JAMESTOWN -- E-ZPass applications can be now picked up in the office adjacent to the Jamestown toll plaza, according to The Providence Journal.

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is expecting to introduce E-Z Pass to the Claiborne Pell Bridge by mid-December.

Rhode Islanders who buy one of the new E-ZPass transponders will pay 83 cents each time they cross the bridge -- matching the lowest rate now available to people who buy tokens in bulk.

Out-of-state motorists with a Rhode Island transponder will pay $1.75 per crossing, but the rate will drop to 91 cents -- the rate now available with the purchase of 10 tokens -- if they opt into a high-frequency program and cross the bridge more than 30 times a month, according to David Darlington, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority's Board of Directors.

The cash rate for crossing the bridge -- $2 -- will remain the same.

Motorists will be able to buy a first transponder for $10 and a second for $15. Additional transponders will cost $20.95. A family can have up to four transponders.