on april 28, 2016, plans were announced for a "scranton beltway" to use i-476 as a bypass for i-81 around the heavily congested segment through scranton and its suburbs. the turnpike between the two i-81 interchanges carries an average of 10,000 vehicles per day vs. 70,000 on the parallel segment of i-81. this project will build two high-speed connections between i-476 and i-81: one south of scranton in dupont and one north of scranton in south abington township. tolls on the connections will be paid with e-zpass or toll-by-plate. construction on this project, which is expected to cost $160 million, could begin as soon as 2021.