When the parkway took shape in the 1950's, its designers decided to stop traffic 11 times for toll barriers.
The majority of the toll barriers were destroyed during the expansion of Paris in 1860.
This accident helped lead to the removal of toll barriers throughout Connecticut, which was completed six years after.
"Transmission cut off when you hit the toll barrier," he informed me.
Paladino helped lead a campaign to remove the toll barriers on Interstate 190 in the mid-2000s.
That means $162.7 million could be saved by tearing down the toll barriers and ramps tomorrow.
Private toll barriers are forbidden, as is the elimination of existing ferry routes.
When completed, the highway will have 13 toll barriers along its 173-mile length.
To allow quick passage through the toll barrier, these vehicles pay through a charge account.
The technology should be in every toll barrier by 1998.