Truck Tolls Set for Maryland’s New Connector Highway

Large trucks will pay about $1.50 a mile to travel peak hours on the first segment of Maryland’s Intercounty Connector, scheduled to open by early next year.

The ICC is Maryland’s first all electronically tolled highway, meaning travelers are supposed to have E-ZPass. The road is designed to relieve congestion on I-95, which becomes the Capital Beltway into Washington, D.C.

The Maryland Transportation Authority announced the tolls for the 5.65-mile segment Friday.

A five-axle truck will pay $8.50 to run the segment during peak hours, $6.80 during off-peak and $3.40 between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Known as the ICC or Maryland State Route 200, the byway will ultimately be 18 miles long and link I-95 in Laurel to I-270 and I-370 near Gaithersburg.

The first ICC segment goes from I-370 at Shady Grove to Maryland State Route 97 in the Rockville-Olney area. The new road is expected to be fully open by early 2012.