Cash toll collection remains suspended in many locations due to COVID-19. A compatible toll pass must be used. In some cases, you may use exact change. In other circumstances, a photo of your vehicle's license plate will be taken to determine where to send a toll invoice.
Current: exact change - EFFECTIVE 2020-03-19 AET = All electronic/No cash • EXACT CHANGE = If cash, exact change only • FULL SERVICE = Cash attendants available
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Florida vehicle classes and definitions are shown, along with information to pay missed tolls.
For toll pass and electronic payment information, see the section about toll passes.
Any driver using a toll road in Florida is expected to pay the toll for that roadway. In Florida, the tolls are set by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise and the Turpike Operations Center in Ocoee, Florida, as well as local and regional agencies. Those local agencies include, among others, MDX in Miami-Dade County, the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) in metro Orlando, and the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) in Tampa.
See below for additional information about toll classes and paying violations.
Cameras take a picture of your license tag as you go through a toll lane. If a signal is not received from a transponder, and cannot match your license plate to an active account, an unpaid toll notice or a toll enforcement invoice will be mailed to the address of the owner of the vehicle.
There are options for paying your toll enforcement invoice and unpaid toll notices online.
▷ For roads operated by Florida DOT, including Florida's Turnpike, the Suncoast Parkway and portions of the Central Florida expressways, the violation will generate a Toll Enforcement Invoice (TEI). The TEI, as it is called, will be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.
▷ For Central Florida Expressway roads, managed by CFX, which include most of the Beachline Expressway, the Central Florida Greeneway, the Western Beltway and the East-West Expressway, a Pay-By-Plate invoice will be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle.
▷ For MDX roads, in Miami-Dade County, you may receive either an FDOT Toll Enforcement Invoice, an MDX Toll Invoice or an MDX Toll-By-Plate invoice.
▷ For Tampa-St. Petersburg roads, and for THEA roads, you may receive either an FDOT Toll Enforcement Invoice, or a THEA invoice from the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority.
Failure to pay the invoice or comply with the unpaid toll notice may result in the issuance of a Uniform Traffic Citation (UTC).
It is important to remember that a TEI, UTC, Toll-By-Plate or Pay-By-Plate invoice may take time to be generated and mailed. Be patient; you will receive the invoice.
If you receive a Toll Enforcement Invoice or a Uniform Traffic Citation in the mail, please call Sunpass immediately at 888-824-8655 and ask to speak to a customer service representative. Please have the TEI or UTC number available.
If you are not a Sunpass, E-Pass, LeeWay or former O-Pass account holder and find yourself in an unattended, dedicated Sunpass lane, please continue through the toll plaza. Do not stop and back up, as it is unsafe. Depending upon the roadway you are traveling, you will receive either a Toll Enforcement Invoice or Toll-By-Plate invoice from FDOT, a Pay-By-Plate invoice from CFX, or a Toll-By-Plate invoice from MDX or THEA.
FDOT/Florida's Turnpike Enterprise Roads ONLY:
Mail toll payments, along with your Insufficient Funds Notice, Unpaid Toll Notice or payment envelope within ten (10) days to the following address, making certain to include vehicle information, including your license plate number:
Florida's Turnpike Enterprise
P.O. Box 310
Ocoee, FL, 34761
To check on the status of a payment mailed to P.O. Box 310, call 407-264-3164.
REMEMBER: Payment for the toll is still required.The cash payment system speaks for itself. When you pay by cash, you are responsible for having sufficient funds to pay for your tolls while driving on Florida's Turnpike.
If you do not have enough cash, you may NOT use a credit card or debit card.
If you are unable to pay your toll, you will receive a ticket for the amount of the unpaid toll, plus an administrative fine.
Sunpass is Florida's electronic toll system. While it is similar to the E-ZPass network, Florida is not part of the E-ZPass system. You may NOT use an E-ZPass on Florida's Turnpike.
There are two types of Sunpass prepaid devices: A full-size transponder that uses suction cups to stick to your vehicle's window, and the Sunpass Mini, which is a small transponder sticker that attaches to your windshield.
Georgia Peach Pass and the North Carolina Quick Pass are the only non-Florida toll passes that are compatible with the Sunpass system at this time.
Orlando toll roads that are operated by the Central Florida Expressway Authority use a transponder system called E-Pass, which is compatible with all Florida roads that accept Sunpass. CFX-operated roads are also compatible with an E-ZPass transponder, as of September 1, 2018. However, coverage is not complete.
The Toll-By-Plate system is in place on the Florida's Turnpike mainline in Miami-Dade County and Broward County, including the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike. It is also used on the Sawgrass Expressway in Broward County, as well as all local and state toll roads in Miami-Dade. It is also the system used by the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA).
The price of the Toll-By-Plate system is the same as paying with cash; however, there is a $2.50 administrative fee added to your toll charges.
The Pay-By-Plate system is used on toll roads managed by the Central Florida Expressway Authority. If you drive a CFX-managed toll road and do not have cash or a compatible toll pass, you will pay the Pay-By-Plate toll rate for your trip. There is no administrative fee associated with Pay-By-Plate, as there is with Toll-By-Plate.
You may sign up for a monthly pre-paid Toll-By-Plate by going to tollbyplate.com and registering your car.
Failure to pay the Toll-By-Plate or Pay-By-Plate invoices may result in fines and additional charges, and the registration of the offending vehicle may be suspended.
Florida's Turnpike uses a ticket system between the Treasure Coast and the Orlando Metropolitan Area, between mile markers 88 and 236. These areas are marked by the Lantanta Toll Plaza (MAP), on the south end, and the Three Lakes Toll Plaza (MAP) to the north.
The primary reason for using toll tickets in this area is the sparse population and lack of exits between the Treasure Coast and Kissimmee/St. Cloud, at the south end of the Orlando Metro area.
Toll-By-Plate is not permitted in this area. The ticket system requires you pay a toll using cash or with a Sunpass ONLY.
This graphic provides general information about how to count the number of axles on your vehicle. See the information below for detailed information for Florida.
The classification system is simple in Florida. Tolls are calculated based on the number of axles your vehicle has. Any trailers that are towed behind your vehicle will also have the axles counted, so when you count the axles on your vehicle, be certain to add the number of axles on the vehicle and the trailer to get your total.
Motorcycles count as a car, including motorcycles with a sidecar. Motorcycles with a trailer would count two axles for the motorcycle, plus the number of axles on the trailer, to get a total.
In Florida, there is no class of vehicle higher that the 8-Axle class. If you have nine or more axles, use the 8-Axle Class.
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