Somers Point North and South ramps have a total of 4 lanes, of which all will be E-ZPass SM equipped. In December of 1999, the Parkway opened its first E-ZPass SM lanes at the Hillsdale Toll Plaza in Bergen County. Since then it has continued to install E-ZPass SM at each toll plaza and ramp moving in a southerly direction down to and including the New Gretna Toll Plaza on August 17. E-ZPass SM is now available at all Parkway mainline plazas. In New Jersey, it is already in use on the Atlantic City Expressway, the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Betsy Ross and Commodore Barry Bridges over the Delaware River and at the Port Authority's Hudson River crossings and will be implemented on the New Jersey Turnpike on September 30 of this year.
Motorists can also ask Parkway toll collectors for an application.
The E-ZPass SM system will also be compatible with roads, bridges and tunnels in New York. The system is expected to be fully compatible with future E-ZPass SM installations in West Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. For example, customers who use E-ZPass SM in New York do not have to open a new account to use the system on the Parkway. Conversely, new E-ZPass SM customers on the Parkway will be able to use their tags in the New York City metropolitan area, including on the New York State Thruway, bridges operated by the New York State Bridge Authority, and at bridges and tunnels operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The E-ZPass SM electronic toll collection technology is a proven, accurate and reliable system that has been used by toll authorities throughout the Northeastern United States for several years.