Toll increases on four major bridges connecting Pennsylvania and New Jersey are officially in effect as of Sunday, Sept. 1.
Earlier this summer, the Delaware River Port Authority approved a toll increase tied to the Consumer Price Index that was initially scheduled to go into effect on Aug. 1, and increase tolls from $5 to $6.50 for passenger vehicles.
Then in July, the DRPA unanimously voted to instead increase tolls from $5 to $6 and pushed back the toll hike by one month to September 1.
The higher tolls are now in effect on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Walt Whitman Bridge, Commodore Barry Bridge and Betsy Ross Bridge.
According to the DRPA, the bridge toll increase is the first time tolls have gone up on those four bridges in 13 years.