Ohio Joins The E-ZPass Party For Seamless Midwest-To-East Coast Road Trips

September 23, 2009 at 9:18 AM | by kjb | 0 Comments

Paying tolls on a road trip is a drag, but at least there�s E-ZPass to speed things up. With less time searching for change and waiting in line at the toll booth, there�s more time to stop at awesome roadside tourist traps. Thankfully, Ohio has finally caught up with the rest of the East Coast and Midwest as they are set to join the electronic toll collection network starting October 1.

Effective next week, the entire Ohio Turnpike will be able to take away your hard earned cash thanks to that little E-ZPass gizmo on your windshield. It cost the state $50 million to get everything ready to go if that makes you feel any better�so that�s what, like two weeks of toll collection to recoup the cost?

Right now most of the states that have an electronic toll system either use E-ZPass or TransCore, and there is the capability to link the systems together. That way SunPass in Florida and TxTag in Texas can play happy together when the snowbirds head out of town for the winter. However, there�s no agreement in place yet, but hopefully one company will agree to pay the other and we can have one big happy toll family. Anything to make our road trips better makes us feel warm and fuzzy on the inside; even if it reduces our fund for dollar menu items.

Check out USA Today for an interactive map of the current states using the E-ZPass.

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