Measurement is taken at the highest point of the vehicle over the first two axles. Typical home garages feature 7 feet high doors. If your vehicle fits in a standard garage, then it is probably under 7 feet 6 inches. If you are unable to measure the height of the vehicle, check your owner's manual or manufacturer documentation.
An axle is a shaft around which a wheel or a pair of wheels revolve. Most passenger cars are considered to have 2 axles for classification purposes.
To determine the number of axles on the vehicle or vehicle combination, look at the vehicle from the side profile and count the number wheels or pair of wheels from front to back. Vehicle Classification information and Toll Schedule Charts are available online, by calling the Authority's Division of Toll Collection at , or by emailing the Authority by using the online contact form.
Non-permanent items examples: kayak, bicycles, ladder, snow board, luggage carrier carried on a passenger vehicle's roof Class 2L, 3L, or 4L are not considered when determining vehicle classification. Non-permanent items carried in the bed of a pick-up truck Class 2L, 3L, or 4L are not considered when determining vehicle classification. Dual rear wheels are not a determining factor for vehicle classification. Classification will be based on height and axles regardless of the number of tires on each axle.
The number of passengers is not a determining factor for vehicle classification. Classification is based on height and axles, regardless of the passenger capacity. Vehicle classification is based on the height of the vehicle over the first two axles, including any trailer, and the total number of axles.
A vehicle's combination is considered HIGH if the height of the vehicle over the first two axles is 7'6" or greater. For example, a 2-axle pick-up truck with a 2-axle 5th wheel trailer, 7'6" or greater, which extends forward over the rear axle, would be classified as a 4H. Using this same logic, a 2-axle pick-up truck with a 3-axle 5th wheel trailer, 7'6" or greater, would be classified as a 5H.
E-ZPass discounts are available for these vehicle combinations; however, special tags are required that must be programmed specifically for the specific vehicle combination. Cashless Tolling is a free flowing tolling system that operates without toll booths or barriers. It saves motorists time and money, improves safety on the roadway and reduces congestion and air pollution. Cashless tolling was implemented on the Thruway system-wide in Go to our Cashless Tolling section for more information.
A toll bill is mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle at the address on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles. Payment can also be made on the Tolls By Mail website or by calling the customer service center at To avoid receiving future Toll Bills, customers must ensure their tag is mounted properly and their license plate s are added to their E-ZPass account.
If the license plate is on your E-ZPass account, the toll will post directly to your account using the license plate. If the license plate is not on your E-ZPass account, the registered owner of the vehicle will receive a Toll Bill. You can avoid paying higher tolls by ensuring your tag is properly mounted on the windshield.
Instructions for properly mounting the tag can be found at Thruway Tag Mounting Instructions. Mounting strips are free and can be obtained by requesting them through your online account at E-ZPassNY.
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system which allows motorists to pre-pay tolls and attach a small electronic device to their vehicles. For some, there are too many cars. Too many suburbs. Not enough mass transit. Not enough nature. For others, progress is the American Way. Things change, attitudes change. The Thruway has to be understood in context. And so was New York State.
Having a big vision costs a lot but will help us stay number one, which we were in those days. I think New York is arguably the most significant state in the nation, maybe until the present.
It is inclined to be on the leading edge, be bold about things like the Erie Canal, the Thruway. Where we went, other states followed. For the most part, this is a pretty positive story. History Publications. David Levine December 28, There are 27 service areas along the Thruway, all on the New York—Ripley mainline. Two plazas—the New Baltimore plaza at milepost and the Angola plaza at milepost —are accessible from both directions of the Thruway; the remainder are accessible from only one direction although the Sloatsburg and Ramapo service plazas at milepost 33 are connected via a pedestrian bridge.
Each plaza features a gas station and a variety of restaurants, at least one of which is open 24 hours. The entire Thruway has used an all-electronic, open road tolling system since November 14, , with tolls being collected by E-ZPass or Tolls by Mail.
