{"id":222319,"date":"2026-04-07T18:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222319\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:28:08","slug":"sunpass-fdot-says-no-more-cash-for-toll-on-skyway-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222319\/","title":{"rendered":"SunPass FDOT says no more cash for toll on Skyway Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers who regularly use the Sunshine Skyway Bridge will notice a change next week.<\/p>\n<p>Starting April 12, cash will no longer be accepted at tolls.<\/p>\n<p>SunPass FDOT made the announcement Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Florida accepted transponders and SunPass can be used to pay, or drivers can use toll-by-plate and be mailed a bill.<\/p>\n<p>More information about purchasing a transponder can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunpass.com\/en\/home\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sunpass.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coming soon: Electronic tolling at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge! Cash will no longer be accepted, helping keep traffic moving smoothly. Pay with SunPass, other Florida accepted transponders, or TOLL-BY-PLATE. Purchase a transponder online at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/egnUFYJtPs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/egnUFYJtPs<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IKd8PvZcHR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IKd8PvZcHR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SunPass FDOT (@SunPass_FDOT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunPass_FDOT\/status\/2041144488341446969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers who regularly use the Sunshine Skyway Bridge will notice a change next week. Starting April 12, cash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[274,2175,7088,115,596,275,202,204,203,199,201,200,135,278,729],"class_list":{"0":"post-222319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-app-top-stories","9":"tag-app-traffic-and-transit","10":"tag-manatee-county","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-pinellas-county","13":"tag-spectrum-news-staff","14":"tag-st-pete","15":"tag-st-pete-headlines","16":"tag-st-pete-news","17":"tag-st-petersburg","18":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","19":"tag-st-petersburg-news","20":"tag-tampa","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-traffic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}