Politics & Government

Pay Up: Toll on 520 Bridge Begins Dec. 29

The fee will be $3.50 during peak travel times.

It's official: Tolling will start on the SR 520 floating bridge on Dec. 29.Β 

Instead of toll booths, the tolls will be paid through , a system using electronic transponders attached to vehicles to debit motorists' accounts. Vehicles without transponders will have photos taken of their license plates. Owners will be billed through the mail.

The toll includes a $3.50 peak-hour toll both ways. Motorists without a Good to Go account will pay $1.50 each time they cross the bridge.

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The tolls are part of the $2.37 billion that the Washington State Department of Transportation is raising for the State Route 520 improvement project.

The toll is expected to increase 10 cents a year between 2012 and 2016. Drivers would pay a peak-hour toll of $3.90 by 2016.

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