Tolls Start Monday on Moscow to St. Petersburg Highway

Sep. 21, 2015

Drivers traveling along an express stretch of the M11 highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg must pay tolls starting Monday, a state-run road maintenance company said.

Tolls have been introduced for a section of the road bypassing the town of Vyshny Volochek, between the kilometer 258 and 334 highway markers, a spokesperson for GK Avtodor company said, Moskva news agency reported.

Tolls will vary from 150 rubles ($2.25) for smaller cars traveling at night, up to 920 rubles ($14) for buses and large trucks traveling during daytime or in the evening, the report said.

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