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Pennsylvania Turnpike open road tolling: How it will work
Updated: 9:03 AM EST Dec 28, 2024
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is launching a major effort to modernize toll collections.Open road tolling will begin in 2025, which means toll plazas will be eliminated.In the ORT system, tolls are charged as customers drive at highway speed beneath overhead structures called gantries. Motorists will no longer have to slow down or stop at toll booths.Equipment on the gantry and in the roadway classifies and identifies the vehicle and electronically processes tolls, allowing for free-flowing traffic. Turnpike officials said this is expected to reduce accidents, improve the environment and allow new access points. Drivers may also see lower toll rates in 2025 due to additional standardization and vehicle classification changes, according to turnpike officials.ORT will launch on the mainline Turnpike east of Reading along with the Northeast Extension beginning Jan. 5 and statewide in January 2027.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is launching a major effort to modernize toll collections.
Open road tolling will begin in 2025, which means toll plazas will be eliminated.
In the ORT system, tolls are charged as customers drive at highway speed beneath overhead structures called gantries. Motorists will no longer have to slow down or stop at toll booths.
Equipment on the gantry and in the roadway classifies and identifies the vehicle and electronically processes tolls, allowing for free-flowing traffic. Turnpike officials said this is expected to reduce accidents, improve the environment and allow new access points.
Drivers may also see lower toll rates in 2025 due to additional standardization and vehicle classification changes, according to turnpike officials.
ORT will launch on the mainline Turnpike east of Reading along with the Northeast Extension beginning Jan. 5 and statewide in January 2027.
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