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- This article describes the toll collection system in Virginia, United States. For the toll collection system in Malaysia, see Smart TAG.
Smart Tag is a transponder-based electronic toll collection system launched by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) as Fastoll on April 15, 1996. It was rebranded as Smart Tag in 1998, and was placed under the umbrella of Smart Travel, VDOT's ITS program.
The system became interoperable with the E-ZPass toll collection system on October 27 2004, although Richmond Metropolitan Authority owned toll roads -- Boulevard Bridge, the Downtown Expressway, and the Powhite Parkway (excluding the extension) did not begin accepting E-ZPass until August 3 2005*; E-ZPass integration had been delayed due to damages from Tropical Storm Gaston.
Roads which accept Smart Tag:
- Dulles Toll Road from Falls Church to Dulles International Airport (DC suburbs).
- Dulles Greenway, a privately-owned highway from Dulles to Leesburg.
- Downtown Expressway in Richmond.
- Powhite Parkway and Powhite Parkway Extension in Richmond and Chesterfield County.
- Boulevard Bridge (the "Nickel Bridge", though it costs 25 cents now) in Richmond
- Pocahontas Parkway in Chesterfield and Henrico County.
- Chesapeake Expressway in Chesapeake.
- George P. Coleman Bridge, across the York River near Newport News (U.S. Highway 17).
- all out-of-state roads that accept E-ZPass.
- and as of spring 2007, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel *
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