On March 15, 1975, demonstrators gathered on the embankment next to the Southern State Parkway toll plaza to protest the toll being increased from ten to twenty-five cents.
Toll Booths were originally located between exits 13 and 14. After the NYSDOT took over maintenance of the parkway in 1978 the toll booths were removed. According to one report, “this closure came after a 20-year battle for their removal, and three years after a toll hike from 10 cents to 25 cents that angered parkway users.”
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