Illinois toll roads

[truckerdave397]

So I have been over the Ohio river on I 65 and driven around Ok city where tolls are to be paid. They send me a bill I send them a check. In Illinois there is a small sign that I need to read and get information about paying the tolls. There use to be toll collectors but not any more that I can see. Does anyone have any experience with there? It looks like the toll jumps up a lot after 14 days if not paid.

[reddog81]

I think you have to create an account and log into their online system. https://www.getipass.com - It should have a way to search for your license plate. I had to do it a few years back.

I have a transponder thingy now but I have used their online system to reload with funds each time I drive through.

[elmacgyver0]

Don't get me started on Illinois.

[CastingFool]

I don't like driving through that state.

[skrapyard628]

Indiana can be just as bad. About a month ago I got charged $89 for a toll in Indiana that should have been $9, so I contacted them. They said contact Illinois (since I have an ipass transponder). Illinois said contact Indiana. So I emailed both together....4 times now. Still no response. And Im still out $80

[36g]

If you are traveling through IL or East and some south where tolls are charged (like entering KY from IN) the cheapest way to go is to get a Massachusetts EZ Pass (https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-e-zpass-ma). They are free and you can put $20.00 on account and they will notify you when it's gone). Good for pretty much all toll roads and bridges east of the Mississippi.

[MrWolf]

If you are traveling through IL or East and some south where tolls are charged (like entering KY from IN) the cheapest way to go is to get a Massachusetts EZ Pass (https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-e-zpass-ma). They are free and you can put $20.00 on account and they will notify you when it's gone). Good for pretty much all toll roads and bridges east of the Mississippi.

No $1.00 a month service fee like NJ? Still have mine from when I moved 5 1/2 years ago and do not drive distances anymore.

[36g]

No $1.00 a month service fee like NJ? Still have mine from when I moved 5 1/2 years ago and do not drive distances anymore.

Nope. And a free transponder...

[Good Cheer]

The only toll houses around here have pecans and chocolate chips.

[Plate plinker]

Indiana can be just as bad. About a month ago I got charged $89 for a toll in Indiana that should have been $9, so I contacted them. They said contact Illinois (since I have an ipass transponder). Illinois said contact Indiana. So I emailed both together....4 times now. Still no response. And Im still out $80
Indiana’s I-90 is not owned by the state any longer. It is leased out for about 90 more years. Funny that since the deal was made they have whined about lack of funds and begged for toll hikes.

[MrWolf]

Nope. And a free transponder...

Thanks. Looks like I will be switching. They basically are accepted in the same states.

[metricmonkeywrench]

I dont have a ezpass in my truck, when we go on trips with it i roll thru the non- manned booths and eventually a bill will show up.

Some states dont have a fee retrprocity agreement and out of state plates may not be charged. Wash DC is going thru this now... non residents dont have to pay the red light or speeding cam fines

[farmbif]

ive learned the hard way but still haven't done it but will get an ez pass before going on any trip.
even in florida tolls are automatic and if your not paying attention sometime after a trip you get a notice in mail saying your license will be suspended if you dont pay some outrageous amount in a short period of time.
I went though a $5 toll that ended up costing me about some $100
what is going on with tolls and bill collection associated with it can only be called highway robbery

[garandsrus]

The iPass transponder is (or at least was) free. There might be a small deposit, which is refundable when/if you return it. You save 1/2 the toll cost also.

[DougGuy]

I use the EZ Pass here in NC. I keep a minimum balance in my ez pass account, when it gets low they ding my debit card for another $20 and send me an email. We go to FL and it works there the same way.

I kinda don't mind the tolls around the 540 loop, the toll part is basically new uncrowded 8 lane pristine roadway that a lot of folks avoid so traffic is light on the toll parts.

Florida? Anywhere around Orlando? LOL light traffic? Yeah at 3am! Other times pack a lunch, a good book to read, just make sure you know which lane you belong in at the toll booth.

[Randy Bohannon]

Is there a toll road West of the Mississippi River ? Nothing like paying for stuff forever, Wyoming is the only state I have lived in when they said a special tax was for certain amount of money they stopped early collecting the tax.

[Dusty Bannister]

Kansas has the Kansas Turnpike from the Kansas City metro to the Oklahoma line. OK has some toll roads, as does CO in the Denver area.

[Winger Ed.]

Is there a toll road West of the Mississippi River ? .

There's several.

We have some that are HOV lanes.
With the toll tag, you pay to use it, but if there is a passenger or two in the car, they don't charge you.

[Geezer in NH]

Jake Blues once said "'I hate Illinois Nazis"

[gwpercle]

The only toll houses around here have pecans and chocolate chips.

:goodpost:
LIKE !
Gary

[Hogtamer]

Paying tolls on roads you’ve already paid for through taxation is theft by any other name. If they want to charge a fee for driving on state roads let them refund the gas tax you pay every time you fill up.

[Hogtamer]

Paying tolls on roads you’ve already paid for through taxation is theft by any other name. If they want to charge a fee for driving on state roads let them refund the gas tax you pay every time you fill up.

[MaryB]

Last toll road I was on was back in the early 80's. We were headed east on I90 and had to go thru Chicago... it was 3AM so not much traffic and we made good time.

Between 2 toll booths a pickup entered form the ditch and started following a semi, then the pickup spun around and backed up to the truck at 60mph, they cut the door seal and proceeded to unload sides of beef. Pickup took off back the way they came leaving the truck doors flapping in the breeze. We hollered at the trucker as we slowed for the toll lane, he hollered back, "I know, that was the mob taking their cut"... we made tracks in the next stretch to get away from his truck LOL did 80mph to the next toll booth.

Coming back we took a different route around south of Chicago because it was going to be rush hour on a Friday with bad thunderstorms/tornadoes tossed in for fun. We missed one tornado by 1/2 mile... drove thru large hail and torrential downpours... I can only imagine the mess the I90 loop was around Chicago!

[elmacgyver0]

Illinois could be a beautiful state if Aliens abducted all of the politicians and Chicago sank into the lake.

[elmacgyver0]

I would even settle for domestic aliens if they would drag them back to Mexico with them.
I just want to say, I have many Mexican friends or should I say Hispanic.
I welcome anybody who enters this country legally.

[Adam20]

i will take my plate off if i ever go thru Chicago again

[.429&H110]

Back when pavement was new, New Hampshire paved the Fred Everette Turnpike, a marvel of it's day. My Dad bought tokens at a discount, quarter and dime looking coins, to pay for the road. We usually rode the road going home on a Sunday night. Sometimes we would shun-pike down old RT 3A to save a quarter, and Dad taught me how to chain up our Impala for the project. The toll road would be jammed for a wreck every time it snowed a little, so we rattled down the old road on chains. That heavy old Impala was a beast in snow on chains.

NH said they would remove the tollbooths, but built a state liquor store instead.
AFAIK NH has the only tollbooth/ liquor stores.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

I don't like driving through that state.

Boy i hear you! Drove through Cairo, Illinois a few weeks back after staying in Hannibal, Missouri. It is much worse than even Gary, Indiana.

[36g]

I've been going from MN to Louisville, KY every year for several decades. First trips were through Chicago and never pleasant. Finally figured it made more sense to bypass Chicago and go south on I-39 from Rockford to Bloomington, then east to Indy and south to Louisville. A few more miles but time was comparable and certainly less stress. Breezing through Rockford and Bloomington is easy. Tolls are less also. IL line to Rockford then the toll bridge in Louisville. Even if going east I'll drop down to I-80, go through Joliet and catch the far south side of Chicago.