After 2018 toll hike, it will cost you $47.55 cash to cross Pa. on the Turnpike

Joel Shannon
York Daily Record

Starting in on Jan. 7, Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls are going up. Under the new fares, it will cost $47.55, to get from Neshaminy Falls — the easternmost start of the mainline's tolls — to Warrendale — the final toll plaza in the west.

That's an increase of about 6 percent or $2.70 from 2017 rates. E-Z Pass rates remain significantly lower: $34.07 to cross the state.

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Pennsylvania Turnpike

Crossing the state isn't the most money you can spend on the Turnpike. 

If you enter or exit in Wyoming Valley in Luzerne County — that's the northernmost part of I-476, the Northeastern Extension — your cash fare will be $54.80.

And if you're driving a huge Class 9 vehicle weighing over 100,001 pounds, well, your tolls could be over $2,000. 

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In a July news release, the Turnpike Commission estimated "the most common toll for a passenger vehicle will increase next year from $1.23 to $1.30 for E-ZPass customers and from $1.95 to $2.10 for cash customers."

The release said that the increase was required to meet funding obligations.

“The Turnpike Commission is obligated by state law to augment Pennsylvania’s infrastructure needs; in fact, the commission has delivered $5.65 billion in toll-backed funding to PennDOT in the last decade,” said PA Turnpike CEO Mark Compton.