The UK toll bridges that make the most money with one raking in £209m a year - full list
The notorious toll road continues to rake in eye-watering amounts of cash from motorists along with others across the country.
A notorious UK toll bridge rakes in more than £200m a year - despite
Moneybarn Car Finance has looked into the total toll revenues to find which of the country’s toll roads make the most money.
And coming top of the list is the notorious Dartford Crossing in Kent, where queues can easily back up for miles, even without any accidents.
Perhaps somewhat staggeringly, it raises £209m a year, despite promises from the outset that once the tolls had paid for its construction, it would be free to use.
A spokesperson for Moneybarn Car Finance said: “Dartford Crossing on the M25 in Essex is the toll bridge earning the highest revenue of £209 million per year.
“Around £90 million of this comes from drivers paying via accounts, while £45 million comes from those without accounts.
“Interestingly, a large bulk of the bridge’s income, £73 million, comes from ‘enforcement’, meaning fines for those who have failed to pay!”
Below we share the the UK’s 10 highest earning toll roads in full including rank, road, name, location and revenue raised per year.
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1. M25, Dartford Crossing, Essex, £209,010,000
2. M6, M6 Toll, West Midlands, £53,705,000
3. A533, Mersey Gateway, Cheshire, £39,800,000
4. A15, Humber Bridge, Yorkshire, £19,765,0005
5. A41/A59, Mersey Tunnels, Merseyside, £14,311,000
6. A38, Tamar Bridge, Devon, £10,736,000
7. A19, Tyne Tunnel, Tyne and Wear, £9,932,820
8. A3025, Itchen Bridge, Hampshire, £2,848,417
9. B3129, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, £2,074,823
10. A4, Batheaston Bridge, Somerset, £1,066,000
The M6 Toll road earns the second highest revenue of £53.7 million per year. The M6 Toll is the country’s only major toll road and runs through the West Midlands.
While it can be avoided by taking other routes, it’s clear that many are happy to pay the price for convenience, with the road netting its owners Midland Expressway Ltd over half a million pounds in 2020.
The Mersey Gateway in Cheshire, connecting the towns of Runcorn and Widnes, is the third highest earning toll road, making over £40 million between October 2020 and September 2021.
