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22-550: The Easton-Phillipsburg Toll Bridge opened on January 14, 1938, and is operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission . The main river bridge consists of a 540-foot (160 m) Petit through-truss span over the river; a 430-foot (130 m), five-span plate-girder viaduct at the New Jersey approach, and a 40-foot (12 m) pre-stressed concrete boxbeam span over Pennsylvania Route 611 on

44-518: A central computer which would calculate the charge according to the intersection and the time of day and add it to the car's bill. Norway has been the world's pioneer in the widespread implementation of this technology. ETC was first introduced in Bergen , in 1986, operating together with traditional tollbooths. The first major deployment of an RFID electronic toll collection system in the United States

66-461: A specified size and/or weight to access the toll road free of charge. In 1959, Nobel Economics Prize winner William Vickrey was the first to propose a system of electronic tolling for the Washington metropolitan area. He proposed that each car would be equipped with a transponder. The transponder's personalized signal would be picked up when the car passed through an intersection and then relayed to

88-686: Is a bistate, public agency that maintains and operates river crossings connecting the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey . The agency's jurisdiction stretches roughly 140 miles (230 km) along the Delaware River from Philadelphia and Bucks County in southeast Pennsylvania and then north through the Lehigh Valley and to Pennsylvania- New York state border. DRJTBC operates eight toll bridges and 12 toll-supported (free) bridges, two of which are pedestrian-only crossings, and 34 approach structures throughout its jurisdiction. Revenues from

110-446: Is a system that uses optical character recognition on images to read the license plates on vehicles. While the technology is most commonly used by law enforcement for cataloging vehicle movements and traffic enforcement, ANPR has also been used as a method of electronic toll collection. ANPR can be used in conjunction with transponder systems. If a transponder is not detected on a vehicle, a system of cameras located at each junction logs

132-416: Is relatively limited (for example, targeting only commercial vehicles and other such flagrant and/or repeat offenders). Some toll operators prefer to simply write off leakage as an expense, especially if the costs associated with collection efforts are expected to exceed the additional tolls, fees and/or fines that will likely be collected, or alternatively allow vehicles that are privately operated and/or below

154-516: Is that it relies on the honor system to the extent that without the presence of toll booths there is typically no physical means of preventing drivers who have no intention of paying the toll from accessing the road. Toll operators refer to such toll evasion as "leakage." To deter such behavior, toll operators can employ tools such as high-definition cameras to identify violators, and leakage can be offset in part or whole by fees and fines collected against offenders. However, in many cases such enforcement

176-585: Is that the collected data can be abused by employees or stolen by computer hackers. This has led the police of Scotland to delete their collection of ANPR records in 2016. As ANPR is a new technology, its use is often not tightly regulated; it is unclear whether ANPR in Scotland complied with the UK data retention laws. All three tolled sections of New Zealand highways use ANPR. Tolls can be paid at selected gas stations, online, or by setting up an account. The following

198-426: Is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of toll booths . An electronic toll collection system is usually used instead. The major advantage to ORT is that users are able to drive through the toll plaza at highway speeds without having to slow down to pay the toll. In some installations, ORT may also reduce congestion at the plazas by allowing more vehicles per hour/per lane. The disadvantage to ORT

220-519: Is used on a number of different highway systems. Both methods aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads by collecting tolls electronically by electronically debiting the accounts of registered car owners without requiring them to stop. Transponders are a receiver-transmitter that will generate a reply signal upon proper electronic interrogation. Transponders are an adaptation of military identification friend or foe technology. Most current systems rely on radio-frequency identification, where an antenna at

242-750: The New Jersey governor and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate for three-year terms. In Pennsylvania , five members are appointed by the Pennsylvania governor and serve at his pleasure. They meet monthly to review reports, provide oversight and set policies carried out by the executive director and professional staff. The commission charges a $ 3.00 cash auto toll ($ 1.50 for E-ZPass users) on its eight toll bridges, as of January 24, 2024. Discounts were available for frequent commuters equipped with E-ZPass, however this program ended on January 1, 2024. Until 2021,

