Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Toll road

Index Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage. [1]

141 relations: A5 road (Great Britain), Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Aristotle, Arthashastra, Ashurbanipal, Australia, Automatic number-plate recognition, Axle, Øresund, Babylon, Barrier toll system, Bond (finance), Build–operate–transfer, California, Canada, Car, Car costs, Central Florida Expressway Authority, Classical antiquity, Colorado, Congestion pricing, Connecticut Turnpike, Controlled-access highway, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Dallas North Tollway, Dartford Crossing, Davenport Road, Delaware, Delaware River Port Authority, E-470, E-ZPass, Eastern Distributor, Electronic toll collection, European Union, Exhaust gas, FasTrak, Federal Highway Administration, Fee, Florida, Florida's Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, Geography of toll roads, Georgia State Route 400, Good to Go (toll collection system), Grandfather clause, Great Britain, Greece, High-occupancy toll lane, Holy Roman Empire, Holyhead, ..., Hong Kong, I-Pass, Illinois, India, Indiana, Indiana Toll Road, Interstate Highway System, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kansas Turnpike, Kingdom of Great Britain, List of toll roads, Llangollen, Loevestein Castle, London congestion charge, Long Island Motor Parkway, M4 motorway, M48 motorway, M6 motorway, M6 Toll, Maryland, Maryland Route 200, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Turnpike, Mersey Gateway, Milan, Mississippi, Motor vehicle, Mountain pass, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Jersey Turnpike, New York (state), New York State Thruway, North Carolina, North Texas Tollway Authority, Ohio, Ohio Turnpike, Oklahoma, Ontario, Ontario Highway 407, Open road tolling, Pavage, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Philippines, Plank road, Pliny the Elder, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Portugal, Private highway, Public-benefit corporation, Radio-frequency identification, Regressive tax, Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike, River Severn, Road, Road pricing, Road toll (historical), Severn Bridge, Shadow toll, Shrewsbury, Shunpiking, Sound Dues, South Korea, SunPass, Susa, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Telepass, Tennessee, Texas, Texas State Highway Beltway 8, Thomas Telford, Toll bridge, Toll house, Toll tunnel, Toronto, Traffic congestion, Transponder, Transportation demand management, Triangle Expressway, Truck, Turnpike trusts, United States, Virginia, Washington (state), Watling Street, West Virginia. Expand index (91 more) »

A5 road (Great Britain)

The A5 London Holyhead Trunk Road is a major road in England and Wales.

New!!: Toll road and A5 road (Great Britain) · See more »

Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Acts of Parliament are primary legislation passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Toll road and Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom · See more »

Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs,; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidiki, in the north of Classical Greece.

New!!: Toll road and Aristotle · See more »

Arthashastra

The Arthashastra is an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy, written in Sanskrit.

New!!: Toll road and Arthashastra · See more »

Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal (Aššur-bāni-apli; ܐܫܘܪ ܒܢܐ ܐܦܠܐ; 'Ashur is the creator of an heir'), also spelled Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 668 BC to c. 627 BC, the son of Esarhaddon and the last strong ruler of the empire, which is usually dated between 934 and 609 BC.

New!!: Toll road and Ashurbanipal · See more »

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

New!!: Toll road and Australia · See more »

Automatic number-plate recognition

Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR; see also other names below) is a technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates to create vehicle location data.

New!!: Toll road and Automatic number-plate recognition · See more »

Axle

An axle is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear.

New!!: Toll road and Axle · See more »

Øresund

Øresund or Öresund (Øresund,; Öresund), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden).

New!!: Toll road and Øresund · See more »

Babylon

Babylon (KA2.DIĜIR.RAKI Bābili(m); Aramaic: בבל, Babel; بَابِل, Bābil; בָּבֶל, Bavel; ܒܒܠ, Bāwēl) was a key kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia from the 18th to 6th centuries BC.

New!!: Toll road and Babylon · See more »

Barrier toll system

A barrier toll system (also known as an open toll system) is a method of collecting tolls on highways using toll barriers at regularly spaced intervals on the toll road's mainline.

New!!: Toll road and Barrier toll system · See more »

Bond (finance)

In finance, a bond is an instrument of indebtedness of the bond issuer to the holders.

New!!: Toll road and Bond (finance) · See more »

Build–operate–transfer

Build–operate–transfer (BOT) or build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) is a form of project financing, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the private or public sector to finance, design, construct, own, and operate a facility stated in the concession contract.

