The governors of Illinois and Missouri have announced that a planned 4-lane I-70 bridge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis will not be a toll road, but analysts say that an eventual toll is likely. The Corridors of the Future plan for truck-only lanes for I-70 might only be financially feasible with tolls, analyst Robert Poole said.

While much smaller than the 8-lanes originally planned, the bridge might eventually be expanded to six. Construction is projected to take five years, and to be complete by 2015.

In Maine, the Maine Turnpike Authority is planning to expand tolling along I-95. The public can comment via maineturnpike.com, or by contacting spokesperson Bruce Pelletier at 1-800-698-7747 or bpelletier@maineturnpike.com.

In California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger continues to support a controversial toll road through San Onofre State Park. The proposed road, which would run parallel to I-5 to relieve congestion on that Corridor of the Future highway, was recently rejected by the California Coastal Commission. The commission’s decision has been appealed to the US Secretary of Commerce.

Schwarzenegger and 15 other governors are part of the Building America’s Future coalition, which calls for increased federal highway funding.

“Infrastructure is a federal challenge. It requires a federal commitment of resources,” Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania said.