Traffic & Transit
Tolls Going Up For Thousands Of NJ Commuters (UPDATE)
Start digging into your pockets, NJ. You're going to be paying more.
NEW JERSEY – Tolls will be going up for thousands of New Jersey commuters on Sunday and Monday.
Drivers who pay with cash will pay a $1 increase on Port Authority bridges and tunnels on Sunday, according to the Port Authority.
The tolls at the George Washington Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels will be $16.
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Those who use E-ZPass will see their discounts drop by 25 cents. Now they'll pay a $11.75 toll, instead of $10.50, during off-peak and $13.75, instead of $12.50, during peak hours, according to the Port Authority.
Those who carpool will also pay a $1.25-cent toll increase, rising from $6.50 to $7.75.
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See all the rates below.
Tolls on the Pennnsylvania Turnpike will also be going up as of Monday. The six percent toll increase is for both E-ZPass and cash customers and will apply to all PA Turnpike sections and extensions.
Drivers who use the Delaware River Bridge will also see an increase — from $5.00 to $5.30 for E-ZPass customers and from $6.75 to $7.20 for those who use PA Turnpike TOLL-BY-PLATE.
The 2019 toll increase is needed to meet funding obligations as well as maintaining and improving the 552-mile PA Turnpike system, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
Cash customers driving a regular passenger vehicle who want to cross the state from the Philadelphia region west to the Ohio border will now pay more than $53 to do so.
You can see how much your route will increase by using this calculator.
The most common toll for a Class-5 tractor-trailer truck will increase from $3.45 to $3.66 for E-ZPass and from $15.35 to $16.30 for cash, the Turnpike Commission said.
Here are the new Port Authority rates:

Patch editor Kara Seymour contributed to this story.
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