New!!: Toll road and Build–operate–transfer · See more »

California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

New!!: Toll road and California · See more »

Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

New!!: Toll road and Canada · See more »

Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

New!!: Toll road and Car · See more »

Car costs

The car internal costs are all the costs consumers pay to afford owning and running a car.

New!!: Toll road and Car costs · See more »

Central Florida Expressway Authority

The Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) is an highway authority responsible for construction, maintenance and operation of toll roads in four counties of Greater Orlando (Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties).

New!!: Toll road and Central Florida Expressway Authority · See more »

Classical antiquity

Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th or 6th century AD centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world.

New!!: Toll road and Classical antiquity · See more »

Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

New!!: Toll road and Colorado · See more »

Congestion pricing

Congestion pricing or congestion charges is a system of surcharging users of public goods that are subject to congestion through excess demand such as higher peak charges for use of bus services, electricity, metros, railways, telephones, and road pricing to reduce traffic congestion; airlines and shipping companies may be charged higher fees for slots at airports and through canals at busy times.

New!!: Toll road and Congestion pricing · See more »

Connecticut Turnpike

The Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike, formerly named and still locally called the Connecticut Turnpike, is a controlled-access highway and former toll road in the U.S. state of Connecticut; it is maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT).

New!!: Toll road and Connecticut Turnpike · See more »

Controlled-access highway

A controlled-access highway is a type of highway which has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated.

New!!: Toll road and Controlled-access highway · See more »

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877) was an American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.

New!!: Toll road and Cornelius Vanderbilt · See more »

Dallas North Tollway

The Dallas North Tollway (DNT, or simply the Tollway) is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas (USA), to U.S. Highway 380, in Frisco, Texas.

New!!: Toll road and Dallas North Tollway · See more »

Dartford Crossing

The Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent to the south with Thurrock in Essex to the north.

New!!: Toll road and Dartford Crossing · See more »

Davenport Road

Davenport Road is an east–west arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

New!!: Toll road and Davenport Road · See more »

Delaware

Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the Mid-Atlantic or Northeastern region.

New!!: Toll road and Delaware · See more »

Delaware River Port Authority

The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), officially the "Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey," is a bi-state agency instrumentality created by a Congressionally approved interstate compact between the governments of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

New!!: Toll road and Delaware River Port Authority · See more »

E-470

E-470 is a controlled-access toll road traversing the eastern portion of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area in the US state of Colorado.

New!!: Toll road and E-470 · See more »

E-ZPass

E‑ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on most tolled roads, bridges, and tunnels in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, as far south as North Carolina and as far west as Illinois.

New!!: Toll road and E-ZPass · See more »

Eastern Distributor

The Eastern Distributor is a long motorway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which is 75.1% owned by toll road operator Transurban.

New!!: Toll road and Eastern Distributor · See more »

Electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection (ETC) aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels by collecting tolls without cash and without requiring cars to stop.

New!!: Toll road and Electronic toll collection · See more »

European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

New!!: Toll road and European Union · See more »

Exhaust gas

Exhaust gas or flue gas is emitted as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline, petrol, biodiesel blends, diesel fuel, fuel oil, or coal.

New!!: Toll road and Exhaust gas · See more »

FasTrak

FasTrak is the electronic toll collection (ETC) system used in the state of California in the United States.

New!!: Toll road and FasTrak · See more »

Federal Highway Administration

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.

New!!: Toll road and Federal Highway Administration · See more »

Fee

A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for rights or services.

New!!: Toll road and Fee · See more »

Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Florida · See more »

Florida's Turnpike

Florida's Turnpike, designated as State Road 91 (SR 91), is a toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE).

New!!: Toll road and Florida's Turnpike · See more »

Garden State Parkway

The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a limited-access toll parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York line at Montvale to Cape May at the state's southernmost tip.

New!!: Toll road and Garden State Parkway · See more »

Geography of toll roads

Bangladesh has 5 toll bridges and 4 toll roads.

New!!: Toll road and Geography of toll roads · See more »

Georgia State Route 400

Georgia State Route 400 (officially "SR 400", nearly always Georgia 400 to the public) is a freeway and state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.

New!!: Toll road and Georgia State Route 400 · See more »

Good to Go (toll collection system)

Good to Go, stylized as Good To Go!, is the electronic toll collection system used by the Washington State Department of Transportation on all current toll projects in the U.S. state of Washington.

