PennDOT calls for interstate toll bridges to cover $8B funding gap
Feb 05, 2021 The I-80 bridge over Route 54 in Valley Township in Pennsylvania recently underwent a $500,000 emergency repair after two beams were damaged when struck by an over-height vehicle. Photo credit: PennDOT Faced with an annual $8.1 billion funding gap for its interstate system, Pennsylvania transportation officials are proposing replacing critical, aging bridges with toll bridges. The proposal is part of a search for additional, alternative funding as the state faces dwindling gas-tax revenues, less federal funding than expected and interstate bridges that are nearing the end of...