Route 1 along the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge—converted to automatic open road tolling and license plate number recognition in 2014. [52] In 2016, the $2.50 southbound-only toll was replaced with $1.25 tolls in both directions, with a 30-cent surcharge for pay-by-mail. [53] U.S. Route 301 in Delaware—entire length [54]
The Newburyport Turnpike opened on February 11, 1805, and was constructed by a private company at a cost of $500,000 (equivalent to $10.2 million in 2023 [5]). The turnpike was used by stagecoaches and mail carriers for decades, but toll collection ceased in 1847 as parallel railroads attracted more use.
The pressure and traffic on the Clark Memorial bridge is directly caused by expensive tolls charged automatically with license plate cameras on the only other alternate I-65 bridge.
Phillie Casablanca, Flickr The authorities that run San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge announced that next year, they will remove the crossing's human toll takers and replace them with ...
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