New!!: Toll road and Good to Go (toll collection system) · See more »

Grandfather clause

A grandfather clause (or grandfather policy) is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases.

New!!: Toll road and Grandfather clause · See more »

Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

New!!: Toll road and Great Britain · See more »

Greece

No description.

New!!: Toll road and Greece · See more »

High-occupancy toll lane

A high-occupancy toll lane (or HOT lane) is a type of traffic lane or roadway that is available to high-occupancy vehicles and other exempt vehicles without charge; other vehicles are required to pay a variable fee that is adjusted in response to demand.

New!!: Toll road and High-occupancy toll lane · See more »

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire (Sacrum Romanum Imperium; Heiliges Römisches Reich) was a multi-ethnic but mostly German complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.

New!!: Toll road and Holy Roman Empire · See more »

Holyhead

Holyhead (Caergybi, "Cybi's fort") is a town in Wales and a major Irish Sea port serving Ireland.

New!!: Toll road and Holyhead · See more »

Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

New!!: Toll road and Hong Kong · See more »

I-Pass

I-Pass (stylized as I-PASS) is the electronic toll collection system utilized by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) on its toll highways that launched on November 18, 1993, with the opening of Interstate 355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway).

New!!: Toll road and I-Pass · See more »

Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Illinois · See more »

India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

New!!: Toll road and India · See more »

Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

New!!: Toll road and Indiana · See more »

Indiana Toll Road

The Indiana Toll Road, officially the Indiana East–West Toll Road, is a toll road that runs for east–west across northern Indiana from the Illinois state line to the Ohio state line.

New!!: Toll road and Indiana Toll Road · See more »

Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Interstate Highway System · See more »

Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

New!!: Toll road and Italy · See more »

Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

New!!: Toll road and Japan · See more »

Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.

New!!: Toll road and Kansas · See more »

Kansas Turnpike

The Kansas Turnpike is a, freeway-standard toll road that lies entirely within the U.S. state of Kansas.

New!!: Toll road and Kansas Turnpike · See more »

Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.

New!!: Toll road and Kingdom of Great Britain · See more »

List of toll roads

The following is a list of toll roads.

New!!: Toll road and List of toll roads · See more »

Llangollen

Llangollen is a small town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains.

New!!: Toll road and Llangollen · See more »

Loevestein Castle

Loevestein Castle (Slot Loevestein) is a medieval castle in the municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, the Netherlands.

New!!: Toll road and Loevestein Castle · See more »

London congestion charge

The London congestion charge is a fee charged on most motor vehicles operating within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) in Central London between 07:00 and 18:00 Mondays to Fridays.

New!!: Toll road and London congestion charge · See more »

Long Island Motor Parkway

The Long Island Motor Parkway (LIMP), also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway and Motor Parkway, was a parkway on Long Island, New York, in the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Long Island Motor Parkway · See more »

M4 motorway

The M4 is a motorway which runs between London and South Wales in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Toll road and M4 motorway · See more »

M48 motorway

The M48 is a long motorway in Great Britain, which connects Gloucestershire, England, and Monmouthshire, Wales, via the original Severn Bridge.

New!!: Toll road and M48 motorway · See more »

M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction (J45).

New!!: Toll road and M6 motorway · See more »

M6 Toll

The M6 Toll, also called the Birmingham North Relief Road (BNRR), connects M6 Junction 3a at the Coleshill Interchange to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with of six-lane motorway.

New!!: Toll road and M6 Toll · See more »

Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

New!!: Toll road and Maryland · See more »

Maryland Route 200

Maryland Route 200 (MD 200), also known as the Intercounty Connector or ICC, is a, six-lane tolled freeway in Maryland, which connects Gaithersburg in Montgomery County and Laurel in Prince George's County, both of which are suburbs of Washington, D.C. The ICC is one of the most controversial Maryland road projects, because opposition to the highway stalled the project for decades; construction did not begin until 60 years after the highway's initial approval.

New!!: Toll road and Maryland Route 200 · See more »

Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

New!!: Toll road and Massachusetts · See more »

Massachusetts Turnpike

The Massachusetts Turnpike (locally called the "Mass Pike" or "the Pike") is a toll road in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).

New!!: Toll road and Massachusetts Turnpike · See more »

Mersey Gateway

The Mersey Gateway is a multimillion-pound transport scheme between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire, England.

New!!: Toll road and Mersey Gateway · See more »

Milan

Milan (Milano; Milan) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,380,873 while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,235,000.

