CTRMA toll rates going up in 2025

AUSTIN, Texas - The rates on Austin-area toll roads will be going up on Jan. 1.

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) announced in October the new rates on 183A Toll, 290 Toll, 71 Toll Lane, 45SW Toll, 183 Toll, and the MoPac Express Lane.

CTRMA says the majority of tolls will see a 2.44 percent increase, or approximately one to five cents more, than the current rates for customers with electronic tags driving two-axle vehicles.

Three toll spots will increase by nine cents: the Crystal Falls ramp, Crystal Falls Mainline Plaza, and Lakeline Mainline Plaza. The base minimum rate on the MoPac Express Lane will also increase by eight cents.

New 2025 Toll Rates

The following rates will go into effect on Jan. 1. All rates apply to two-axle vehicles.

183A 2025 Toll Rates

• Crystal Falls Parkway Ramps: $0.62 tag/$0.93 pay by mail
• Crystal Falls Mainline Plaza: $1.43 tag/$2.15 pay by mail
• Scottsdale Drive Ramp: $0.76 tag/$1.14 pay by mail
• Park Street Mainline Plaza: $1.94 tag/$2.91 pay by mail
• Brushy Creek Ramps: $0.76 tag/$1.14 pay by mail
• Lakeline Mainline Plaza: $0.78 tag/$1.17 pay by mail

183A New Toll Plazas Toll Rates

The northward extension of 183A Toll to north of SH 29, the 183 Phase III Project, is anticipated to open to traffic in 2025. The new tolling points are as follows:

• North Whitewing Ramps: $1.02 tag/$1.53 pay by mail
• Whitewing Mainline Plaza: $1.29 tag/$1.94 pay by mail
• South Whitewing Ramps: $0.76 tag/$1.14 pay by mail
• San Gabriel Ramps: $0.76 tag/$1.14 pay by mail
• San Gabriel Mainline Plaza: $1.09 tag/$1.64 pay by mail

290 Toll 2025 Toll Rates

• U.S. 183 Ramps (direct connectors): $0.73 tag/$1.10 pay by mail
• Springdale Road Ramps: $0.73 tag/$1.10 pay by mail
• Giles Lane Ramps: $0.73 tag/$1.10 pay by mail
• Giles Lane Mainline Plaza: $1.49 tag/$2.24 pay by mail
• Harris Branch Parkway Ramps: $0.73 tag/$1.10 pay by mail
• Parmer Lane Mainline Plaza: $0.73 tag/$1.10 pay by mail
• 130/290 Direct Connectors: $0.75 tag/$1.13 pay by mail

71 Toll Lane 2025 Toll Rates

• FM 973 EB and WB: $1.14 tag/$1.71 pay by mail

SH 45SW 2025 Toll Rates

• Bear Creek Plaza: $1.22 tag/$1.83 pay by mail

183 Toll 2025 Toll Rates

• 51st Street Ramps: $0.81 tag/$1.22 pay by mail
• MLK Jr. Boulevard/51st Street Mainline Plaza: $1.50 tag/$2.25 pay by mail
• 969 Ramp: $1.09 tag/$1.64 pay by mail
• Smith Road Ramps: $0.71 tag/$1.07 pay by mail
• Thompson Mainline Plaza: $1.30 tag/$1.95 pay by mail
• Direct Connectors to/from SH 71: $0.71 tag/$1.07 pay by mail

MoPac Express Lane 2025 Base Toll Rates

Northbound

• Segment: Cesar Chavez to US 183 $0.65 tag/$0.98 pay by mail
• Segment: RM 2222 to Parmer $0.65 tag/$0.98 pay by mail
• Entire length: Cesar Chavez to Parmer $1.30 tag/$1.96 pay by mail

Southbound

• Segment: Parmer to RM 2222 $0.65 tag/$0.98 pay by mail
• Segment: RM 2222 to 5th/Cesar Chavez $0.65 tag/$0.98 pay by mail
• Entire length: Parmer to 5th/Cesar Chavez $1.30 tag/$1.96 pay by mail

For the full list of 2025 Mobility Authority toll rates, click here.

How do I pay the tolls?

CTRMA says it accepts the following tags on its toll roads as payment:

• North Texas Tollway Authority’s TollTag
• Harris County Toll Road Authority’s EZ-TAG
• Kansas Turnpike Authority’s K-TAG
• Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s PIKEPASS
• Florida Turnpike Enterprise’s SunPass
• Colorado’s ExpressToll
• Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority’s Fuego Tag
• Bancpass

Pay By Mail customers, or customers who drive on toll roads without an electronic tag, pay rates that are 50 percent higher than rates paid by tag holders plus a $1 processing fee.

There is also an option for customers who wish to pay discounted toll rates without getting an electronic tag: Mobility Authority Prepaid Registered Accounts, which allows customers without an electronic tag to have their tolls paid automatically rather than waiting to receive a bill in the mail. Customers can opt in online or over the phone, add $25 to their registered account, and begin driving Mobility Authority-operated toll roads hassle-free. Registered account holders receive a 25 percent savings on Pay By Mail toll rates.

Electronic tag account holders that do not attach the tag to their vehicles will incur a 10% increase to the tag rate to cover additional administrative and operational costs.

Customers without a tag who choose not to opt in for a Prepaid Registered Account can pay their toll bill in person, over the phone, online, by mail, or QR Code.