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	Encyclopedia: Toll booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tolls have been placed on roads at various times in history, often to generate funds for repayment of toll revenue bonds used to finance constructions and/or operation.
		Tolls were used in the Holy Roman Empire in the 14th century and 15th century.
		Toll roads peaked in the mid 19th century, and by the turn of the twentieth century most toll roads were taken over by state highway departments.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Toll-booth (2452 words)

	Toll road -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a (An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation) road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use.
		Tolls were used in the (The lands ruled by Charlemagne; a continuation of the Roman Empire in Europe) Holy Roman Empire in the (Click link for more info and facts about 14th century) 14th century and (Click link for more info and facts about 15th century) 15th century.
		Toll roads peaked in the mid (Click link for more info and facts about 19th century) 19th century, and by the turn of the (Click link for more info and facts about twentieth century) twentieth century most toll roads were taken over by state highway departments.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/toll_road.htm (3212 words)

	Toll Booth
		Booth has already rejected 85 shots this season, and is on pace to break his own Penn State single-season blocks record of 101.
		Booth springs into the air, extending all 83 inches of his body to swat the opponent's shot like a cat swinging at a dangling string.
		Booth, known for his shy manner, is still not the loudest Lion on the court, but he has chosen to lead by example and show younger players how it's done.
	www.collegian.psu.edu /archive/1998/02/02-10-98tdc/02-10-98d03-001.asp (829 words)

	Toll road : Toll booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tolls were used in the Holy Roman Empire in the 1300s and 1400s.
		Toll roads eventually died out in the late 1800s due to competition from railroads and complaints from users making longer and longer trips (thus stopping more and more to pay tolls).
		Toll roads peaked in the mid 1800s, and by the turn of the twentieth century most toll roads were taken over by state highway departments.
	www.termsdefined.net /to/toll-booth.html (696 words)

	Pa Turnpike Toll Booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The booth is one of the last remaining toll booths built over 40 years ago when the original turnpike opened between Carlisle and Irwin.
		The toll booth at Blue Mountain is a one-man operation, with the classification and collection machines within easy reach.
		The toll booth was offered to the Smithsonian because of the significance and impact of the Turnpike on highway construction and travel.
	filebox.vt.edu /users/bharper/roads/booth.html (526 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Driver dies after hitting toll booth
		crash, which moved the booth 14 inches and split the truck's cab in half, according to a union representative for the toll takers, one of whom had just left the booth that was hit.
		Another toll taker was in a tunnel underneath the booth and told union officials that when the truck hit it sounded like ''somebody dropped a bomb on the place," according to Cullinane.
		Heavy equipment had to be called in to lift the roof of the toll booth before the truck could be removed, which didn't happen until 4:15 p.m., more than three hours after the crash.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/06/15/driver_dies_after_hitting_toll_booth (429 words)

	Oh to be in a Toll Booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Toll booths can be found everywhere, and in all types of shapes, sizes and colors.
		Toll booths are good for pretty much any situation.
		This booth is out in front of an airport I think, and when you really think about it, an airport is a toll booth heaven.
	pubpages.unh.edu /~lnorton/toll/toll.html (736 words)

	USATODAY.com - Inflation pulls up at toll booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tolls are rising on the nation's landmark bridges, a concession to the cost of maintaining the aging structures and the growing expense of safeguarding them from terrorist threats.
		The increase prompted the American Trucking Associations to sue the toll bridge commission, claiming it is violating a federal law that requires a "fair and reasonable" fee to use a bridge or roadway.
		In San Francisco, for example, where 112,000 motorists pay a toll to cross the Golden Gate bridge each weekday, the extra $2 per vehicle should cover the $263 million budgeted over the next five years for refurbishing the suspension cables and retrofitting the bridge to withstand an earthquake, authorities say.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-01-01-tolls-usat_x.htm (762 words)

	The Bull Pen - Turnpike toll booth workers in Pa.
		Toll booth workers have to spend their entire shift in bad weather conditions sucking up nasty exhaust fumes, and there is almost no personal satisfaction in the work.
		can pay toll booth workers $40,000 a year but i go to schools where the average copyright date on the books in the school library is 1975...
		I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel.
	www.rotojunkie.com /forums/showthread.php?t=49104 (1530 words)

	An Island In A Sea Of Danger
		A recent crash on the Massachusetts turnpike was a sober reminder to toll booth workers just how dangerous their jobs can be these days.
		An out-of-control ten-wheeled box truck hit a lane barrier, then slammed into a toll booth, killing the driver, but miraculously spared the life of the toll collector.
		Safety concerns have escalated for toll workers on major interstate highways over the last few years with the increased use of "fast pass" prepaid toll decals by motorists.
	www.teamster.org /04news/hn_040619_1.htm (335 words)

