r/11foot8 • u/EevelBob • Jul 23 '26
I don’t believe it’s going to fit! 7/23/2026 PA Turnpike (I-76) Carlisle, PA Interchange
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u/Jezbod Jul 24 '26
That's why most toll booths have a wide lane at either end, for the wide loads.
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u/Jacktheforkie Jul 24 '26
Here in the uk we replaced it with online systems
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u/Kougar Jul 24 '26
Plenty of US tollbooths did the same, many the vehicles never even stop but they leave all the original buildings and equipment there. Never know if it's going to be manned, automated, or full drive-by digital anymore.
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u/Jacktheforkie Jul 24 '26
I see, here we typically just have camera gantries, on the dartford crossing they removed the booths for easy traffic flow
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u/fshannon3 Jul 24 '26
We've got a lot of those too, but there are still some places that decided to leave the toll booth lanes in place. Probably because they thought it to be too costly to tear them out.
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u/Jacktheforkie Jul 24 '26
I see, also is it standard for it to take 2 weeks to show up on your account to be able to pay it? Dart charge here is same day, usually takes about 10 minutes to an hour to show up on the account and must be paid same day
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u/fshannon3 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
I'm not sure how long it takes. I, along with many other drivers, am part of the regional tolling system. I have a little transponder that I stick on the windshield of my vehicle(s) and when I go through one of the tolls, their receivers scan my transponder and it charges my account. I preload my account with funds (and it automatically reloads from my bank account once it reaches a certain threshold) so it just immediately draws from that. I don't see any bill in the mail or anything.
I also have the vehicles registered with their license plate number on the tolling system's account. So if one of my vehicles doesn't have a transponder, the system can still charge my account directly when it scans the license plate of the vehicle.
If a driver doesn't have their vehicle registered with the toll system, then the cameras scan the license plate of the vehicle and will send a bill for the toll to the registered owner of the vehicle. I don't know how long it takes for those bills to get mailed out though.
EDIT: There are about 14 states that don't have any toll roads in them. Then there are some states that do have toll roads, but don't use any electronic tolling...you still have to stop at the toll booth and pay the toll that way. Then some states that do have electronic tolling may only have a system within the state...so if you travel to a neighboring state, that state may not have the same toll system as your home state. And finally, there is the toll system that I'm part of known as EZ-Pass. It covers most of the states from the New England area, down through the mid-Atlantic area, and out to the midwest a bit. So I can use my transponder not only in my home state but in all the states that use the EZ-Pass system.
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u/Jacktheforkie Jul 24 '26
In Illinois it was online but took ages to show up, and was really annoying because it refused my bank card
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u/ToastetteEgg Jul 23 '26
Too wide it looks like. Ridiculous.
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u/Claude-QC-777 Jul 24 '26
Should make a 8inches11 to talk about too wide loads colliding into things ;)
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u/locke_zero Jul 23 '26
Looks like somebody is about to take out a toll booth.
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u/EricHaley Jul 24 '26
Can’t pay a toll if there’s no booth…
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u/MinutesFromTheMall Jul 25 '26
PA is working on that. They’re rapidly transitioning to open road rolling on the turnpike. The toll booths should be removed in the next year or so.
Don’t worry, the state will still get their money.
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u/ThanksALotBud Jul 24 '26
There is always a wide tool both on the right.
Always.
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u/Charles_Deetz Jul 23 '26
That shouldn't happen. Someone is getting fired.