Statewide – Delaware's Toll Plazas-Thanksgiving

Dover (Statewide) —

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that during the five-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period more than 1.2 million vehicle trips were totaled at the I-95 Newark Plaza, SR 1 Biddles Corner Plaza, and SR 1 Dover Plaza. It is estimated that over $3.2 million dollars in revenue was collected at Delaware’s toll plazas during this time frame.

Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Counts

I-95 Newark Toll Plaza

2015

2016

2017

2018

Wednesday

121,067

125,490

126,779

123,606

Thursday

102,955

107,707

107,853

106,329

Friday

91,334

93,306

94,722

93,858

Saturday

121,598

125,419

126,086

116,620

Sunday

133,013

131,918

131,404

131,860

Total

569,967

583,840

586,844

572,273

Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Counts

SR 1 Biddles Plaza

2015

2016

2017

2018

Wednesday

71,585

80,934

79,152

87,107

Thursday

51,560

59,614

61,492

65,437

Friday

60,962

59,712

61,667

65,254

Saturday

51,623

54,019

55,541

57,139

Sunday

52,842

57,061

57,417

61,102

Total

291,832

311,340

315,269

336,039

Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Counts

SR 1 Dover Toll Plaza

2015

2016

2017

2018

Wednesday

74,845

75,388

75,958

76,711

Thursday

57,239

53,173

55,062

55,685

Friday

57,674

58,222

59,628

60,666

Saturday

53,972

52,130

54,193

51,430

Sunday

52,906

53,672

53,281

55,804

Total

296,636

292,585

298,122

300,296

Thanksgiving Holiday Traffic Counts

State Total

2015

2016

2017

2018

I-95 Newark

569,967

583,840

586,844

572,273

SR 1 Biddles Corner

291,832

311,340

315,269

336,039

SR 1 Dover Toll Plaza

296,636

292,585

298,122

300,296

Total

1,158,435

1,187,765

1,200,235

1,208,608

DelDOT has also announced a new promotion that began on November 23, 2018 through December 31, 2018, that anyone opening a new E-ZPass account will receive a free transponder for their vehicle, except for commercial accounts. [More]

Source: Delaware DMV

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