<P> Within New York City, the Lincoln Tunnel (NJ 495) and Holland Tunnel (Interstate 78 / NJ 139) also enter Manhattan, albeit further south . The Verrazano Bridge (I - 278), which connects Staten Island with Brooklyn and also handles traffic from New Jersey, is an alternate route even further south . Within the New York metropolitan area, the New Tappan Zee Bridge (Interstates 87 / 287 and New York State Thruway) is an alternate route further north that avoids the city proper . </P> <P> For traffic from further away, such as traffic between New England (and points north / east) and Pennsylvania (and points south / west), Interstate 84, which crosses the Hudson on the Newburgh--Beacon Bridge, is often used as an alternative rather than either the GWB or the Tappan Zee Bridge, as it avoids the inner New York metropolitan area and is a less congested route . </P> <P> Eastbound vehicles must pay a toll to cross the bridge; as with all Hudson River crossings along the North River, westbound vehicles cross for free . As of December 6, 2015, the cash tolls going from New Jersey to New York are $15 for both cars and motorcycles . E-ZPass users are charged $10.50 for cars and $9.50 for motorcycles during off - peak hours, and $12.50 for cars and $11.50 for motorcycles during peak hours . Trucks are charged cash tolls of $20.00 per axle, with discounted peak, off - peak, and overnight E-ZPass tolls . A discounted carpool toll ($6.50) is available at all times for cars with three or more passengers using NY or NJ E-ZPass, who proceed through a staffed toll lane (provided they have registered with the free "Carpool Plan"). There is an off - peak toll of $7.00 for qualified low - emission passenger vehicles, which have received a Green E-ZPass based on registering for the Port Authority Green Pass Discount Plan . </P> <P> Tolls for the bridge cost $. 50 one way in 1931, but have been raised over the years up to the current $15 cash toll for passenger vehicles, which was enacted on December 6, 2015 . In 2006, bridge tolls totaled about $1 million per day; at the time, tolls for cars were $6 cash, $5 E-ZPass peak hours, and $4 E-ZPass off - peak hours . </P>

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