Chapter 3F. Markings for Toll Plazas¶
§3F.01 General¶
Support
01. At toll plazas, pavement markings help road users identify the proper lane(s) to use for the type of toll payment they plan to use, to channelize movements into the various lanes, and to delineate obstructions in the roadway.
02. Section 3H.08 contains information on the use and application of purple-colored pavement at toll plazas for vehicles with registered electronic toll collection (ETC) accounts.
§3F.02 Longitudinal Markings¶
Guidance
01. Solid white lane line markings should be used to separate toll lanes, payment methods, or to channelize movements at toll plazas.
02. Solid white lane line markings should begin at the upstream end of the full-width toll lane and be continued to the toll plaza.
Option
03. For a toll plaza approach lane that is restricted to use only by vehicles with registered ETC accounts, the solid white lane line or edge line on the right-hand side of the ETC Account-Only lane and the solid white lane line or solid yellow edge line on the left-hand side of the ETC Account-Only lane may be supplemented with purple solid longitudinal markings placed contiguous to the inside edges of the lines defining the lane.
Standard
04. If the purple solid longitudinal markings described in Paragraph 3 of this Section are used, the purple markings shall be at least 3 inches wide.
Guidance
05. If the purple solid longitudinal markings described in Paragraph 3 of this Section are used, the purple markings should not be wider than the line they supplement.
Standard
06. Toll booths and the islands on which they are located are considered to be obstructions in the roadway and they shall be provided with markings that comply with the provisions of Section 3B.13 and Chapter 3J.
Option
07. Longitudinal pavement markings may be omitted alongside toll booth islands between the approach markings and any departure markings.
§3F.03 Pavement Word and Symbol Markings¶
Support
01. Section 3E.03 contains information on the use of pavement word and symbol markings for ETC Account-Only lanes not specific to toll plazas.
Standard
02. Except as provided in Paragraph 4 of this Section, when a lane on the approach to a toll plaza is restricted to use only by vehicles with registered ETC accounts, the ETC Account-Only lane word markings or pictograph described in Section 3E.03 shall be used (see Drawing A in Figure 3H-6).
03. When one or more open-road tolling (ORT) lanes that are restricted to use only by vehicles with registered ETC accounts bypass a mainline toll plaza on a separate alignment, pavement word markings or pictographs shall be used on the approach to the point where the ORT lanes diverge from the lanes destined for the mainline toll plaza (see Drawings B and C in Figure 3H-6).
Option
04. Preferential lane-use markings may be omitted at toll plazas where physical conditions preclude the use of the markings.
Guidance
05. If an ORT lane that is immediately adjacent to a mainline toll plaza is not separated from adjacent cash payment toll plaza lanes by a curb or barrier, then channelizing devices (see Section 3I.01), and/or longitudinal pavement markings that discourage or prohibit lane changing should be used to separate the ORT lane from the adjacent cash payment lane. This separation should begin on the approach to the mainline toll plaza at approximately the point where the vehicle speeds in the adjacent cash lanes drop below 30 mph during off-peak periods and should extend downstream beyond the toll plaza approximately to the point where the vehicles departing the toll plaza in the adjacent cash lanes have accelerated to 30 mph.