Topic:
TOLL ROADS;
Location:
TOLLS;

OLR Research Report


November 29, 2006

 

2006-R-0700

REVENUE FROM TOLLS IN NORTHEASTERN STATES

 

By: James J. Fazzalaro, Principal Analyst

You asked how much revenue is taken in from state-maintained tolls in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.

The information below is for 2004, the most recent year for which we could find fiscal information for all of the toll facilities. The revenue information is only the actual toll receipts collected on the various facilities. It does not include other possible revenues such as concessions from service facilities, income from investments of toll authorities, and bond proceeds. Expenditure information for maintenance, operations, and administration of the toll facility is also presented for context. Expenditure data do not include costs for law enforcement, bond retirement and interest on debt, and any capital outlays for the facilities. The information was taken from Federal Highway Administration reports and various toll authority annual statements. Figures in the reports were presented rounded to the nearest $ 1,000.

Table 1: Toll Receipts and Expenses for State-Administered Toll Facilities in the Northeast, 2004

Toll Facility

Toll Receipts

Expenditures for

Maintenance, Operations, and Administration

Maine

Maine Turnpike

$ 63,905,000

$ 26,674,000

Island Ferry System

$ 3,159,000

$ 5,942,000

Vermont—No State Toll Facilities

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Turnpike System

$ 64,987,000

$ 26,412,000

Massachusetts

East Boston Tunnels and Massachusetts Turnpike System

$ 256,911,000

$ 125,544,000

Mystic River (Tobin) Bridge

$ 24,039,000

$ 9,616,000

Rhode Island

Mt Hope and Jamestown-Newport Bridges

$ 12,146,000

$ 4,524,000

New York

Cornwall-Massena Bridge

$ 3,775,000

$ 2,709,000

Hudson River Crossings

$ 39,560,000

$ 22,008,000

Manhattan and Staten Island area crossings

$ 716,404,000

$ 315,589,000

Ogdensburg-Prescott Bridge

$ 1,393,000

$ 1,602,000

Peace Bridge

$ 19,014,000

$ 13,908,000

Niagara Falls area bridges

$ 15,657,000

$ 11,867,000

Thomas E. Dewey Thruway

$ 448,007,000

$ 277,082,000

Thousand Island Bridges

$ 6,932,000

$ 3,499,000

New Jersey

Atlantic City Expressway

$ 56,645,000

$ 26,486,000

Delaware River northern crossings

$ 78,287,000

$ 32,508,000

New Jersey Turnpike

$ 506,856,000

$ 245,651,000

Garden State Parkway

$ 208,730,000

$ 181,140,000

Pennsylvania

Delaware River-Philadelphia area crossings

$ 184,510,000

$ 71,176,000

Pennsylvania Turnpike System

$ 455,325,000

$ 257,051,000

Delaware

Delaware Memorial Bridge and Cape May-Lewes Ferry

$ 83,720,000

$ 48,737,000

John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway and SR-1 Toll Road

$ 87,148,000

$ 11,754,000

Maryland

Chesapeake Bay and various river crossings

$ 162,099,000

$ 59,039,000

John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway

$ 89,124,000

$ 8,665,000

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