 Plus $2.18 for each time they pass a toll plaza or pass to cover the... 14 cents a mile. Plus $2.18 every time they pass a toll plaza. Whoa. That's a lot. That's ridiculous. And what does it go for? Well, it goes to maintain the road. That's why the road's beautiful. No, the road sucks. And the western half of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is particularly horrible because it's always under construction.