The Ohio Turnpike increases its toll fees by 2.7% on Jan. 1, 2026.

A passenger vehicle will pay an average of 10.6 cents per mile in cash and 7.3 cents per mile with an E-ZPass.

Commercial vehicles will pay 28.4 cents per mile with cash or credit or 27.6 cents per mile with an E-ZPass.

Customers pay 33% less on average with an E-ZPass.

Public information officer Brian Newbacher says the Ohio Turnpike Commission increased toll fees to maintain a stable financial plan as the cost of construction materials, such as asphalt, concrete, and steel increase.

"It's been steadily increasing, and it was very scarce during COVID, so we had to meet those rising needs," he said.

Newbacher adds that the revenue from toll fees funds bridge replacement projects along the 241-mile highway, such as the bridge on Route 224 in Canfield that crosses over I-76.

The commission also plans to create an "advanced traffic management system" that alerts drivers to poor road conditions.

"That system will be able to warn drivers of any kind of incident, whether it's weather ahead, or a crash that's happened, and if there's a traffic diversion," he said.

The toll fees increase by another 2.7% on Jan. 1, 2027 and again in 2028.