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Tolls/EZ Pass Prices: NY/NJ Bridges and Tunnels (Port Authority of New York)
Last updated Jan 7, 2024(Class 1 vehicles - i.e. 4 wheel, 2 axles, up to 9 passengers, no trailers)
Bridge/TunnelDirection pay
Cashless only
Price peak/off peak (*)
Lincoln TunnelEntering NY only
Yes
$15.38 / $13.38
Holland TunnelEntering NY only
Yes
$15.38 / $13.38
George WashingtonEntering NY only
Yes
$15.38 / $13.38
Bayonne BridgeEntering NY only
Yes
$15.38 / $13.38 (*$7.69)
Goethals BridgeEntering NY only
Yes
$15.38 / $13.38 (*$7.69)
Outerbridge CrossingEntering NY only
Yes
$15.38 / $13.38 (*$7.69)

Peak = weekday 6-10am, 4-8pm, Sat/Sun 11am-9pm
*Staten Island Bridges are $7.69, if 3+ trips/month, otherwise regular price. Need to enroll in "PASI discount plan"
*E-ZPass discounts apply to accounts at the E-ZPass New York and New Jersey Customer Service Centers
*With cashless tolls there is no more carpool discount. There is a green discount for certain electric vehicles.
Toll rates for all Port Authority bridges & tunnels.

Tolls/EZ Pass Prices: New York Bridges (MTA)
Last updated August 6, 2023For vehicles with seating capacity up to 15 adults, including 2 axle cars
Bridge/TunnelDirection payNY EZPASSNon-NY EZ Pass, Tolls by MailDifference
Bronx-WhitestoneBoth directions$6.94$11.19$4.25
Throgs NeckBoth directions$6.94$11.19$4.25
Robert F. KennedyBoth directions$6.94$11.19$4.25
Hugh L. CareyBoth directions$6.94$11.19$4.25
Queens MidtownBoth directions$6.94$11.19$4.25
Verrazzano-Narrows BridgeBoth directions$6.94 (**$2.75)$11.19$4.25
Henry Hudson Bridge****Both directions$3.18$8.25$5.07
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge*****Both directions$2.60$5.60$3.00
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial BridgeBoth directions$2.60 (***$1.70)$5.60$3.00

*E-ZPass rates apply to NYCSC E-ZPass customers only. NYCSC Tags are issued by The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, The New York State Thruway Authority and MTA Bridges and Tunnels. Non-NYCSC customers pay Tolls by Mail rates.
** For Staten Island residents, *** For Rockaway Residents, **** Free for Bronx residents (after rebate), ***** Free for Queens residents (after rebate)
Bridges and Tunnels tolls by vehicle

Feel free to update this table as needed.

If you want to get a tag but don't own a car, you can still sign up online. This is what the rep told me to do. Falsify info on your cars plates, make and model (for the plate# write the first two letters of your family name with the last 4 digits of your cell number, year: current year, make\model: choose any), and once you have an account just log in and remove that car from your profile.

For those who visit NY regularly, there are two cost advantages of getting an EZpass in NY (from NYSTA - thruway, or MTA) rather than NJ (PANYNJ): (1) to avoid the $1 monthly fee and (2) lower price on certain tolls - see red in chart above  The discounts you will lose out on for not having the NJ pass in NJ are minimal (a couple of cents on the NJTP during peak hours). Another third advantage (about being able to pay as you go rather than maintaining a balance) is below.

If you sign up and have the EZPass mailed to a NYC address and don't have any PANYNJ plans added when they mail it, you wont get a PANYNJ tag. (If you don't live there, ask a friend/relative who lives there to receive the tags for you, and use his address. Afterwards, you may change the address to your home address in NJ (or wherever), and add whichever plans you want. This was suggested to me by EZ Pass, and it works.)

Add the Port Authority Staten Island Bridges Plan (PASI), which makes bridges between Staten Island and NJ (Outerbridge, Bayonne, Goethals) 50% off the peak rate when crossing 3 or more times a month. There is nothing to lose as if you don't travel 3 times they simply adjust it to charge you the regular EZpass price. I believe it takes 24 hours from when you call for it to activate and its per 30 day period not monthly. You can add this plan on the website (in case the phone hours aren't convenient or you just plain don't like calling in general). Log in and choose "Plans" from the links on the left side of the page.

Another plus to having MTA issuing authority is that you can use PPT (pay per trip). Under this plan, you can keep a $0 balance in your EZ Pass account, and have tolls deducted from your bank account at the end of each day (by ACH). Downside is no miles for paying tolls, credit card is only a backup for when the ACH fails. (And if ACH fails even once you lose PPT plan and have to keep a debit balance in your account, so you can't have the miles & PPT :) )

Note that the the regular discounts for EZPass holders on the PANYNJ crossings now only apply to "New York" or "New Jersey" tags (as opposed to  EZPass in other states) per: https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/tolls.html


To return an extra tag for NY MTA Authority:

Please return your tag(s) to:
P.O. Box 149001
Staten Island, NY 10314
along with a letter that states your Name, signature and E-ZPass account number.
For further assistance please contact (800) 333-8655 to speak with a Customer Service Representative.
« Last edited by David61 on August 30, 2024, 11:18:26 AM »

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #180 on: May 26, 2014, 11:58:43 PM »
Can u have the carpool plan and the bridge plan together ?
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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #181 on: May 27, 2014, 01:03:28 AM »
In the bridge plan do u have to go on all three bridges 3 times or it could be just one 3 times a month?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #182 on: May 27, 2014, 10:11:50 AM »
In the bridge plan do u have to go on all three bridges 3 times or it could be just one 3 times a month?
I beleive it's one single bridge 3 times in a month

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Re: EZPass for low-emission Green hybrid cars
« Reply #183 on: May 27, 2014, 10:14:21 AM »
So I used the search and could not find anything on this..

