• The fee is the same for both bridges. There’s no return, you pay every time you cross. The charges differ depending on what vehicle you drive:
• Motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians: free
• Cars and small vans: £2.40
• Large vans and lorries: £7.20
• Large lorries or buses: £9.60

If you don’t pay the toll charge by midnight the day after you use either bridge – or if you forget to pay completely – the fixed Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) is £40.

Unpaid penalty fines are registered as civil debt and if left unpaid will lead to enforcement action from the council.

If you breakdown on the bridge, your vehicle must be recovered by Merseyflow. No roadside repairs, refuelling, or tyre changing is allowed unless by special permission. Your vehicle gets taken to a specific location, where it will be impounded until the recovery fees are paid. These are a minimum of £150 for small vehicles.

There are a few discounts and exemptions for Merseyflow charges:

• Hatton residents only have to pay a £10 administration fee every year, allowing them to make unlimited personal trips at no further fee
• If you have a blue badge, you only have to pay a one-off £5 fee to make unlimited trips
• There are pre-pay monthly, ‘unlimited travel’ plans where you get a discount of 5 or 10%
• People with exemptions are given an electronic tag to stick inside their car windscreen, which can be detected by sensors on the bridges, letting them off paying for the toll. Watch out, these stickers don’t transfer between vehicles
  

• The bridges are iconic and hard to miss, and the crossing routes are clearly sign-posted. There are no payment barriers or booths, so you'll need to be aware that you've driven over either bridge and then remember to pay the charge.

Download the app, find Merseyflow charges under ‘Roads and Tolls’ and pay in seconds. It’s that easy. Sort it before you even get in the car. The same payment can cover a single or return journey over each bridge, nice and simple.