MARYLAND: Express Toll Lanes on Section 100 of the I-95/JFK Expressway in Baltimore
In 2005, FHWA and the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) amended its Value Pricing Pilot program cooperative agreement to include further studies evaluating the possible implementation of variable tolls on selected state highways and toll facilities in the State of Maryland. The amendment allowed MDOT to study an integrated statewide network of facilities that have the potential to provide a comprehensive approach to making improvements to congested facilities that would allow MDOT to reduce travel delays and offer premium service.
In July 2005, a Value Pricing Pilot program Toll Agreement was executed between the Federal Highway Administration, the Maryland Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Transportation Authority (MdTA) to authorize the collection of tolls on the new Express Toll Lanes (ETLs) on the I-95/JFK Expressway in Baltimore. MdTA will construct ETLs on the most congested portion of I-95 north of Baltimore City. Known during planning studies as "Section 100", was designed to ease congestion and increase safety by making improvements to the mainline roadway, reconstructing bridges and interchanges, and adding ETLs to a 10-mile stretch of I-95.
Project Status
This project did not receive Value Pricing Pilot (VPP) program funds; however the project received FHWA approval to toll the facility through the VPP program. Construction began on the first I-95 ETLs section, the Rossville Boulevard overpass, in November 2005. Mainline construction began in Fall 2006. It is anticipated that the project will be completed in late 2014.
For More Information Contact
Melissa Williams
Planning Manager
Maryland Transportation Authority-Capitol Planning Division
Phone: (410) 537-5651
E-mail: mwilliams9@mdta.state.md.us
