pell bridge

Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority's (RITBA) board of directors voted this week to ask Jacobs, their consulting engineers to plan how they could do four open road toll (ORT) lanes through the middle of their toll plaza at the Pell Bridge in Jamestown. RITBA chairman, David A Darlington told us the introduction of E-ZPass transponders January 2009 has been very successful - they have 80% transponder usage now, 20% cash.

Just eight weeks after the Dec 16 introduction of electronic tolling at the Pell Bridge near Newport Rhode Island 67% of transactions are by transponder. 14% are out-of-state E-ZPass IAG transponders and 53% are transponders issued by Rhode Island toll bridge authority (RITBA) which operates the Pell toll bridge, the gateway to Newport RI from New York and Connecticut.