New Jersey Turnpike and garden state parkway tolls to go up Jan 1 2012

[roadman65]

I was always under the assumption that there were no ramp tolls, except for NJ 47 and those added at Exit 74 when that interchange was reconfigured.

As far as the Atlantic City Service Area goes, it is also used for NB access to US 30 as many hotel give directions through there to access Southbound Exit 40 for those looking to lodge at the many facilities along the White Horse Pike.  Furthermore, I think a lot from WB US 30 to SB GSP enter the Parkway North to U Turn through the area as well.

I did not know that the Montvale Service Area was used for that too.  The Forked River Area had the same problem before the NB Exit and SB Entrance was added to and from Lacey Road.   That was instrumental in getting Exit 74 built into a complete interchange.

[Alps]

I was always under the assumption that there were no ramp tolls, except for NJ 47 and those added at Exit 74 when that interchange was reconfigured.

Did you really live in New Jersey? Ramp tolls are the norm, not the exception. (Actually, it's roughly 50/50, but a lot more if you consider ramps where you can't exit before hitting a mainline toll.)

[roadman65]

I was always under the assumption that there were no ramp tolls, except for NJ 47 and those added at Exit 74 when that interchange was reconfigured.

Did you really live in New Jersey? Ramp tolls are the norm, not the exception. (Actually, it's roughly 50/50, but a lot more if you consider ramps where you can't exit before hitting a mainline toll.)

I made a mistake of  not saying South of Toms River!   I cannot believe I done that.  South of Toms River there was only one that I knew of pre Exit 74 and Exit 69.   Yes, of course, I am aware of those ramp tolls on the Parkway in general.   How many times I went through them in my travel.  I lived in Clark and even though the 129 to 140 was toll free, I did many trips on the actual toll road.

I remember that north of the Raritan River that the tolls were only a dime, where south of the Raritan it was 15 cents years ago.  I always wondered that, but then remembered that the ramp tolls in Central Jersey were added later than those in North Jersey. As a kid I remember NJ 34 being a left hand exit with no tolls on the way to Point Pleasant Beach.  I always remembered the Exit 144 toll going to my Aunt's house in Irvington and the Bloomfield Plaza getting off in Bloomfield to see my uncle as always being there.