GREAT BELT LINK ROAD TO BE TOP REVENUE EARNER

The Storebaelt (Great Belt) link that will link east and west Denmark with the rest of Europe is also expected to become the world's leading source of toll revenues at a single installation. The traffic volume in the first year is expected to top 16,000 vehicles per day and generate more than $320 million a year in receipts. The automated toll collection system uses a vehicle to roadside microwave communication link.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This publication is included as a special insert in the Summer 1997 issue of "AASHTO Quarterly."
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 4
• Serial:
  • AASHTO International Transportation Observer
  • Publisher: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated toll collection; Microwave communication systems; Revenues; Toll roads; Tolls
• Geographic Terms: Denmark
• Old TRIS Terms: Microwave communication
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00756610
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 12 1998 12:00AM