Editing Outerbridge Crossing (section)

== Tolls ==
{{As of|2025|01|05|df=us}}, the tolls-by-mail rate going from [[New Jersey]] to [[New York City]] is $18.31 for cars and motorcycles; there is no toll for passenger vehicles going from New York City to New Jersey. New Jersey and New York–issued [[E-ZPass]] users are charged $14.06 for cars and $13.06 for motorcycles during off-peak hours, and $16.06 for cars and $15.06 for motorcycles during peak hours. Users with E-ZPass issued from agencies outside of New Jersey and New York are charged the tolls-by-mail rate.<ref name="tolls">{{cite web | title=2025 Tolls |publisher=Port Authority of New York & New Jersey | url=https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/tolls/2025-tolls.html | access-date=January 5, 2025}}</ref> Frequent users traveling more than three trips per month can receive discounts under the "Staten Island Bridges Plan" ($8.03 per trip for cars at all times).<ref name="tolls" /> From July 2025, the Mid-Tier rate {{Show by date|2025|07|06|will be|is}} $18.72, while the toll-by-mail rate {{Show by date|2025|07|06|will be|is}} $22.38.<ref>{{cite web | last=Higgs | first=Larry | title=PATH fare hike in new Port Authority budget. See how much you will have to pay. | website=nj | date=November 14, 2024 | url=https://www.nj.com/news/2024/11/path-fare-hike-in-new-port-authority-budget-see-how-much-you-will-have-to-pay.html | access-date=May 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Kiefer | first=Eric | title=Toll Hikes At GWB, Lincoln Tunnel Proposed In Port Authority Budget | website=Montclair, NJ Patch | date=November 14, 2024 | url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/toll-hikes-lincoln-tunnel-gwb-proposed-port-authority-budget | access-date=May 29, 2025}}</ref>

Tolls are only collected for eastbound traffic. Originally, tolls were collected in both directions. In August 1970, the toll was abolished for westbound drivers, and at the same time, eastbound drivers saw their tolls doubled. The tolls of eleven other New York–New Jersey and Hudson River crossings along a {{convert|130|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch, from the Outerbridge Crossing in the south to the [[Rip Van Winkle Bridge]] in the north, were also changed to south- or eastbound-only at that time.<ref>{{cite web | last=Moran | first=Nancy | title=One-Way Tolls Confusing Some Drivers | website=The New York Times | date=August 13, 1970 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/13/archives/oneway-tolls-confusing-some-drivers.html | access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>

In 2003, the Port Authority raised the speed limit for the three inner [[E-ZPass]] lanes at the toll plaza from {{Convert|15|to|25|mph|km/h|round=5}}, separating these lanes from the rest of the eight-lane toll plaza by a barrier.<ref>{{cite press release |title=E-ZPass Speed Limit Increased to 25-mph at Outerbridge Crossing |publisher=Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |date=June 19, 2003 |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=321 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527160406/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=321 |archive-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref> Two years later, the tollbooths adjacent to the 25-mph E-ZPass lanes were removed and overhead gantries were installed with electronic tag readers to permit E-ZPass vehicles to travel at {{Convert|45|mph|km/h|-1}} in special high-speed lanes.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Express E-ZPass Arrives Tomorrow at the Outerbridge Crossing |publisher=Port Authority of New York & New Jersey |date=June 27, 2005 |url=http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=638 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527151105/http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=638 |archive-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref> Motorists using the high-speed E-ZPass lanes cannot use exit&nbsp;1 to  Page Avenue, which is located immediately after the toll plaza.

[[Open road tolling]] began on April 24, 2019. The tollbooths were dismantled, and drivers are no longer able to pay cash at the bridge. Instead, there are cameras mounted onto new overhead gantries located on the Staten Island side. A vehicle without E-ZPass has a picture taken of its license plate and a bill for the toll is mailed to its owner. For E-ZPass users, sensors detect their transponders wirelessly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2018/06/goethals_outerbridge_to_get_ca.html|title=Goethals, Outerbridge to get cashless tolling in 2019|last=Bascome|first=Erik|date=June 28, 2018|website=silive.com|language=en-US|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2019/03/cashless-tolling-for-outerbridge-crossing-expected-by-end-of-april.html|title=Cashless tolling for Outerbridge Crossing expected by end of April|last=Bascome|first=Erik|date=March 15, 2019|website=silive.com|language=en-US|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>