Fukagawa-nishi toll gate, Tollbooth in Fukagawa, Japan.
Fukagawa-nishi toll gate is a fee collection point along the Fukagawa-Rumoi Expressway where vehicles pass through monitored lanes. The facility has distinct sections for different payment methods and traffic directions.
The toll gate opened on 11 April 1998, when the Fukagawa JCT to Fukagawa-nishi IC section, known as the Fukagawa-Numata Road, began service. At first the Fukagawa-Rumoi and Doo expressways were charged separately, so drivers heading toward the Doo had to settle the Fukagawa-Rumoi fee and then take a Doo ticket. On 26 October 2008 automatic ticket machines were introduced at the entrance, simplifying settlement into the current system.
The toll gate marks the boundary between the NEXCO East Japan tolled section from Fukagawa Junction and the free Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau section west of Fukagawa-nishi IC. Drivers from the junction pay the Fukagawa-nishi IC fare here; drivers from Rumoi receive a ticket or ETC entry record here and pay at their exit IC.
The gate has two booths for each direction: one ETC-only lane and one general lane, so drivers without an ETC device must use the general booth. Traffic from the Fukagawa Junction side pays the toll to Fukagawa-nishi IC here in one go; traffic from the Rumoi side receives a ticket or ETC entry record here and settles at the exit IC.
Until 2008, drivers heading from Fukagawa-nishi IC toward the Dōō Expressway had to pay the Fukagawa-Rumoi toll first and then take a separate ticket for the Dōō Expressway. An automatic ticket machine installed that year simplified the process into the current single settlement system.
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