Early bird registration for the Mid-America Trucking Show is now open.
Pre-registration is free for the show, which is March 27-29 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.
The show is packed with events including:
- 40 Pro Talks educational presentations
- Opening night reception after the show closes
- Free concert Friday night
- PKY Truck Beauty Championship show and parade
- Big Rig Build-Off
- induction of latest members of the show's hall of fame
- Free truck parking community
- 870 exhibitors on 1 million square feet of show space
Show organizers expect some 56,000 attendees.
Ohio Turnpike tolls increase Jan. 1
Beginning Jan. 1, commercial vehicles equipped with an E-ZPass will seeOhio Turnpike rates increase from 20.4 cents per mile to 22 cents per mile. For commercial vehicles customers paying by cash or credit card, the toll will jump from 25.6 cents per mile in 2024 to 27.6 cents per mile in 2025.
The upcoming rise in cost marks the second step of an incremental increase in fees that will continue through 2028. When complete, Class 5 E-ZPass users will be tolled at .238 cents per mile, with cash and credit customers paying nearly .3 cents per mile.
According to Ohio Turnpike Commission Executive Director Ferzan Ahmed, the toll increases are “intended to create a responsible and stable financial plan to cover operating costs, debt service and capital improvements.”
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