If you traveled to Huletts within the past two weeks on the New York State Thruway, you may have noticed that all tolls are now cashless. Beginning at 1:00 am on Saturday November 14, 2020 – the New York State Thruway – a 570-mile highway – converted to an entirely cashless toll system.
All employee-staffed toll booths will be replaced with overhead gantries outfitted with cameras and sensors to capture license plate numbers as motorists zoom by.
As motorists come on and off the Thruway, gantries will record their locations and bill them accordingly, without requiring them to stop or slow down on the roadway, or complete a cash transaction.
Overhead cameras will snap photos of license plates so drivers can be billed by mail and EZ-pass will handle cashless payments. In the coming months, all toll booths will be removed and road configurations will be changed. All toll plazas should be removed by the end of 2021.
Tolls have been collected on the New York State Thruway since 1954.