pórtico
Published 8 November 2026, 22:44
pórtico de portagem — toll gantry
A frame over the carriageway that reads the device on your windscreen or photographs your number plate. There is no booth or barrier, and you cannot pay on the spot: the journey is recorded and billed later. Next to each gantry there is a board showing the current tolls for each vehicle class.
Where you come across it. Motorways with electronic tolling — the former SCUTs and some stretches around Porto and Lisbon.
On roads that became toll-free in 2025, gantries are still standing in places and the device beeps as you pass under them, but nothing is charged.
Official website: pttolls.com