Funabashi toll booth, Toll collection point on Keiyo Road in Funabashi, Japan
Funabashi toll booth (船橋本線料金所) stands on the Keiyo Road: on the down line it sits beyond Funabashi IC, while on the up line it is attached to Funabashi IC. Each direction has eight booths — the Tokyo-bound side with three ETC-only, one ETC/general and four general lanes, the Miyanogi/Ichihara/Kisarazu-bound side with four ETC-only and four general lanes.
The toll booth was built as part of Chiba Prefecture's road infrastructure expansion to connect urban centers in the region. It became part of the Keiyo Road system to handle growing traffic demands across the area.
The toll gate sits at Funabashi IC, with the down-line barrier just beyond the interchange and the up-line barrier attached to it. Down-line lanes collect the A and B section fares from Shinozaki, Keiyo-Ichikawa and Baraki interchanges toward Hanawa, Makuhari and Takeishi; up-line lanes collect the same sections in reverse. Takeishi has no booth of its own, so the Makuhari–Takeishi stretch of the C section is not charged.
The facility features electronic toll collection, allowing drivers to pay without stopping at busy times. Multiple payment lanes help reduce delays during peak hours.
The two carriageways are handled differently: the down line has its own toll plaza beyond Funabashi IC, while the up line shares the site of Funabashi IC. Each direction has eight booths, and the up line plays a spoken gate-operation announcement.
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