# WTC attacks and road tolls **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 27, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094 "2001-09-27T13:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/1 "2001-09-27T13:15:23Z")
After the attacks on September 11, were tolls still collected at the various bridges and tunnels in NYC? (Some of the bridges were used by masses of pedestrians to walk out of Manhattan, so they don’t count) It’s been my experience that NYC collects tolls under the worst of circumstances, no matter how backed up things get. Hope I’m wrong about this one. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/2 "2001-09-27T13:24:22Z")
No tolls are ever collected leaving Manhattan. They only collect tolls for people heading in to the city. I doubt they would have collected tolls for emergency vehicles, and they were the only ones going in. ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/3 "2001-09-27T13:39:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Telemark \* > \*\*No tolls are ever collected leaving Manhattan. They only collect tolls for people heading in to the city. I doubt they would have collected tolls for emergency vehicles, and they were the only ones going in. \*\* Good point. But I do know a number of people who did go into Manhattan (or at least tried to) because they feared for friends and relatives. So the question still stands. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/4 "2001-09-27T15:19:01Z")
Did the ‘number of people’ you’re referring to pay tolls? I assume that once the bridges and tunnels were open to regular traffic they charged tolls. Is there something wrong with that? ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/5 "2001-09-27T15:19:35Z")
How did they get in? All the news sources I remember seeing on the 11th stated repeatedly that all bridges and tunnels into Manhattan were closed to non-emergency vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/6 "2001-09-27T15:41:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Telemark \* > \*\*No tolls are ever collected leaving Manhattan. They only collect tolls for people heading in to the city. I doubt they would have collected tolls for emergency vehicles, and they were the only ones going in. \*\* The Midtown tunnel charges both ways, as does the Triboro Bridge. Not sure about the Battery Tunnel, I don’t believe I’ve ever gone through it. These passages are run by the MTA. Brooklyn the Staten Island: The toll on the Narrows bridge is $7.00 outbound-Brooklyn to Staten, and free the other way. From Long Island (Queens): The Throgs Neck and Whitestone Bridges charge both ways (Queens/Bronx). Can’t say what the situation was on the 11th, though I wouldn’t doubt they’d be waving people through if the traffic was enough. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/7 "2001-09-27T16:32:18Z")
Thanks **postcards** , after I’d posted I realized that I really didn’t know about all the possible routes. But in general, even on normal days, they don’t want people backed up in Manhattan waiting to pay tolls, right? BTW, what are all the bridges/tunnels to Manhattan? ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/8 "2001-09-27T17:12:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Telemark \* > \*\* > > BTW, what are all the bridges/tunnels to Manhattan? \*\* Clockwise from the GWB: Spuyten Duyvil Broadway University Heights Washington (continuation of GWB) 2 I don’t know the name of Macombs Dam 145th St Madison Ave 3rd ave Willis Ave Triboro Pedestrian bridge to wards Island Queensboro Bridge Queens Midtown Tunnel Williamsburg Bridge Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Holland Tunnel Lincoln Tunnel I probably missed a couple plus you have ferries, subways, and the PATH. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/9 "2001-09-27T17:21:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mack \* > I probably missed a couple plus you have ferries, subways, and the PATH. Also Metro-North, Long Island Rail Road, NJ Transit Railroad and Amtrak. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/10 "2001-09-27T19:14:45Z")
Where does the tramway fit into the picture? Is that from Roosevelt Island? ---
**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/11 "2001-09-27T21:50:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mack \* > \*\* > Spuyten Duyvil > \*\* Is this the same thing as the Henry Hudson Bridge? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mack \* > \*\* > > Washington (continuation of GWB) > \*\* I believe that the GWB extension highway connects to the Alexander Hamilton Bridge, and then to the x-bx expressway. The Washington Bridge is right next to the Hamilton Bridge, I believe. Just south of the Hamilton Bridge is the “High Bridge,” which lives up to its name. I believe that it was once a pedestrian bridge, but is now closed. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/12 "2001-09-28T02:32:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lucwarm \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by mack \* > > \*\* > > Spuyten Duyvil > > \*\* > > Is this the same thing as the Henry Hudson Bridge? > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by mack \* > > \*\* > > > > Washington (continuation of GWB) > > \*\* > > I believe that the GWB extension highway connects to the Alexander Hamilton Bridge, and then to the x-bx expressway. > > The Washington Bridge is right next to the Hamilton Bridge, I believe. > > Just south of the Hamilton Bridge is the “High Bridge,” which lives up to its name. I believe that it was once a pedestrian bridge, but is now closed. \*\* I think you’re right on all counts. I had a .pdf of manhattan bike ways handy so I just went by that. It wasn’t very detailed. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtc-attacks-and-road-tolls/84094/13 "2001-09-28T15:30:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Telemark \* > \*\*Where does the tramway fit into the picture? Is that from Roosevelt Island? \*\* The tram is about 100 feet north of the Queensboro (59 Street) bridge. It launches from 2 Ave at the foot of the bridge.