Come Nov. 1, the toll to use the short stretch of road will double from $1 to $2 for cars, the first increase since the roadway opened in 2001.

“Maintenance of the road is going up. Things are getting old,” said Breon Jacobs, manager of the toll road, the only one in Utah. “Everything has to be maintained.”

Signage and banners recently went up around the tolling area where drivers pay to give them a heads up about the looming change. Jacobs worried about backlash but so far hasn’t sensed a huge outcry, though some aren’t happy.

The increase to $2 will apply to cars and smaller vehicles. Fees for larger vehicles will stay the same — $2 for two-axle autos plus $1 per additional axle, which amounts to $5 for 18-wheelers. Motorcycles will pay $1 and smaller vehicles with trailers will pay $3.

On the bright side, those depositing $100 into online toll road accounts will get $25 bonuses, up from $10, tempering the increase.

The toll section of Adams Avenue Parkway, also called 500 East, starts south of Ogden Regional Medical Center and the Pleasant Valley Branch library. It goes for only around half a mile, extending south across the Weber River and the railroad lines adjacent to the waterway, tying into Interstate 84.

Though Interstate 15 contains high-occupancy lanes that solo drivers must pay to use, the Adams Avenue Parkway is deemed the only toll road in Utah by online sources like TollGuru and Tollsmart, compendiums of U.S. toll roads geared to motorists.

According to the Adams Avenue Parkway website, development of the roadway stemmed from resistance from state roads officials to build in the area.

“For several decades, repeated attempts were tried to persuade the state of Utah and (Utah Department of Transportation) to build a bridge with a corresponding road that would allow the connecting of I-84 to Adams Avenue. Finally, Gov. Leavitt suggested that the only way the road would ever be built is if a private company were to build it,” reads the website. Michael Leavitt served as Utah governor from 1993 to 2003.

Adams Avenue Parkway Inc. owns the toll road and is responsible for its maintenance. Funding to build the road and keep it up comes from private funds, not the state, Jacobs said. Perusing a map, it’s the only auto crossing over the Weber River between I-84 and U.S. 89 in the South Weber area and Riverdale Road in Riverdale.

Jacobs said around 2,000 vehicles use toll road each day. Users include ambulances, Weber School District buses and people headed to Ogden Regional Medical Center.