Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 04:53:40PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> >> If that were true, US-101 across the Columbia River would still be toll, >> and last summer I would have had a lot more toll receipts from Bridge of >> the >> Gods, which for the first time in memory was toll-free last summer. I-5 >> from Portland, Ore to Vancouver, Wash. was once a toll road when the >> Interstate Bridge was built, then the toll was lifted. It was instated >> again a few years later to build the third and fourth spans to make the >> highway dual carriageway, and once paid off the toll plaza closed once >> again. Right now, it's looking like I-5 will close from Portland, Oregon >> to Vancouver, Washington for about three years while the current >> Interstate Bridges are bulldozed and something that passes earthquake and >> highway code replaces it, which will inevitably reopen as a toll bridge >> (since pretty much the only people that use the Oregon-owned span are >> Washingtonians[1]). >> > AFAIK, there has not been a toll road in Florida that started out toll > and then had the toll lifted. Of course, most parts of Florida don't > have proper freeway networks, and so they have a captive audience.
Probably doesn't help that Florida insists on continued existence despite being mostly low-lying or swampland in a hurricane zone. That's a situation not particularly conducive to long term civil engineering. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
