Editing Tobin Bridge (section)

===Later events===
[[File:Boston Tobin Brg NNW von Boojum Rock 9521 20190430.jpg|thumb|Tobin Bridge from Boojum Rock, [[Malden, Massachusetts]], 2019]]
In 1967, the Mystic River Bridge was renamed in honor of [[Maurice J. Tobin]], former [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] mayor and Massachusetts governor. Construction of the bridge began during his term as governor (1945–1947). On May 2, 1983, one-way tolling was implemented on the Tobin Bridge and in the [[Sumner Tunnel|Sumner]] and [[Callahan Tunnel|Callahan]] tunnels in an attempt to reduce traffic jams. The northbound toll plaza was removed, while the southbound toll doubled to 50 cents.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/170552511/ |title=One-way toll experiment starts in Hub tomorrow |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=May 1, 1983 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/170552483/ 21] |first=Fred |last=Pillsbury |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-item/170552349/ |title=One-way Tolls. [advertisement] |newspaper=The Daily Item |author=Massachusetts Port Authority |date=April 28, 1983 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><!--Starting in the early 1990s the tolls increased sharply to help pay for the [[Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts)|Big Dig]].-->

The bridge was transferred from Massport to the new [[Massachusetts Department of Transportation]] effective January 1, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eot.state.ma.us/massdotnewsletter/vol06.htm |title=Mass DOT Newsletter (volume 6) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108092747/http://www.eot.state.ma.us/massdotnewsletter/vol06.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 8, 2011|publisher=Massachusetts DOT}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw09/sl090025.htm Chapter 25 of the Acts of 2009.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007075227/http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2009/Chapter25 |date=October 7, 2012 }} Section 144. Section 156(b) reallocates bridge tolls from Massport to MassDOT effective July 1, 2010.</ref> The southbound toll plaza closed on July 21, 2014, and was later removed, in favor of all-electronic [[open road tolling]]. Both [[E-ZPass]] and "pay-by-mail" (using [[Automatic number plate recognition|license plate number recognition]]) were accepted. This began a 2½ year process by MassDOT which converted all of the toll roads and bridges throughout the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]] to automatic open road tolling.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wbur.org/2014/07/18/electronic-tolling-tobin-bridge|title=No Cash Allowed: Tobin Bridge Tolls Go All-Electronic Monday|last=Creamer|first=Alyssa|date=July 18, 2014|publisher=[[WBUR-FM]]|access-date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, the $2.50 southbound toll was replaced with $1.25 tolls in both directions, with a 30-cent surcharge for pay-by-mail.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/06/06/tobin-bridge-to-begin-charging-drivers-tolls-in-both-directions-but-at-an-adjusted-price |title=Tobin Bridge to begin charging drivers tolls in both directions, but at an adjusted price |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=June 6, 2016 |first=Nik |last=DeCosta-Klipa}}</ref>

In September 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced a three-year $41.6 million project to restore the bridge deck, repair steel, and paint a portion of the bridge. The work ran April through November in 2018, 2019, and 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Young |first=Colin A. |url=http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/09/12/tobin-bridge-construction |title=Major Work On Tobin Bridge Is Set To Start In 2018 |work=[[WBUR-FM]] |publisher=State House News Service |date=September 12, 2017 |access-date=September 12, 2017 }}</ref>