[Betty Jane]

The last of the N.Y.bridges was paid off in 1988. The tolls were supposed to be lifted when the bonds were paid off. It's a scam to keep the MTA guys flush with cash from Long Islanders and Jerseyites. If the tolls were lifted the subway fares ould have to be raised and all the NYC dems would complain. Can't have them pay the actual cost. No tax is ever repealed, no matter what a politician tells us.

[ArrogantBustard]

The tolls were supposed to be lifted when the bonds were paid off.

There's the difference between States. The tolls on the Virginia Beach Expressway, the Norfolk (Va.) tunnels, and I-95 through Richmond were all lifted in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is still toll for a very good reason: maintenance is horribly expensive. Not sure why Rte 267 from Washington to Leesburg is still toll, but it surely is the best maintained highway in northern Virginia.

AB