May 31, 2018 2 min read

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced Tuesday cashless tolling will begin Sunday on the Findlay Connector section of the Southern Beltway in Washington and Allegheny counties. “Cashless” means there will be no coin baskets along the roadway; cash will no longer be accepted.

Customers who use the Findlay Connector will no longer pay at the six on/off ramp toll plazas, which will be removed. Beginning Sunday, they will pay electronically at a new location on the Findlay Connector mainline – an “open-road” toll zone at milepost 2.6 where equipment is suspended from an overhead gantry. Findlay Connector trips which are now tolled between Exits 1-2 and Exits 4-6 will become free after conversion.

Motorists with E-ZPass will not notice a difference and will continue to use the process with which they are familiar. For motorists who do not have E-ZPass, an image of their license plate is captured as they travel through the open-road toll zone. A toll bill is mailed to the registered vehicle owner using the address on file with PennDOT.

The PTC last month suspended the Findlay Connector go-live date for five weeks to provide added time to continue testing the highway-speed electronic equipment at the 70-mph tolling facility.