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264-602: The DRJTBC charged the same rate for cash and E-ZPass users. Truck tolls range from $ 9 to $ 35, depending on axle type, time of travel and whether E-ZPass is used. Tolls are collected only from traffic crossing into Pennsylvania. As of June 2021, an all-electronic toll is charged on some of the bridges. The commission is a member of the Interagency Group, a regional collaborative of toll-collection agencies that offer E-ZPass electronic toll collection services. In November 2013,

286-454: The Pennsylvania approach. The overall length is 1,020 feet (310 m). The four-lane facility has a roadway width of 40 feet (12 m). There are 8-foot (2.4 m) concrete pedestrian sidewalks outside the trusses on each side. The bridge is the 9th-longest (main span) simple truss and 9th-longest (main span) steel truss in the United States. When it was constructed in 1938, the bridge

308-629: The commission voted to merge E-ZPass operations with the New Jersey E-ZPass Customer Service Center as a cost-cutting measure. The commission was the last agency in the Delaware Valley to implement a monthly service fee. From north to south: The commission also maintains 34 minor structures, including overpasses and underpasses . Open road tolling Open road tolling ( ORT ), also called all-electronic tolling , cashless tolling , or free-flow tolling ,

330-638: The commissions toll-supported bridges, known as tax-supported bridges until the 1984 agreement. The commission assumed full financial responsibility for their toll-free bridges. Later revisions also made it so that the DRJTBC could build the Interstate 78 Bridge over the Delaware River and operate it as a tolled crossing. A board of 10 unpaid commissioners govern the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, with five coming from each state. In New Jersey , members are nominated by

352-426: The eight toll bridges subsidize the other bridges. Since 1987, the commission has not received any state or federal tax revenues and relies solely on toll collections for its financing. In 2019, more than 138 million cars and trucks used the DRJTBC's network of Delaware River bridge crossings. The DRJTBC was established under legislation enacted in the two states on December 18, 1934. The federal compact for what

374-421: The toll gate communicates with a transponder on the vehicle via dedicated short-range communications (DSRC). Some early systems used barcodes affixed to each vehicle, to be read optically at the toll booth. Optical systems proved to have poor reading reliability, especially when faced with inclement weather and dirty vehicles. Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) or an automatic license plate reader (ALPR)

396-495: The vehicle's unique identity and an invoice is mailed. The use of ANPR reduces fraud related to cash transactions or non-payment, makes charging effective, and reduces the amount of required manpower to enforce the toll road, but requires expensive computer software. However, ANPR usage raises questions over privacy and data protection . ANPR allows police to automatically compile vast databases of innocent road users' movements, thus invading their privacy. Another concern

418-461: The world using electronic toll collection technologies, and ORT has opened the feasibility to implement congestion pricing policies in urban areas. Collection of tolls on open toll roads is usually conducted through either the use of transponders or automatic plate recognition, the vast majority of which utilizes an overhead gantry system above the road. While rarely used as the primary vehicle identification method, automatic number plate recognition

440-691: Was the TollTag system used on the Dallas North Tollway , implemented in 1989 by Amtech . The first fully automated toll highway in the world, Ontario Highway 407 , opened in Canada on June 7, 1997. The highway managed to achieve this automation through the use of both RFID technology and automatic number-plate recognition . In September 1998, Singapore became the first city in the world to implement an electronic road toll collection system for purposes of congestion pricing . Today there are many roads around

462-546: Was the longest steel truss in the United States, a distinction it held for 19 years. The toll plaza collects only westbound lanes going into Pennsylvania , and includes the E-ZPass system. As of January 7, 2024, the toll rate per car is $ 3.00, or $ 1.50 if E-ZPass is used. This article about a bridge in Pennsylvania is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission ( DRJTBC )

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484-456: Was then called the "Pennsylvania-New Jersey Joint Bridge Commission" was first approved by Congress in 1935. The compact has been modified several times (on July 8, 1947, July 17, 1951, July 16, 1953, and March 19, 1986). In 1984 and 1985, the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey entered into the current version of the interstate compact, known as the "1984 agreement." This change meant that DRJTBC no longer would receive tax dollars to maintain

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