10 Freeway toll lanes open in San Bernardino County
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. - Just in time for the Labor Day holiday weekend, some drivers will be able to zip through the usual bottleneck of traffic on the 10 freeway in San Bernardino County after four years of construction.
Beginning the morning of Thursday, Aug. 29, officials with the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority said 10 miles of new toll lanes would open ahead of the early rush hour between the Los Angeles and San Bernardino County lines in Montclair and at the Etiwanda Avenue exit in Rancho Cucamonga.
There will be two express lanes in both directions, with multiple access points along the way. Drivers now have the option to get a FasTrack transponder to pay the toll or they can use the express lanes and pay the toll online within five days.
Transportation officials said two more phases of construction will add another 26 miles of express lanes.
Officials said $900 million was invested in the three-phase project.
The 10 Freeway carries nearly 300,000 vehicle trips daily through the corridor and the toll lanes aim to ease some of the worst bumper-to-bumper traffic in the county.