New!!: Toll road and Milan · See more »

Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

New!!: Toll road and Mississippi · See more »

Motor vehicle

A motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trams and used for the transportation of passengers, or passengers and property.

New!!: Toll road and Motor vehicle · See more »

Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

New!!: Toll road and Mountain pass · See more »

Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

New!!: Toll road and Netherlands · See more »

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

New!!: Toll road and New Hampshire · See more »

New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.

New!!: Toll road and New Jersey · See more »

New Jersey Turnpike

The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP), known colloquially as "the Turnpike", is a toll road in New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

New!!: Toll road and New Jersey Turnpike · See more »

New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

New!!: Toll road and New York (state) · See more »

New York State Thruway

The New York State Thruway, often called simply the Thruway, is a system of limited-access highways located within the state of New York in the United States.

New!!: Toll road and New York State Thruway · See more »

North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

New!!: Toll road and North Carolina · See more »

North Texas Tollway Authority

The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is an organization that maintains and operates toll roads, bridges and tunnels in the North Texas area.

New!!: Toll road and North Texas Tollway Authority · See more »

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Ohio · See more »

Ohio Turnpike

The Ohio Turnpike, officially the James W. Shocknessy Ohio Turnpike, is a, limited-access toll highway in the U.S. state of Ohio, serving as a primary corridor to Chicago and Pittsburgh.

New!!: Toll road and Ohio Turnpike · See more »

Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Uukuhuúwa, Gahnawiyoˀgeh) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Oklahoma · See more »

Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

New!!: Toll road and Ontario · See more »

Ontario Highway 407

King's Highway 407 (pronounced "four-oh-seven") is a tolled 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.

New!!: Toll road and Ontario Highway 407 · See more »

Open road tolling

Open road tolling (ORT) or free-flow tolling is the collection of tolls on toll roads without the use of toll booths.

New!!: Toll road and Open road tolling · See more »

Pavage

Pavage was a medieval toll for the maintenance or improvement of a road or street in England.

New!!: Toll road and Pavage · See more »

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Pennsylvania · See more »

Pennsylvania Turnpike

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

New!!: Toll road and Pennsylvania Turnpike · See more »

Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

New!!: Toll road and Philippines · See more »

Plank road

A plank road is a road composed of wooden planks or puncheon logs.

New!!: Toll road and Plank road · See more »

Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder (born Gaius Plinius Secundus, AD 23–79) was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and friend of emperor Vespasian.

New!!: Toll road and Pliny the Elder · See more »

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is a joint venture between the United States, New York and New Jersey, established in 1921 through an interstate compact authorized by the United States Congress.

New!!: Toll road and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey · See more »

Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.

New!!: Toll road and Portugal · See more »

Private highway

A private highway is a highway owned and operated for profit by private industry.

New!!: Toll road and Private highway · See more »

Public-benefit corporation

Public-benefit corporations are a specific type of corporation that allow for public benefit to be a charter purpose in addition to the traditional corporate goal of maximizing profit for shareholders.

New!!: Toll road and Public-benefit corporation · See more »

Radio-frequency identification

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.

New!!: Toll road and Radio-frequency identification · See more »

Regressive tax

A regressive tax is a tax imposed in such a manner that the tax rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases.

New!!: Toll road and Regressive tax · See more »

Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike

The Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike was a toll road located in the Richmond-Petersburg region of central Virginia, United States.

New!!: Toll road and Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike · See more »

River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren, Sabrina) is a river in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Toll road and River Severn · See more »

Road

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.

New!!: Toll road and Road · See more »

Road pricing

Road pricing (also road user charges) are direct charges levied for the use of roads, including road tolls, distance or time based fees, congestion charges and charges designed to discourage use of certain classes of vehicle, fuel sources or more polluting vehicles.

New!!: Toll road and Road pricing · See more »

Road toll (historical)

The road toll was a historical fee charged to the territorial lords of travellers and merchants in return for permission to use the roads and waterways of the country or state concerned.

New!!: Toll road and Road toll (historical) · See more »

Severn Bridge

The Severn Bridge (Pont Hafren), sometimes also called the Severn–Wye Bridge, is a motorway suspension bridge operated by Highways England that spans the River Severn and River Wye between Aust, South Gloucestershire in England, and Chepstow, Monmouthshire in South East Wales, via Beachley, Gloucestershire, which is a peninsula between the two rivers.

