>> Imagine that happening today.
It actually also happened in Maryland (the Fee State) way back in the 1960s. The stretch of I-95 north of Baltimore up into Harford County (JFK Memorial Hwy) used to be a toll road. That was eliminated, way back when.. perhaps the last time tolls were reduced in MD.
I think those tolls actually might have been removed in the 1980s, because I remember the toll booths at the exit ramps in 1979 when my aunt took me to see her friends in Philadelphia. However, the main toll plaza at the Susquehanna River is still there, and until this July 1, it is charging $7.20 for EZ-Pass Maryland users, $8.00 cash. They charge them northbound, while southbound drivers bypass the toll plaza.