Which bridge and tunnel crossings require me to pay the toll? Any route to or from a bridge or tunnel that requires entering the Manhattan Central Business District (CBD) from outside the CBD or from an excluded roadway will be tolled. The excluded roadways are the Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Drive, the West Side Highway/West Street (Route 9A), and any surface roadway portion of the Hugh L. Carey (Brooklyn-Battery) Tunnel connecting to West Street.
If you take theManhattan BridgeorWilliamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan, you will be tolledupon arriving in Manhattan, as these bridges lead directly into the CBD.
Vehicles will not be tolled when taking ramps that connect directly between the Manhattan-bound Brooklyn Bridge and FDR Drive.However, if you exit the FDR onto a street within the CBD, then you will be tolled. In addition, vehicles traveling northbound on the FDR Drive that use the exit at East Houston Street to turn and immediately travel southbound on the FDR Drive will be tolled. If you exit onto Centre Street or Pearl Street, you will be tolled.
Vehicles traveling into Manhattan from Queens via the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge will not be tolled if they use the north upper roadway which leads directly onto East 62nd Street; all other routes into Manhattan on this bridge lead into the CBD and will be tolled. Going from Manhattan to Queens, all routes start within the CBD and will be tolled if you are coming from outside the CBD – for example, if you started north of 60th Street and then drove south to get onto the bridge. If your journey began in the CBD and you take the bridge into Queens, you will not be tolled.
All routes from the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels will be tolled. However, when paying with a valid E-ZPass, you will receive a credit against the cost of the toll during peak hours. Please see the toll rate schedule for details.
When using theHugh L. Carey Tunnel to enter Manhattan from Brooklyn, you will not be tolledif you connect directly to West Street(including use of the Battery Park Underpass) and continue your journey out of the CBD using excluded roadways. However, if you exit the excluded roadways and enter the CBD, you will be tolled. If you exit the tunnel onto Trinity Place, you will be tolled.
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