Three Delaware River toll bridges to stop accepting cash payments

PENNSYLVANIA (WOLF) — The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) announced that three low-traffic-volume toll bridges will stop accepting cash for payments this June.

On June 17, toll bridges will stop accepting cash for payment at the following locations, according to the DRJTBC:

• New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202)
• Portland-Columbia (Routes 611, 46, 94)
• Milford-Montague (Route 206)
  

June 16 will be the last day that toll collectors will be available to handle cash transaction at the respective bridges’ toll plazas. Cash service is scheduled to end at the three bridges 11 p.m. that evening.

June 17 will then be the first full day that motorists will have only two toll-payment options – E-ZPass and TOLL BY PLATE -- at these bridges.

The DRJTBC began offering a system-wide TOLL BY PLATE payment option in late January, the first step in a phased-in conversion to cashless all-electronic tolling (AET) at all toll bridges to be completed by January 2025.

Tolls are charged only in the Pennsylvania-bound direction at all DRJTBC tolling points.

TOLL BY PLATE, which involves the capturing of a vehicle’s license plate information so the registered owner can be mailed a bill for payment, has rates that are up to twice as much as E-ZPass due to the inherently higher costs of billing and processing payments, according to the DRJTBC.

The DRJTBC's TOLL BY PLATE car toll is $3, while the E-ZPass car toll is $1.50.