Pennsylvania Turnpike to use open-road tolling in 2027

Get ready for a new tolling method on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 2027. Beginning Jan. 3, 2027, open-road tolling will be the standard tolling system across Pennsylvania when the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission launches it from Reading to the Ohio line. If you're a frequent traveler or driver, you've likely encountered it on the eastern side of the state or somewhere else in the country."We will no longer be tolling you at the interchanges. But we'll be tolling you through high-speed gantries that are between the interchanges," Mark Compton, CEO of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, said. Pennsylvania Turnpike to use open-road tolling in 2027 (Photo Credit: Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission) Gantries are overhead structures that drivers travel through as they get charged electronically for a toll while still going highway speeds and not having to slow down or stop. The way it works is that there's equipment on the gantries that scans E-Z