In the ORT system, tolls are charged electronically as customers drive at highway speeds beneath overhead structures without slowing or stopping at toll booths.
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Editors note: The attached video is from July 24.
“America’s First Superhighway” is looking ahead to one of the biggest changes since the PA Turnpike opened in 1940.
As it prepares for its 85th birthday in 2025, the PA Turnpike is beginning the year with the launch of a transformative project.
Open Road Tolling (OTR) is the culmination of the PA Turnpike’s decade-long journey to modernize operations. In the ORT system, tolls are charged electronically as customers drive at highway speeds beneath overhead structures (called gantries) without slowing down or stopping at toll booths.
Equipment on the gantry and in the roadway classifies and identifies the vehicle and electronically processes tolls, allowing for free-flowing traffic, which reportedly reduces accidents, improves the environment and allows new access points.
ORT will launchon the mainline PA Turnpike east …