PA Turnpike Tolls Go Up Next Month: Calculate Your New Toll Here

HARRISBURG, PA — It will cost you a bit more to ride on the Pennsylvania Turnpike starting next month, as tolls are scheduled to go up by six percent on Jan. 5, 2020.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in July approved the toll increase for 2020 for both E-ZPass and cash customers. It's the 12th year in a row that there has been a toll increase on the Turnpike.

The increase is required to meet escalating debt-service costs associated with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s annual Act 44/Act 89 contributions to the Commonwealth of PA for transit operations and funding for its 10-year capital program, the commission said in a statement upon approving the increase.

The most-common toll for a passenger vehicle next year will increase from $1.40 to $1.50 for E-ZPass customers and from $2.30 to $2.50 for cash customers. The most common toll for a Class-5 tractor trailer will increase from $3.70 to $4.00 for E-ZPass and from $16.30 to $17.30 for cash. The cashless toll at the westbound Delaware River Bridge will increase from $5.30 to $5.70 for E-ZPass customers and from $7.20 to $7.70 for those who use PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE.

To find out how much more you'll be paying, visit the toll calculator.

“Since 2007, the commission has increased tolls annually to maintain its aging roads and make good on a funding obligation required by two state laws, Act 44 of 2007 and Act 89 of 2013,”said Mark Compton, turnpike CEO. “As a result, the commission has delivered $6.6 billion in toll-backed funding to PennDOT in the last dozen years.”

In addition to paying debts, the increases will also support the turnpike commission’s 10-year plan to preserve the highway. “Parts of our tollway turn 79 years old on Oct. 1, and we must continue to invest in our road to make it safer, smoother and wider for customers,” Compton said.