Who owns toll roads in VA?

Today, all remaining ferries are operated by the state. All but two toll roads and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel are public-private partnerships, where the state owns the road (including bridges and tunnels) but licenses a private corporation to build/maintain the infrastructure and collect tolls for up to 75 years.



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The Dulles Greenway is a 14-mile, limited-access highway extending from the publicly-owned Dulles Toll Road - which carries traffic between Washington's Capital Beltway and Dulles Airport - to Leesburg.

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I-495 and I-95 Express Lanes Tolling is always in effect. All drivers need an E-ZPass to use the Express lanes, and carpools with three or more people (HOV-3) need an E-ZPass Flex to use the lanes for free. Motorcycles also use the lanes for free, with or without E-ZPass.

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Average tolls on Capital Beltway HOT tolls in Virginia were $5.19, according to Transurban's dynamic averages for last quarter. Drivers paid an estimated $8.33 to take the I-95 lanes.

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These tolls were supposed to pay for the roads they originally were designed to serve. Many of these roads and tolls have long passed funding goals and are now just there to make revenue for state and local governments. The toll authorities say that they're using the money for road improvements.

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