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The new toll rates begin Sunday, April 11
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Drivers face higher tolls at MTA crossings after hikes take effect Sunday in a move designed to bring in millions in annual revenue.
Those crossings include the RFK Bridge, Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Henry Hudson Bridge, Cross Bay Bridge, Marine Parkway Bridge, Queens Midtown Tunnel and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel. (MTA toll rates can be found here). Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
For most of the crossings, E-ZPass drivers will see a 43-cent up-charge in tolls, rising from $6.12 to $6.55.
There’s good news and bad news. First the good; the MTA has tabled fare hikes on subways, buses and rail. The bad news: the MTA Board just voted to hike bridge and tunnel tolls by 7%. Now, I agree we need the money.
MTA approves toll hike on seven bridges, two tunnels
By FOX 5 NY Staff
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MTA toll hike approved
The MTA has approved a new toll hike on its seven bridges and two tunnels of seven percent or 43 cents more on each way with EZPass.
NEW YORK - Toll prices on seven bridges and two tunnels will increase on April 1 after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved the hikes Thursday.
EZ Pass users will be charged $6.55 up from $6.12 at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, RFK Bridge, Verrazzano Bridge, Throggs Neck Bridge, Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and Queens Midtown Tunnel.
Non- EZ Pass users will be charged $10.17 up from $9.50.
Jan 15, 2021
One of the three orthotropic deck sections for the new Wittpenn Bridge s vertical lift span is lifted into place.
NJDOT
A new vertical-lift bridge across the Hackensack River represents the first use of a lightweight steel “orthotropic” bridge deck for the state of New Jersey.
The orthotropic deck will serve as the vertical-lift span for the new Wittpenn Bridge between Jersey City and Kearny. The three-deck, 350-foot span was fabricated and assembled by Vigor LLC in 2017 in Oregon and then shipped over a month in five pieces through the Panama Canal to New Jersey.
The three deck sections rested upon barges in the river since their arrival in 2017. Three years later after project delays, they were finally installed in late September 2020. Each of the three decks was lifted a day at a time into place, according to Steve Shapiro,