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In Herndon, VA near dulles airport there is a toll road that extends into DC. However, if you enter the toll road from the airport you get into special divided
by nullc 1y ago
In Herndon, VA near dulles airport there is a toll road that extends into DC. However, if you enter the toll road from the airport you get into special divided lanes that are toll-free for traffic to/from the airport. (Or at least there was two decades ago)
I got a ticket that way once when I was visiting because I only knew how to get back to my hotel from the airport so I drove to the airport then to the hotel-- and I guess the police watch for people looping through the airport to avoid the tolls. In my case I wasn't aware of the weird toll/no-toll thing-- I was just lost and more concerned with finding my hotel than the posted 'no through traffic' signs.
Later, after moving to VA, I noticed google maps was explicitly routing trips from near the airport to other places to take a loop through the airport to minimize toll costs which would have been quite clever if it weren't prohibited.
- michaelcampbell 1y agohaha, wow. I've only driven THROUGH VA a few times and had a sphincter pucker almost the entire way just because of reputation. That's nuts.