Maryland's Tolls Now Cashless Due To Coronavirus

ANNAPOLIS, MD — In response to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive order and to help limit the spread of the new coronavirus, the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) will initiate statewide all-electronic (cashless) tolling effective at 3 p.m. Tuesday until further notice and will close all E-ZPass® Maryland Customer Service Centers effective Wednesday until further notice.

Toll collection will be automated at the Bay Bridge (US 50/301). Drivers are instructed to "keep moving" through toll plazas without stopping. Cash payment lanes will operate as video tolling (cashless) lanes. Motorists who usually pay with cash will be mailed a notice of toll due for the cash toll rate. E-ZPass® will be accepted in all open toll lanes. E-ZPass® customers using a rental vehicle can add the vehicle temporarily to their E-ZPass® account. Rental car drivers without an E-ZPass® should contact the rental car company prior to traveling a route that includes a toll facility.

Toll collection also will be automated at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (I-95), Fort McHenry Tunnel (I-95), Baltimore Harbor Tunnel (I-895) and Nice/Middleton Bridge (US 301).

Because all E-ZPass® Maryland Customer Service Centers, including those at MDOT Motor Vehicle Administration branches, will close effective Wednesday until further notice, the MDTA will extend the time to pay notices of toll due and citations without penalty and will extend E-ZPass® discount plan expirations. Additional details on these extensions will be released as information becomes available.