Interstate Vs. Interstate

[vdeane]

Both of the routes previously mentioned are only $1.00 - if I used 25 - 44, they charge $1.50 instead of $1 (as MeTA uses virtual ticket system for MeTA E-ZPass tagholders only).

- Heading back home SB, I can either use I-295 Exit 11 and bypass Downtown Portland via the Falmouth Spur and the Turnpike or just stay on I-295 until Scarborough. Both options from either starting point to Exits 36, 32, 25 or 19 is $1.00 for all users. Though, if I was heading to York and south, I'd use the latter option, as 44-York Toll Plaza is $2.95 instead of $3.60 via the Spur.

Sounds like the virtual ticket system tolls aren't nearly so exact as I would have assumed.  I thought they just used a per-mile rate like every other toll road but I guess they just split the York, New Gloucester, West Gardner, I-295, and Falmouth tolls a bit more than they do for cash and out of state customers.  I would have never imagined that there would be benefits for even MeTA E-ZPass holders to game where they get on and off!

[fwydriver405]

Both of the routes previously mentioned are only $1.00 - if I used 25 - 44, they charge $1.50 instead of $1 (as MeTA uses virtual ticket system for MeTA E-ZPass tagholders only).

- Heading back home SB, I can either use I-295 Exit 11 and bypass Downtown Portland via the Falmouth Spur and the Turnpike or just stay on I-295 until Scarborough. Both options from either starting point to Exits 36, 32, 25 or 19 is $1.00 for all users. Though, if I was heading to York and south, I'd use the latter option, as 44-York Toll Plaza is $2.95 instead of $3.60 via the Spur.

Sounds like the virtual ticket system tolls aren't nearly so exact as I would have assumed.  I thought they just used a per-mile rate like every other toll road but I guess they just split the York, New Gloucester, West Gardner, I-295, and Falmouth tolls a bit more than they do for cash and out of state customers.  I would have never imagined that there would be benefits for even MeTA E-ZPass holders to game where they get on and off!

If I recall correctly, as of Nov. 1, 2021, the Maine E-ZPass is set to $0.0800/mi ($0.0497/km), while preserving the $0.50 minimum toll and capping each MeTA E-ZPass charge at the cash/non-MeTA E-ZPass charge applicable to the same movement.

Example routes, excluding any volume discounts:

Exit 25,
to 44, 18.5 mi (29.77 km): Cash/Non-MeTA: $2.00, MeTA E-ZPass: $1.50 (calculated per-distance MeTA E-Z rate $1.48)
to 45, 19.23 mi (30.95 km): Cash/Non-MeTA and MeTA E-ZPass: $1.00 (calculated per-distance MeTA E-Z rate $1.54)

Exit 32,
to 44, 12.42 mi (19.99 km): Cash/Non-MeTA: $2.00, MeTA E-ZPass: $1.00 (calculated per-distance MeTA E-Z rate $0.99)
to 45, 13.15 mi (21.16 km): Cash/Non-MeTA and MeTA E-ZPass: $1.00 (calculated per-distance MeTA E-Z rate $1.05)

Exit 103 - 109, 6.84 mi (11.00 km): Cash/Non-MeTA: $2.00, MeTA E-ZPass: $0.50 (calculated per-distance MeTA E-Z rate $0.55)


The below routes exclude two toll free segments: the first southern 6.79 mi (10.93 km) from the NH/ME border - Exit 7, and a 10.74 mi (17.28 km) segment from Exits 75 - 86. The Cash/Non-MeTA NB rate in the 25-109 example is $1.00 higher because of the entry toll paid at Kennebunk.

Exit 25 to 109, 72.34 mi (116.42 km)
Northbound: Cash/Non-MeTA: $5.00, MeTA E-ZPass: $4.55 (calculated per-distance MeTA E-Z rate $5.79)
Southbound: Cash/Non-MeTA: $4.00, MeTA E-ZPass: $3.55 (calculated per-distance MeTA E-Z rate $5.79)

Exit 7 to 109, 90.56 mi (145.74 km): Cash/Non-MeTA: $8.00, MeTA E-ZPass: $6.70 (calculated per-distance MeTA E-Z rate $7.24)

[Quillz]

I-8 has more interesting desert scenery than I-10 within California.

[SignGeniusPTOE]

Indiana doesn't have interstates unless you are heading to Indianapolis. There's not even an interstate between Fort Wayne and Chicago.

[m2tbone]

Indiana doesn't have interstates unless you are heading to Indianapolis. There's not even an interstate between Fort Wayne and Chicago.

What about I-64, I-80, I-90, and I-94?  Those all go through Indiana without going through Indianapolis.


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