A bit of a tangent from your tolls comment, but I am somewhat familiar with one specific toll bridge, the Bridge of the Gods across the Columbia River upstream from Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington by some miles. It was built because a bridge was needed, and when it opened 98 years ago, the tolls are law, although it has increased to $3. This is worth the cost to drivers who avoid a detour of dozens of miles, and it covers maintenance costs. This seems perfectly reasonable, and was once commonplace. Now, even though highway infrastructure is supposedly covered by the taxes built into the price of gas, some places need more more MORE. Is it necessity, or government bloat and greed?