Dig. Legislation was passed to transfer the bridge from Massport to the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation, effective January 1, 2010. On the morning of July 21, 2014, the bridge's tollbooths were closed and eventually removed for an all-electronic and cashless tolling system, and from that point on all toll charges are paid for via either E-ZPass at the current rate, or "pay-by-mail" where an invoice will be sent to motorists’ homes via license plate number recognition at the former cash toll rate. This inaugurated a 2½ year process by MassDOT which converted all of the toll roads and bridges throughout the Commonwealth to automatic open road tolling. In 2016, the $2.50 southbound toll was replaced with $1.25 tolls in both directions, with a 30-cent surcharge for pay-by-mail. In September 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced a three-year $41.6 million project to restore the bridge deck, repair steel, and paint a portion of the bridge. The work ran April through November in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Incidents The current bridge has not been spared having numerous incidents during its 50 plus year lifespan. In 1973, a gravel truck traveling over the lower deck crashed into a support, collapsing the upper deck onto the truck and killing the driver. Later that year, the bridge reopened after more than two months of repair. On January 4, 1990, racial hoaxer and double murderer Charles Stuart committed suicide by jumping from the bridge. Suicides and attempted suicides have been an issue for authorities in general as the design and weight of the bridge makes it impossible to add suicide prevention devices. MassDOT employees are thus trained to monitor security cameras and watch for any vehicles that stop on the bridge for whatever reason. References External links massport.com: Tobin Bridge BostonRoads.com Bridges in Boston Bridges in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Mystic River Bridges completed in 1950 Double-decker bridges Road bridges in Massachusetts Steel bridges in the United States Truss bridges in the United States Chelsea, Massachusetts Landmarks in Charlestown, Boston Former toll bridges in Massachusetts Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System U.S. Route 1 1950 establishments in Massachusetts Cantilever bridges in the United States