On the closed-toll segments, a driver is electronically recorded when they enter and pay a distance-based toll upon exit. The highway gantry segments are situated between closed-toll segments and are spaced so they require a toll to travel between any pair of exits on each segment. Prior to the implementation of electronic tolling, the longer of the two closed-toll systems began at Harriman and extended from NY 17 to just east of exit 50 in Amherst.
The Berkshire Connector was enclosed within this system, so traveling between the mainline and the connector via exit 21A did not involve crossing an electronic toll gantry.
Under the old ticket system, the connector's exits up to the toll barrier at exit B3 were listed with the mainline exits on tickets for the major closed system. The other system encompassed the portion of the mainline between exit 56 south of Buffalo and exit 61 near the Pennsylvania state line.
Similar to the old system, any travel between exits 15 and 50 and between exits 56 and 61 requires paying a toll, but a mixture of closed-toll segments and fixed-toll gantries are used. There are six closed-toll segments on the Thruway, which are numbered 1 through 6. Within each closed-toll segment, there are highway gantries on the mainline Thruway before the respective start and end of each segment, as well as on the entrance and exit ramps of all interchanges between each of these highway gantries.
Cameras or E-ZPass readers record vehicles entering each segment, and a distance-based toll is calculated when vehicles leave that segment. Segments 1 through 5 cover the exits in the old closed-toll system from Harriman to Williamsville , while segment 6 comprises the shorter system from Buffalo to Ripley.
The segments are as follows:. The eight fixed-toll highway gantries are all located between the closed-toll segments. Unlike at the closed-toll segments, a single toll is paid when traveling between adjacent exits, but motorists driving for longer distances pay multiple tolls.
The gantries are as follows:. The southernmost of these is in Yonkers , where there is a bi-directional gantry between exits 6A and 7. Lastly, there is a northbound, commercial traffic-only gantry in Spring Valley. The toll plaza at Suffern was dismantled along with this change.
In late , all remaining flat-rate toll barriers on the Thruway were replaced with electronic toll gantries. The Harriman toll gantry is used by traffic entering the southbound Thruway from eastbound NY 17, as well as traffic on the northbound Thruway exiting to westbound NY Traffic entering or continuing on the northbound Thruway, as well as traffic from the southbound Thruway that is exiting or continuing south, use the Woodbury toll gantry.
The ticket on the former ticketed system was identical to that given for exit 15 with the exception that the toll for exit 16 is subtracted from all of the prices.
The other components of the system that are tolled have far fewer tolls. The Spring Vallery barrier's car toll was removed in July Tolls west of exit B1 vary based on which direction a motorist travels on I All tolls along the Thruway were supposed to be abolished when the construction bonds used to build it had been paid off.
The Berkshire Connector is a closed-ticket system that extends east from the Thruway mainline to the Canaan Toll Barrier, connecting the mainline Thruway to the Mass Pike. Except where otherwise indicated, Everything. Cookie policy. You are here Everything Explained. Map of New York with the Thruway mainline in red; other components of the Thruway system are in blue. No explosives including in cargo between exits 9 and 11 No commercial vehicles allowed on the Garden State Parkway Connector.
High-speed EV charging station, Sunoco. Burger King , Starbucks, Travel Mart. High-speed EV charging station, Mobil. Dippin' Dots , gift shop, McDonald's. Breyers , gift shop, McDonald's. Now, a new "great artery," will allow New Yorkers to follow the trails of the Revolutionary soldier, the trails of Christian martyr missionaries, and the trails of the early American civilization. The first toll section of the Thruway opened on June 24, , a mile stretch between Rochester and Lowell, west of Utica.
In its first year of operation an estimated 8. NY Thruway toll takers: 8 things you might not know about this part-time job. How much do they make? Can they drive Thruway for free? Can I apply? Send your ideas and curiosities to Johnathan Croyle: Email Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.
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