Our toll rates reflect the cost of operating, rebuilding, and expanding the nation’s oldest four-lane superhighway, parts of which came into service in 1940 — about 15 years before the first U.S. interstates. Tolls fund all our efforts to provide safe, nonstop travel, including 24/7 PA State Police coverage, maintenance, and our safety patrols. Tolls also fund the significant capital investments to rebuild and expand our 560+ mile system to meet growing demand.  

Toll rates also reflect the borrowing costs the Turnpike has incurred in the last 16 years due to a state law, Act 44, which requires the Turnpike to provide supplemental funding to PennDOT, principally to fund transit systems across the state. To learn more about Act 44 and its impact on our customers and agency, please click here.