Which plan is the best for the low-emission Hybrid/Green cars

I have my Ezpass via Port authority and pay 1$/month I used to use ezpass a lot when I got this years ago
but now I am just paying monthly fee for barely any use

I have the following plans on my account now between 3 cars:
PAGREEN
NYGREEN
STANDARD
PACP
PASI

Anyway to get the GREEN discount without paying a monthly fee?
Do I have send everything back and open a new account and apply for GREEN plan all over again?

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Re: EZPass for low-emission Green hybrid cars
« Reply #184 on: May 27, 2014, 11:07:30 AM »
So I used the search and could not find anything on this..

Which plan is the best for the low-emission Hybrid/Green cars

I have my Ezpass via Port authority and pay 1$/month I used to use ezpass a lot when I got this years ago
but now I am just paying monthly fee for barely any use

I have the following plans on my account now between 3 cars:
PAGREEN
NYGREEN
STANDARD
PACP
PASI

Anyway to get the GREEN discount without paying a monthly fee?
Do I have send everything back and open a new account and apply for GREEN plan all over again?

After a bit googling it seams like the Green discount only goes through via PA or Thruway
that would make Thruway the only Free one since PA has monthly service fee.
still trying to figure out where I can get a thruway account from

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #185 on: May 29, 2014, 03:38:26 PM »
After a bit googling it seams like the Green discount only goes through via PA or Thruway
that would make Thruway the only Free one since PA has monthly service fee.
still trying to figure out where I can get a thruway account from
IINM an address in the catskills should do the trick.

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #186 on: May 29, 2014, 04:15:57 PM »
IINM an address in the catskills should do the trick.

IINM  ? (f i'm not mistaken!"?)

are you saying I should apply online for an account using an address from catskills?
how can I avoid the Ezpass to be shipped to the wrong catskills address?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #187 on: May 29, 2014, 04:21:32 PM »
IINM  ? (f i'm not mistaken!"?)

are you saying I should apply online for an account using an address from catskills?
how can I avoid the Ezpass to be shipped to the wrong catskills address?
Send it to yours or a friends bungalow there. Why would it go to the wrong address?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #188 on: May 29, 2014, 04:24:01 PM »
Send it to yours or a friends bungalow there. Why would it go to the wrong address?

I am in long island and do not know anyone upstate nor am I planning to go there

so how do you guys get a thruway account?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #189 on: May 29, 2014, 06:40:41 PM »
I am in long island and do not know anyone upstate nor am I planning to go there

so how do you guys get a thruway account?

what benefit is that over a regular NY one?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #190 on: May 29, 2014, 06:53:42 PM »
what benefit is that over a regular NY one?

Green discount only goes through via PA or Thruway
that would make Thruway the only Free one since PA has monthly service fee.

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #191 on: July 10, 2014, 08:27:33 PM »
I live in NJ and i signed up for a NY Ez-Pass last week.... And just recieved a Port Authority of NY-NJ Ez-Pass. That sucks... Now what do i do?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #192 on: July 10, 2014, 08:56:47 PM »
I live in NJ and i signed up for a NY Ez-Pass last week.... And just recieved a Port Authority of NY-NJ Ez-Pass. That sucks... Now what do i do?
Did you put in a NJ address? That prob happens by itself then...
I'd use the credit and just try again...

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #193 on: July 10, 2014, 09:30:45 PM »
I live in NJ and i signed up for a NY Ez-Pass last week.... And just recieved a Port Authority of NY-NJ Ez-Pass. That sucks... Now what do i do?

I had to speak to a supervisor and fix that
Asked her to send me a prepaid return to close the PA account and then faxed her the application with a letter asking for Thruway account with my car registration.. took over a week and couple of calls but done with port authority monthly fee!

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #194 on: August 01, 2014, 06:17:58 AM »
IINM an address in the catskills should do the trick.

 Is an address in the catskills the only way to get a thruway ez pass or can I use a regular Brooklyn address too??
   TIA

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #195 on: August 01, 2014, 07:32:57 AM »
Is an address in the catskills the only way to get a thruway ez pass or can I use a regular Brooklyn address too??
   TIA

You can use any address but u have to manually file the application by fax or mail and request thruway account

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #196 on: August 01, 2014, 07:37:39 AM »
 Would you happen to know where I can find this application?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #197 on: August 01, 2014, 09:53:13 AM »
Would you happen to know where I can find this application?
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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #198 on: August 01, 2014, 11:16:28 AM »
Would you happen to know where I can find this application?

quick google search

https://www.e-zpassny.com/en/about/downloads.shtml

include a front page state you want only the THRUWAY account

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #199 on: August 02, 2014, 03:41:41 PM »
quick google search

https://www.e-zpassny.com/en/about/downloads.shtml

include a front page state you want only the THRUWAY account
Thank You.
Just to make sure I understood, I should include a separate blank paper stating that I want a thruway ez pass? Otherwise they just give you whatever they want?