The tolls are coming! The tolls are coming!

Drivers will get a free ride initially with the new portion of the State Route 509 Expressway open in SeaTac, just north of Kent off of Interstate 5, but tolling will start in the fall.

The new exit off I-5 northbound is near South 216th Street and takes drivers west over to 24th Avenue South in SeaTac, just east of Pacific Highway South. Drivers headed east on the new expressway enter I-5 southbound near South 216th Street.

The toll road will be free to use through the summer, according to a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) blog on Aug. 4.

The SR 509 Completion Project builds 3 miles of new tolled highway between I-5 and South 188th Street near the south end of Sea-Tac Airport, according to WSDOT. Though only the first m

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