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The toll rate for autos on the Carquinez Bridge was thus increased to $5 (equivalent to $6.99 in 2023). [ 13 ] In June 2018, Bay Area voters approved Regional Measure 3 to further raise the tolls on all seven of the state-owned bridges to fund $4.5 billion worth of transportation improvements in the area.
The Bay Area Toll Authority then approved a plan in December 2024 to implement 50-cent annual toll increases on all seven state-owned bridges between 2026 and 2030 to help pay for bridge maintenance. The standard toll rate for autos will thus rise to $8.50 on January 1, 2026; $9 in 2027; $9.50 in 2028; $10 in 2029; and then to $10.50 in 2030.
After a test run on the Carquinez Bridge in 1996, it had accuracy problems in dealing with the 18 different toll classifications for different kinds of trucks. [39] After the changes were made and another test run, the Carquinez Bridge became the first California toll bridge to use FasTrak in 1997.
Caltrans owns and operates the toll bridges and is responsible for the construction of the voter-approved RM 1 projects, including a new span for the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, a replacement for the west span of the Carquinez Bridge, and widening the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. BATA is responsible for funding and overseeing the RM 1 bridge program.
The pressure and traffic on the Clark Memorial bridge is directly caused by expensive tolls on the only other alternate route— the I-65 bridge
Carquinez Bridge East bridge: 335 m (1,099 ft) 1,000 m (3,300 ft) Cantilever Steel 4 lanes 152+335+45+335 +152: Interstate 80 ... List of toll bridges § United States;
Traffic travels across the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge Thursday night Jan. 11, 2024 as crews close the right lanes going in and out of town to traffic.
The toll bridge, which carried Interstate 695 across the entrance to Baltimore's harbor, was destroyed in March when a container ship collided with one of its supports. Rebuilding the bridge will ...