{"id":239603,"date":"2026-07-09T19:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239603\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:28:08","slug":"pa-turnpike-tolls-to-increase-for-19th-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239603\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Turnpike Tolls To Increase For 19th Consecutive Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the impact of Act 44, turnpike officials say that the turnpike maintains toll rates that are middle of the pack as compared to other U.S. toll roads, bridges and tunnels. They contend that based on 2026 rates, the Pennsylvania Turnpike passenger car rate was 10.5 percent below the national average.<\/p>\n<p>Turnpike officials reminded drivers that they can save 50 percent can save 50 percent on tolls with E-ZPass, the most cost-effective way to travel the turnpike. PA Turnpike. More than 85 percent of turnpike motorists use E-Z Pass to travel on the road.<\/p>\n<p>The turnpike also has expanded its methods for paying the tolls by accepting payment through Google and Apple Pay. Cash payment for Toll By Plate invoices or E-ZPass account fund additions is accepted through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kubra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">KUBRA<\/a>, a nationwide network of more than 75,000 retail locations. <\/p>\n<p>Customers also can budget ahead for tolls with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paturnpike.com\/toll-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PA Toll Calculator<\/a>, which provides a predictable bill before they hit the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the impact of Act 44, turnpike officials say that the turnpike maintains toll rates that are middle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-239603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}