	NewHampshire.com: News: Toll-booth loophole: E-ZPass law gives a free ride
		Toll evasion used to be a moving violation that carried a fine of $140 plus court costs, and points assessed against the driver's license, officials said.
		But he said if people go through the toll booths without paying, "we certainly are going to stop them." He did not elaborate on the basis for a stop, adding only, "There's a question of whether the courts will uphold (such a ticket)."
		The turnpike bureau had to hire two troopers — one who would be at the toll booth, another parked alongside the highway to pull over a toll runner.
	www.newhampshire.com /articles/showularticle.cfm?id=60270 (766 words)

	Oh to be in a Toll Booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		T-to-tha-izzoll booths can be found everizzles n in all types of shapes, sizes n colors.
		this booth is out in front of an airport i think, n whiznen you really thiznink `bout it, an airport is a toll booth heaven.
		toll booths is history too bitch ass nigga.
	pubpages.unh.edu /~lnorton/toll/tizzoll.html (761 words)

	Charity toll booth rejected (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Councilors also postponed consideration of another toll booth sought by James F. Stokes when questions surfaced about the legitimacy of the Youth Awareness Foundation he said he represented.
		Gosselin is one of a handful of councilors calling for the elimination of toll booths at the so-called "Five Corners intersection," which includes South Union Street and Winthrop Avenue.
		A majority of the council is willing to consider a ban at the city's most popular toll booth location, but not this year because the council has already granted requests for booths to other groups.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20000921/LN_004.htm (753 words)

	What Not to Say to a Toll Booth Clerk
		A narrow barricade, in the form of a mechanically operated bar, is raised and lowered with all the effort of flipping a light switch.
		In fact, the only thing disrupting your peaceful journey is a thin metal bar which exists for the sole purpose of being lifted by a toll booth clerk.
		The obvious defense of toll booth clerks - that they raise money for the upkeep of the roads - holds as much water as an Iraqi midget's bladder in the Persian Gulf War.
	www.savethehumans.com /culturebashing/editorial/toll_booth_clerk/index.shtml (391 words)

	Southpinellas: Designer pitches toll booth ideas
		But because the toll plaza sits in the city limits of St. Petersburg, it will be up to that city to approve the project.
		Treasure Island owns the toll plaza property on the east side of the bridge along with a 100-foot right of way that stretches along Central Avenue to Park Street.
		The new toll plaza will be part of the $60-million causeway bridge-replacement project.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/02/23/news_pf/SouthPinellas/Designer_pitches_toll.shtml (298 words)

	Evening Telegraph: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Moving the booths to the Fife end, she argued, would help reduce the level of congestion and pollution in the central Dundee area.
		“We are aware the board is considering the possible relocation of the tolling booths as part of a range of measures to improve toll collection and reduce congestion at the bridge.
		Councillors agreed this option should continue to be considered as part of a comprehensive study into the existing tolling arrangements and their impact on the central waterfront.
	www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk /output/2005/01/26/story6756163t0.shtm (411 words)

	opinion@ugusta: Grumbles at `Grovetown Toll Booth' 12/4/96
		Let me tell you how the toll booth is constructed so that you will recognize it.
		I can assure you that the Grovetown Toll Booth committee doesn't practice any discriminatory practices in delivering their invitations to the fund raiser.
		I am confident that there is not another toll booth in Columbia County, because I don't believe that Sheriff Clay Whittle would condone this practice if he were aware of it.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/120596/morrisletter.html (322 words)

	Toll Booth Collector In Jamaica - Caribbean Jokes
		You have probably heard that they will be putting toll booths on parts of Highway 2000 in JA.
		Toll Booth Collector: Morning sir, the toll will be $55.
		TB Collector: Sir, you don't have a choice, please pay the toll or I'll be forced to call the officer standing right over there.
	www.caribbeannewspapers.com /jokes/toll_booth_collector_in_jamaica.html (997 words)

	Hillsborough: Machine guns told them this was no toll booth
		A trio with cocaine in their car mistake a MacDill AFB gate for a highway toll booth.
		TAMPA - Carrying cocaine, drug paraphernalia and $1,000 in cash, the three young men in the 1983 Toyota Tercel thought they were entering the toll booth for the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway.
		As serious as Sunday's offense was, even some law enforcement officers couldn't help but smirk at the idea that anyone would mistake a high-profile military outpost for an expressway toll booth.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/09/09/news_pf/Hillsborough/Machine_guns_told_the.shtml (387 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Kent \| Driver killed in toll booth crash
		The driver was killed and his empty vehicle careered out of control into an empty toll booth, demolishing it.
		The section of road was closed and police said it was fortunate the toll booth had been empty.
		Officers said it was lucky the crash happened in the evening because earlier in the day when the road was busier the toll booth which the lorry hit would probably have been manned.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/england/kent/3474429.stm (212 words)

