Crews have finished replacing Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll equipment, bringing nighttime lane closures to an end.
Since February 2024, either Highway 16 mainline lanes or all but one toll booth periodically closed for the work, shifting traffic to one side or the other. New equipment was installed and old equipment removed between spring and winter 2024, said Washington State Department of Transportation Toll Division spokeswoman Lauren McLaughlin. Testing was completed in June.
The $12.5 million job comprised replacing cameras, lights, radio frequency identification (RFID) readers and replacing in-ground sensors with overhead ones in the six toll booths, four eastbound Highway 16 lanes and the 24th Street Northwest on-ramp.
The cameras take photos of license plates for pay-by-mail customers, the RFID readers read information from Good To Go! transponders and the sensors identify the size of each vehicle and number of axles, McLaughlin said. Vehicles are charged extra for each axle more than two to a maximum of six…