Tag:barrier=toll_booth
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A place where a road usage toll or fee is collected. 
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A toll booth is a place where charge for use of a road or bridge is collected, either manually or automatically. If it is a toll gantry that has no barrier to impede traffic see the tag highway=toll_gantry.
How to map
Simply add the tag barrier= to the node where the toll booth is located.
The node should be on the highway the toll applies to, in order to support routing decisions.
The highway ways that require tolls should also be tagged with toll=* (such as toll=yes), in order to explicitly allow routing engines to know which road segments to avoid if avoiding tolls is desired. (Not all routing engines take toll booths into account, and not all toll booths actually charge tolls for the roads they sit on, so tagging both the highway and the booth is recommended.) The entire toll road doesn't necessarily require toll=* tagging for routing decisions, but at minimum the road segment immediately following the toll booth should probably be tagged. On map styles that highlight toll roads, tagging the entire tolled section can support accurate rendering.
If the toll applies only to particular type of traffic, e.g. only HGVs, add the appropriate sub-tag of toll=*, such as toll:hgv=yes in the example.
Multiple booths
Where there is physical separation between lines at toll gates, the lines may be mapped as separate highway=* ways. For practical reasons, they not always are.
Free traffic flow
If the toll bridge or toll gantry has no barrier and has free traffic flow then the tag highway=toll_gantry should be used instead.
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German exception
There is an exception for the HGV toll system in Germany (see Toll Collect on Wikipedia), which operates by pre-booking and GPS monitoring.
The camera bridges or gantries over motorways and columns along federal roads do not trigger collection, instead they are enforcement devices checking compliance with the system.
Consequently, they should not be tagged with barrier=highway=toll_gantry
The terminals where drivers can manually book a trip, often found in fuel stations, can be tagged as vending machines.
Disambiguation
As the charge needs to be in relation to using the road, the tag should not be used for places collecting parking or admission fees. Instead, use for example barrier=lift_gate and fee=yes.
See also
Related pages
- Electronic toll collection on Wikipedia
- Video tolling on Wikipedia