Editing Interstate 376 (section)

==Tolls==
The James E. Ross Highway portion of I-376 between US&nbsp;422 and PA&nbsp;51 uses [[all-electronic tolling]], with tolls payable by [[toll by plate]] (which uses [[automatic license plate recognition]] to take a photo of the vehicle's license plate and mail a bill to the vehicle owner) or [[E-ZPass]]. The tolled section of I-376 has two mainline toll plazas: the West Mainline Toll Plaza near milepost&nbsp;18 and the East Mainline Toll Plaza near milepost&nbsp;30. {{As of|2024}}, the West Mainline Toll Plaza costs $5.50 using toll by plate and $2.90 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles while the East Mainline Toll Plaza costs $3.50 using toll by plate and $1.50 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles. There are also ramp tolls at the eastbound exit and westbound entrance at exit&nbsp;17, the westbound exit and eastbound entrance at exit&nbsp;20, and the eastbound exit and westbound entrance at exit&nbsp;29, which charge $3.50 using toll by plate and $1.50 using E-ZPass for passenger vehicles.<ref name="ptctolls">{{cite book|url=https://files.paturnpike.com/production/docs/default-source/resources/tolls/toll-schedule-2023/tollschedule_2024_tolls.pdf|title=2024 Toll Schedule|publisher=Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission|year=2024|access-date=January 7, 2024}}</ref> As part of Act&nbsp;44, tolls are to be increased every year in January.<ref name="act44hist">{{cite web |author= Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |title= Act 44 of 2007 (history) |url= http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BH/2007/0/HB1590.HTM |access-date= August 18, 2007 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070821185151/http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BH/2007/0/HB1590.HTM |archive-date= August 21, 2007 |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="act44">{{cite web |author= Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |title= Act 44 of 2007 |url= http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2007&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1590&pn=2342}} p 6. 264, lines 28-29.</ref>

The tolled portion of I-376 is the most expensive portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike system per mile, charging toll-by-plate users an average of {{Convert|0.44|$/mi|$/km}} and E-ZPass users {{Convert|0.20|$/mi|$/km}}. This is in stark contrast to the mainline Turnpike, which charges less than {{Convert|0.12|$/mi|$/km|2}} for E-ZPass users and more than {{Convert|0.17|$/mi|$/km}} for cash users. This is due to the bonds on newer sections of the Turnpike system (such as the James E. Ross Highway, [[Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass]], [[Mon–Fayette Expressway]], and the [[Southern Beltway (Pittsburgh)|Southern Beltway]]) having not been paid for yet (in the case of the latter two, are only partially completed), whereas the mainline Turnpike and the [[Northeastern Extension (Pennsylvania Turnpike)|Northeastern Extension]] had their bonds paid for decades ago. Even with the newer sections factored in—most of which except for a portion of the Mon–Fayette Expressway from [[Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania|I-70]] near [[Bentleyville, Pennsylvania|Bentleyville]] to [[U.S. Route 40 in Pennsylvania|US&nbsp;40]] near [[Brownsville, Pennsylvania|Brownsville]] opened ''after'' the James E. Ross Highway opened—it is the most expensive portion of the Turnpike system per mile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/5318064-74/turnpike-toll-376#axzz2pBEIKWL2|title=Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls reach highest point on west Interstate 376|date=December 31, 2013|work=TribLIVE.com|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref>