Shunpiking - Delaware Turnpike Example

Delaware Turnpike Example

There is a toll of $4 in each direction on the Delaware Turnpike, or I-95. It is the most expensive turnpike in the United States when calculated per mile, since the turnpike is just over 11 miles long. Since the turnpike does not utilize ramp tolls and instead imposes a toll only on drivers passing through a toll plaza just east of the Maryland state line, the toll is easily avoided by using local roads, with little to no time delay. By taking the last exit of I-95 in Maryland, MD 279, one can continue northbound on MD 279, cross into Delaware (where the road continues as DE 2, turn right at the next intersection, and make another right onto DE 896 and will soon arrive once again at I-95.