Texas Toll Gantry API

Public API and dataset of every toll gantry, plaza, and international toll bridge in Texas — with coordinates, authority, and rates.

Live: https://toll-api.tollmeapi.workers.dev

What's inside

Path	What
scrape_toll_gantries.py	Scraper that builds the dataset from 30+ authoritative sources
toll_gantries.txt	Pipe-delimited database (human-readable)
api/	Cloudflare Worker serving the JSON API
api/src/gantries.json	Bundled dataset consumed by the Worker

Coverage

• 1,155 records across 33 authorities
• 788 records (68%) have coordinates
• 511 records (44%) have toll rates
• Authorities: NTTA, HCTRA, CTRMA, TxDOT (CTTS + SH 99 Grand Parkway + SH 249 Aggie + SH 288 ML), FBCTRA, FBGPTRA, BCTRA, MCTRA, CCRMA, NETRMA, SH130CC, LBJ/NTE TEXpress concessions, every US–MX international toll bridge, and more

API

Base URL: https://toll-api.tollmeapi.workers.dev

Endpoint	Description
GET /	API info + endpoints
GET /stats	Summary counts
GET /authorities	List authorities with record counts
GET /roads?authority=NTTA	List roads (optional authority filter)
GET /gantries?authority=&road=&plaza_type=&direction=&has_coords=&q=&limit=&offset=	Filtered gantry list
GET /gantries/:id	Single gantry by OSM id
GET /nearest?lat=&lon=&radius_km=&limit=&authority=	Geospatial search
GET /health	Healthcheck

Examples

curl https://toll-api.tollmeapi.workers.dev/stats
curl "https://toll-api.tollmeapi.workers.dev/nearest?lat=32.78&lon=-96.80&radius_km=5"
curl "https://toll-api.tollmeapi.workers.dev/gantries?authority=CTRMA&road=183A%20Toll"
curl "https://toll-api.tollmeapi.workers.dev/gantries?q=eldorado"

Open data. CORS enabled. Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600, s-maxage=86400.

Refreshing the data

# one-time setup
python3 -m pip install requests beautifulsoup4 lxml pdfplumber

# scrape + rebuild
python3 scrape_toll_gantries.py     # writes toll_gantries.txt + api/src/gantries.json

# deploy
cd api && npx wrangler deploy

See api/README.md for the Cloudflare deploy details, including a GitHub Actions workflow for weekly auto-refresh.

Data sources

• Geolocation: OpenStreetMap via Overpass API
• NTTA: 2025-2027 toll rate tables PDF
• HCTRA: Harris County toll rate schedule PDF
• CTRMA: mobilityauthority.com rate calculator
• TxDOT: CTTS, SH 99, SH 249, SH 288 ML
• SH 130 Segments 5-6: mysh130.com
• MCTRA: SH 249 Montgomery Co rate schedule
• FBCTRA / FBGPTRA: 2026 rate adjustment page (OCR from image)
• BCTRA: bctra-tx.com/page/rates
• NETRMA: 2025 toll rate chart (OCR)
• CCRMA: ccrma.org/project/sh-550 (rates distance-based, not per-gantry)
• LBJ/NTE/NTE 35W TEXpress: texpresslanes.com
• International bridges: agency websites + Wikipedia for coordinates

License

Data compiled from public sources. Code is MIT. See LICENSE.