Connecticut Prior to the removal of tolls in 1985, the
Connecticut Turnpike had eight mainline toll barriers instead of a ticket system that was typically used on the turnpikes of that era. While the Connecticut Turnpike was officially considered a toll road for its entire 129-mile length, the placement of mainline toll barriers and the lack of ramp tolls meant the only sections of the Turnpike that were truly tolled were between the interchanges immediately before and following each mainline barrier. Consequentially, motorists familiar with the local area around each of the toll barriers could essentially travel the Turnpike toll-free by exiting before the toll plaza, use local streets to bypass the toll, and re-enter the Turnpike past the toll plaza. Motorists could also completely bypass the Connecticut Turnpike by using
Interstate 84, a toll-free highway that parallels the Turnpike about 20 miles to the north.
Delaware There is a toll of $4 in each direction on the Delaware Turnpike, or
I-95. It is the third most expensive turnpike in the United States when calculated per mile. Since the turnpike does not use ramp tolls, only imposing a toll on drivers passing through a toll plaza just east of the
Maryland state line, the toll is easily avoided by using local roads. By taking the last exit of
I-95 in Maryland,
MD 279, one can continue northbound on MD 279, cross into Delaware on
DE 279, turn right at Christiana Parkway (
DE 4/
DE 896), and make another right onto DE 896 and soon arrive once again at I-95. Large trucks cannot use this detour as DE 4/DE 896 have width and weight restrictions. On January 10, 2019, DelDOT opened the
US 301 toll road bypassing
Middletown. Now all traffic entering Delaware using US 301 must pay a minimum $4 toll at the state line, with access to the old alignment cut off until after the toll point via Exit 2. Several new shunpikes have emerged, the most common being the historical alignment of
MD 299 through Warwick or Levels Road, but neither is viable for trucks. A longer distance route involves using
MD 300 in Maryland into Delaware (becoming
DE 300 across the line) then turning onto
US 13 to the free ramp back to
DE 1 at Port Penn Road.
Kentucky The
Abraham Lincoln Bridge and
John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge are a pair of bridges that carry
Interstate 65 across the Ohio River, connecting
Jeffersonville, Indiana to downtown
Louisville, Kentucky. On December 30, 2016, the Kentucky Department of Transportation implemented a toll to cross the bridges in either direction, ranging from $2 for vehicles with electronic transponders to $4 for vehicles paying by mail. The
Clark Memorial Bridge, which makes the same crossing less than one mile west of the two I-65 bridges, remained free. This resulted in a 49% decrease in daily crossings on the Kennedy Bridge and a 75% increase in traffic on the Clark Memorial Bridge.
New Jersey When taking
I-295 north from the
Delaware Memorial Bridge to enter New Jersey, travelers can keep left to take the
New Jersey Turnpike, or they can keep right to stay on I-295. I-295 runs parallel to the New Jersey Turnpike up to
Hamilton Township, at which point travelers would take
I-195 east to return to
I-95/New Jersey Turnpike, as I-295 would continue north to loop around
Trenton before entering
Pennsylvania and going south to terminate at I-95.
Oklahoma In
Oklahoma east of
Oklahoma City,
Interstate 44 replaced old
U.S. Route 66 as the main route in the form of the
Turner Turnpike between Oklahoma City and
Tulsa, and the
Will Rogers Turnpike between Tulsa and the
Missouri state line. However, locals have kept old 66 alive by using it for shunpiking instead of the locally unpopular toll expressway, and the state reinforces it by continuing to designate its former route between Oklahoma City and the Missouri line as
Oklahoma State Highway 66.
Pennsylvania Interstate 70 runs
concurrently with the
Pennsylvania Turnpike for . Westbound travelers can exit I-70 in
Maryland just south of the
Pennsylvania border and enter
Interstate 68, continuing along I-68's entire length through
western Maryland and into
West Virginia until arriving at
Interstate 79, I-68's western terminus, in
Morgantown. After merging onto I-79 north, a traveler can enter Pennsylvania and merge back onto I-70 in
Washington, Pennsylvania, where I-70 and I-79 are briefly concurrent. Despite the added mileage, the relatively non-congested roadways in western Maryland (combined with the various
tunnels and pre-
Interstate quality of the Pennsylvania Turnpike) make the toll-free trip nearly the same time as the toll route. (The Pennsylvania Turnpike was
grandfathered from modern
Interstate standards.)
West Virginia The
Midland Trail (the remaining roadway left behind in the
historic Midland Trail) serves the middle of West Virginia and runs somewhat parallel to Interstates
64 and
77. The trail follows the entirety of
U.S. Route 60 in West Virginia and the two are synonymous. It traverses through 180 miles of rugged terrain starting in
Kenova in the west and ending in
White Sulphur Springs. The roadway often follows the historic
James River and Kanawha Turnpike and
Kanawha River. The trail passes through many parks and communities including the
New River Gorge National Park and the state capitol of
Charleston. A much smaller remnant road of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike, is the 5 mile Kanawha Turnpike that runs from
South Charleston to Charleston, the road then splits and continues for another mile in
Jefferson before merging back onto US-60. This road acts as a local shunpike for commuters avoiding US 60 and I-64. ==In Britain==