robert. wrote:Pa Turnpike is going up 5 or 6 percent in a week. It is the most expensive road in the world if you don’t have Ezpass. I wont use it . Prices are vs 4x higher in a truck. Fuel is also a dollar a gallon more on the pike. I use route 30 or 22.
Keep in mind, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is totally separate from PennDOT. It is always under construction that never gets done, and the Turnpike is responsible for more PA. politicians in prison for fraud, extorsion, and embezzlement than any other state entity. My last trip to Lancaster for the Ruff & Tumble steam show, the toll from Allegheny Valley to Harrisburg East was $18.
Now it is $50.80 cash, $25.00 EZ PASS. When I go to Virginia over the 4th of July, my toll from Allegheny Valley to Breezewood was about $8.00. Now, $31.20 cash, $15.30 EZ PASS. That's just for a car. Car with single axle or more trailer, trucks, semis go by axles or weight. If you pay cash for your toll, (which relies on a camera pic of your license plate as you roll through the booth and a bill from the Turnpike Commission), you get punished severely by paying about 2.04 times the EZ PASS rate.
Last 3 years going to Breezewood, I take 66 south to Rte. 22 east to 819 south to Latrobe and US 30 east. I may use an extra gallon or two of gas gettin' over the mountains, but trip time from home to Breezewood is only 25 minutes longer. Even at $5.00 a gallon, it's still much cheaper than payin' the toll one way. We can deal with that rather than forfeit our money to Harrisburg thieves.
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