New!!: Toll road and Severn Bridge · See more »

Shadow toll

A shadow toll is a contractual payment made by a government per driver using a road to a private company that operates a road built or maintained using private finance initiative funding.

New!!: Toll road and Shadow toll · See more »

Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.

New!!: Toll road and Shrewsbury · See more »

Shunpiking

Shunpiking is the act of deliberately avoiding roads that require payment of a fee or toll to travel on them, usually by traveling on alternate "free" roads which bypass the toll road.

New!!: Toll road and Shunpiking · See more »

Sound Dues

The Sound Dues (or Sound Toll; Øresundstolden) were a toll on the use of the Øresund which constituted up to two thirds of Denmark's state income in the 16th and 17th centuries.

New!!: Toll road and Sound Dues · See more »

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

New!!: Toll road and South Korea · See more »

SunPass

SunPass is an electronic toll collection system within the U.S. state of Florida.

New!!: Toll road and SunPass · See more »

Susa

Susa (fa Šuš;; שׁוּשָׁן Šušān; Greek: Σοῦσα; ܫܘܫ Šuš; Old Persian Çūšā) was an ancient city of the Proto-Elamite, Elamite, First Persian Empire, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian empires of Iran, and one of the most important cities of the Ancient Near East.

New!!: Toll road and Susa · See more »

Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.

New!!: Toll road and Sydney Harbour Bridge · See more »

Sydney Harbour Tunnel

The Sydney Harbour Tunnel is a twin-tube road tunnel in Sydney, Australia.

New!!: Toll road and Sydney Harbour Tunnel · See more »

Telepass

Film showing the approach to and passing of a toll station in Italy, using a Telepass OBU. Note the yellow Telepass lane signs and road markings and the sound emitted by the OBU when passing the lane Telepass is the brand name for an electronic toll collection system used to collect toll (pedaggio) on motorways (autostrade) in Italy operated by Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A., its affiliates, and other legal entities.

New!!: Toll road and Telepass · See more »

Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Tennessee · See more »

Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

New!!: Toll road and Texas · See more »

Texas State Highway Beltway 8

Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County.

New!!: Toll road and Texas State Highway Beltway 8 · See more »

Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.

New!!: Toll road and Thomas Telford · See more »

Toll bridge

A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or "toll") is required to pass over.

New!!: Toll road and Toll bridge · See more »

Toll house

A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road or canal.

New!!: Toll road and Toll house · See more »

Toll tunnel

A toll tunnel is a road tunnel operated as a toll road.

New!!: Toll road and Toll tunnel · See more »

Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

New!!: Toll road and Toronto · See more »

Traffic congestion

Traffic congestion is a condition on transport networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing.

New!!: Toll road and Traffic congestion · See more »

Transponder

In telecommunication, a transponder can be one of two types of devices.

New!!: Toll road and Transponder · See more »

Transportation demand management

Transportation demand management, traffic demand management or travel demand management (all TDM) is the application of strategies and policies to reduce travel demand, or to redistribute this demand in space or in time.

New!!: Toll road and Transportation demand management · See more »

Triangle Expressway

The Triangle Expressway (TriEx) is the first modern toll road built in North Carolina, and one of the first toll roads in the United States built to use only electronic toll collection instead of toll booths.

New!!: Toll road and Triangle Expressway · See more »

Truck

A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo.

New!!: Toll road and Truck · See more »

Turnpike trusts

Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.

New!!: Toll road and Turnpike trusts · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: Toll road and United States · See more »

Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

New!!: Toll road and Virginia · See more »

Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

New!!: Toll road and Washington (state) · See more »

Watling Street

Watling Street is a route in England and Wales that began as an ancient trackway first used by the Britons, mainly between the areas of modern Canterbury and using a natural ford near Westminster.

New!!: Toll road and Watling Street · See more »

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

New!!: Toll road and West Virginia · See more »

Redirects here:

Express toll route, Highway tolls, Pay Toll, Peage, Peaje, Pike (road), Péage, Road pike, Toll (road usage), Toll (road), Toll Plaza, Toll Road, Toll Route, Toll barrier, Toll booths, Toll highway, Toll houses, Toll plaza, Toll roads, Toll route, Toll tax, Toll way, Toll ways, Toll-gate, Toll-paying motorway, Toll-road, Tollgate, Tollpike road, Tollway, Tollways, Tpke, Turn pike, Turn pikes, Turnpike Road.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll_road

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »