Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls to increase on Sunday

How much will tolls increase?

The most common Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increase, for traveling by passenger vehicle between two interchanges, will be from $1.16 to $1.23 for those with an E-ZPass account, and from $1.80 to $1.95 when paying cash. Equivalent increases for a Class 5 truck (weighing more than 30,000 pounds and less than 45,000 pounds) are from $9.59 to $10.17 with the pass and from $13.60 to $14.45 with cash.

Motorists paying cash to drive from New Stanton to Breezewood will see a hike from $11.40 to $12.10.

The E-ZPass rate for passenger vehicles at the Turnpike 66 Mainline Toll Plaza in Westmoreland County will increase from $1.55 to $1.64.

For motorists traveling the 353-mile east-west length of the Pennsylvania Turnpike mainline, the new tolls for passenger vehicles are $44.85 if paid with cash and $32.14 if using an E-ZPass while tolls for Class 5 trucks are $133.80 with cash and $96.04 with an E-ZPass. The respective tolls last year were $42.30 and $30.32 for passenger vehicles and $126.20 and $90.60 for trucks.