	Counting The Beefs On The N.J. Turnpike - September 9, 2004
		SEPTEMBER 8--Along with chronicling the joys of the open road, turnpike bard Bruce Springsteen has written about the highway's treacherous side, from the Challenger he piloted through the "dead ends and all the bad scenes" to all those empty roads and empty dreams.
		So we're wondering why The Boss has given a pass to the Garden State's feral toll takers, who seem way scarier than Spanish Johnny or the Magic Rat, according to complaint letters sent this year to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
		If these aggrieved drivers are to be believed, some toll takers are abusive, vulgar, threatening, and violent.
	www.thesmokinggun.com /archive/0909041nj1.html (215 words)

	WSBTV.com - News - Ga. 316 Eyed for Toll Booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Georgia 316, the nearly 40-mile highway connecting Athens and suburban Atlanta, is likely to become a toll road in the next several years, an effort some say will pave the way for a biotechnology corridor rivaling North Carolina's Research Triangle Park and make the road safer for drivers.
		Making 316 a toll road with limited access is a key to the University Parkway Alliance's vision of making the corridor a biotech hub.
		Toll supporters also say that improvements are needed quickly to improve safety along the corridor, as drivers often reach speeds of up to 100 mph.
	www.wsbtv.com /news/2729056/detail.html (962 words)

	Southpinellas: Pass error confounds toll booth scanners
		TREASURE ISLAND -- To the computerized eye of the toll booth scanner, this year's Causeway bridge passes look just like last year's passes.
		City Manager Chuck Coward said the scanner now accepts both passes, but part-time toll takers are working extra hours to sit by the scanner and watch for yellow decals.
		Toll booth workers first noticed the problem a few minutes after midnight on New Year's Eve.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/01/13/SouthPinellas/Pass_error_confounds_.shtml (802 words)

	Halfbakery: Toll Booth Snacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The driver pulls in to the vending booth, and sensors track what food he or she takes, and a computer reads the toll transponder.
		The toll account or credit card is automatically charged for the food taken.
		If these are placed on a toll highway, there could be a food lane in addition to the cash and transponder lanes.
	www.halfbakery.com /lr/idea/Toll_20Booth_20Snacks (157 words)

	Toll Booth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Just pull up to the toll booth on I-75 North (Alligator Alley) out of Fort Lauderdale, heading due West toward Naples and the Gulf Coast of Florida.
		The toll to cross "The Everglades" is only $1.50, but many people think we have paid a far greater price for our intrusion into this "River of Grass".
		After all, this is cyber-space, so we'll waive the toll, but not necessarily the responsibility.
	www.thealligatorsalley.com /00_toll_booth.htm (98 words)

	Custom Toll Booth, Metal Toll Booths, Bus Shelters, Metal Shelters
		In the world of toll booths, there's no such thing as down-time.
		We'd like to show you proof that Cushing toll booths are just built better.
		We invite you to look at the toll booths we designed and fabricated over 20 years ago.
	www.cushingmanufacturing.com /Toll_Booths_Custom_Toll_Booth_Fabrication.htm (179 words)

	Toll Booth Art Gallery - January 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born and raised in the Lowcountry, and painting since he was five, local artist Arnold Edmondson has been putting his own spin on images of the Lowcountry while steadily moving from an outsider's existence to the forefront of the Charleston Art scene.
		Three years ago The Toll Booth Art Gallery opened with the intention of giving local unknown artists a place to exhibit and sell their work.
		It began with 20 unknown artists, and in less than two years the gallery now proudly boast an astonishing "grassroots movement" of over 200 gifted local artists, and that number is growing daily.
	www.carolinaarts.com /101tollbooth.html (380 words)

	WESH.com - News - Toll Booth Robbery Caught On Video
		There was some video released Wednesday of an early morning toll booth robbery in east Orange County.
		There was some video released Wednesday of a toll booth robbery in Orange County.
		The video shows the suspect pulling up to the toll booth along state Road 408 and talking to the worker.
	www.wesh.com /news/4333436/detail.html (141 words)

	Leelanau Enterprise // News // Casino toll booth plan called ‘retaliation’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Earlier this year, a bill was introduced in the state Legislature that would authorize counties, cities or villages to erect toll booths or barriers on roads within one mile of Indian casinos and demand a $5 toll from any motorists traveling to the casinos.
		“There’s no question that this goofy toll booth idea and the plans to impose additional taxes on casino operators are in retaliation for our efforts to get a constitutional amendment,” Nye told the Enterprise this week.
		“We think the toll booth and tax proposals are just political posturing from some state legislators who don’t want power taken from them to regulate gambling in the state,” Nye said.
	www.leelanaunews.com /editorial.php?id=993 (727 words)

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