HARRISBURG (TNS) — It appears toll booths will soon be going the way of the rotary phone and floppy disk. At least along the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission recently approved $50 million in contracts last week to tear down all of the remaining toll booths along the Turnpike and replace them with overhead gantries, according to reports from TribLive and WTAE.

The gantries will hold an electronic cashless overhead system that will let drivers pass under without having to slow down and go through a booth.

Allison Park Contractors has been hired to install the systems, TribLive said.

This cashless or electronic tolling without traditional barriers or toll plaza will officially roll out in January for East of Reading and the Northeast Extension (West of Reading in 2027), according to Press Secretary Marissa Orbanek.

“Once we begin ORT in January, we will start the interchange re-work and demolition of traditional toll plazas. That work is anticipated to be completed in late 2026 east of Reading and late 2028 west of Reading,” she said via email.

The commission began this open-tolling project 13 years ago, with four pilot projects launched between 2016 and 2019. The remaining parts of the Turnpike converted to electronic tolling in 2020. Open Road Tolling, or ORT, is the final stage.

Drivers traveling along the turnpike should expect some lane restrictions due to construction.

“I know there’s the nostalgia of the old toll booths, but this is an easier access and exit from the turnpike with this new system,” turnpike spokesperson Crispin Havener said to WTAE.

Turnpike officials told TribLive they expect to save over $25 million a year with this system.