Toll roads have existed for at least the last 2,700 years , as tolls had to be paid by travellers using the Susa -- Babylon highway under the regime of Ashurbanipal , who reigned in the 7th century BC .
Toll roads are at least 2700 years old , as tolls had to be paid by travellers using the Susa -- Babylon highway under the regime of Ashurbanipal , in the seventh century BC .