So After Driving Around The Windy City For A Day I Remembered Toll Roads Are A Thing.

"CTSenVy" (CTSenVy) 03/27/2017 at 18:01 • Filed to: None

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The signs probably should say, “Welcome to Chicago, where’s our 10 bucks?” I’ll be mooching off the hotels shuttle for the rest of the trip.

Cherry_man1 > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:04

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They do have thing where you just drive through and then pay later

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:06

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EZ pass it’s a good thing

ttyymmnn > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:06

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You should try driving in Austin some time.

CTSenVy > Cherry_man1 03/27/2017 at 18:10

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I saw some signs for that, but needed a receipt to get reimbursed from work. So I just paid the cash toll to make sure I had the paper slip to file with my expense report

CTSenVy > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 03/27/2017 at 18:12

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If I had to travel more for work I would get one. Home state doesn’t even have toll roads so I normally don’t need one.

Birddog > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:17

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“Welcome to Illinois! Gimme your wallet!”

I’ve been lobbying for them to add that to the border signs for years now.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:19

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I got one for the twice a year I go to Chicago after an unmanned toll machine ate my Credit Card.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:19

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$10? Really?! Is that just for one trip or was that from getting on and off all day?

CTSenVy > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/27/2017 at 18:22

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That was from taking I-88 into town and I-294 to an exit close to O’hare.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:27

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Goodness. I could drive the full 140 mile length of the Masspike for less than that.

Mercedes Streeter > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/27/2017 at 18:31

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I-80 in Illinois (as well as I-90) has a toll booth every 10 miles. Mmmmm...nothing like getting reamed for $3 every 10 minutes!

Mercedes Streeter > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:33

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Doesn’t I-88 cover the Chicago Skyway? I forget. Anyway, last summer my parents and I went to Ohio from the Skyway. 4 axles, somewhere close to $50.

CTSenVy > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/27/2017 at 18:36

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If I had EZ pass, it would have been half that.

CTSenVy > Mercedes Streeter 03/27/2017 at 18:47

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I don’t think so, I could be wrong but didn’t see anything that mentioned the skyway while on 88.

Cherry_man1 > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 18:50

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Oh gotcha.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Mercedes Streeter 03/27/2017 at 19:01

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The masspike had tollbooths at every on ramp, so you get on it and then pay when you exit based on how far you traveled. Now there’s ezpass/plate recognition gantries between exits

Mazarin > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 19:05

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Just wait until they finish(ha) the Elgin/O’Hare - I390... That 10 mile stretch of road will end up with nearly $4 worth of tolls and will have the highest $-per-mile average in Illinois.

I’m so glad I moved out of that clusterfuck of a state.

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > Mercedes Streeter 03/27/2017 at 19:27

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When did 80 get tolls? That was like the one interstate that didn’t have any.

AdverseMartyr > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 20:35

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The worst is when the traffic is bad, Google only gives you the tollway as a viable option, and you just flew in so you don’t have change for the booths because Chicago doesn’t want to upgrade so you can use a cc. I had to use the pit of hell they call a website to pay my tolls, and try to remember within 15 minutes which toll booths I passed through (which aren’t numbered quite as obviously as they should be so choosing from the list is a PITA).

CTSenVy > AdverseMartyr 03/27/2017 at 20:44

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I wondered about the whole pay later thing, seemed pretty easy to miss a toll till the system nailed you for missing one l.

AdverseMartyr > CTSenVy 03/27/2017 at 22:06

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It sucks, and it seems like the online payment system doesn’t reconcile quickly with the cameras sending out toll tickets to license plate addresses. I received a bill 2 months later (from the car rental company) for the tolls I paid the day I had to use the tollway with no change. Luckily, I had the pdf of the payments and the rental company reversed the charges.

tromoly > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver 03/27/2017 at 22:33

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I was going to say, the only toll on it is when it turns into 94, for sure there’s not a toll between Tinley Park and Moline.