E-ZPass Minnesota

The lanes and the ETC system are owned by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and fully compatible with the multi-state E-ZPass network.

Vehicles with two or more occupants, buses, and motorcycles may use the lanes for free without requiring a toll transponder.

The initial minimum prepaid amount for a E-ZPass Minnesota account is $25, plus the cost of an transponder type if applicable.

[1] Small commercial vehicles that are no more than two axles and weigh less than 26,000 pounds (12,000 kg) are eligible to register for a E-ZPass account and transponder.

Existing MnPASS holders are allowed to keep their tags or trade them for E-ZPass tags, and existing MnPASS transponders continue to function on Minnesota toll roads (but not on other states' toll roads).

Electronic sensors monitor the traffic density and tolls are changed every three minutes.

The variable tolls are intended to keep traffic in the E-ZPass lanes moving between 50 and 55 miles per hour (80 and 89 km/h).

[7] The E-ZPass lanes along I-35W south of downtown Minneapolis were opened in stages between 2009 and 2011 and are a combination of new construction (south of Burnsville Parkway), conversion of the previously existing high-occupancy vehicle lanes (between Burnsville Parkway and 66th Street), construction related to the Crosstown Commons project, and conversion of a median shoulder into a priced dynamic shoulder lane.

The northbound E-ZPass lane begins at CR 42 and extends continuously to 26th Street.

The southbound E-ZPass Lane begins at 26th Street and extends to Cliff Road.

E-ZPass lanes on I-35W between County Road C in Roseville and Lexington Avenue in Blaine were opened in 2021.

The lanes were opened from Cayuga Street (north edge of downtown St. Paul) to Little Canada Road in December 2015 and were added as part of a full reconstruction project.