Free Tolls on Both Toll Roads — But Only Through a Transponder Account Set Up First
A disabled veteran qualifies for free passage on the LA 1 expressway and the LA 23 Belle Chasse bridge — the state’s only two tolled facilities. The vehicle must be registered in the veteran’s or the spouse’s name, and the exemption is granted against a GeauxPass account that has to be opened, documented and kept in good standing with a positive balance before you drive.
Verified August 23, 2026
What this benefit is
A disabled veteran qualifies for free passage on the LA 1 expressway and the LA 23 Belle Chasse bridge — the state’s only two tolled facilities. The vehicle must be registered in the veteran’s or the spouse’s name, and the exemption is granted against a GeauxPass account that has to be opened, documented and kept in good standing with a positive balance before you drive.
What it's worth: Free passage on LA 1 and LA 23 with a qualified GeauxPass account in good standing
- The toll saved depends entirely on how often you cross. No annual figure is claimed because the rate schedules are published as images on the tolling site and were not read as text this session.
- The exemption is written as a discount applied to a GeauxPass ACCOUNT, not to a plate. Driving the same vehicle through without the account produces a toll-by-plate invoice in the post.
Who is entitled to it
- The vehicle may be registered to the veteran or to the spouse.
- You live in this state.
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How to claim it
- 1Open the GeauxPass account first and get a transponder. The discount is applied to a qualified account, and the site is explicit that the account must stay in good standing with a positive balance to keep the discount.
- 2Gather two documents that always apply: an official Louisiana driver’s licence, and proof of vehicle registration showing the vehicle is registered in the disabled veteran’s or the spouse’s name.
- 3If the vehicle already carries a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart or Military Honors plate, that is enough on the status side.
- 4If it does not carry one of those three plates, add a service-connected card or documentation showing disability status.
- 5Submit through the web inquiry form on the tolling site: check the contact details, choose the reason "Resident Discount", put the licence plate details in the comments, upload the documents, and submit.
- 6Wait for the case number email. If it does not arrive, the tolling operator asks you to call 866-662-8987 to confirm receipt rather than resubmitting.
- 7Enrol in auto-replenishment with a card or e-check. The site names that as the way to keep the positive balance the discount depends on — a lapsed balance is how this benefit quietly stops working.
- 8If you are a serving Louisiana National Guard member rather than a disabled veteran, ask about the separate militia discount on the Belle Chasse bridge instead: a Guard toll waiver memorandum and matching licence buys free passage for the first 90 trips in a calendar month.
- Form
- GeauxPass web inquiry form, reason "Resident Discount", with documents attached
- File with
- GeauxPass customer service, Department of Transportation and Development
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- Periodic
- Re-confirmed from time to time.
Sources
Why only one source type: The Legislature’s statute server did not resolve from this network on any attempt this session, so the tolling statutes the page cites for its other discounts could not be read. The tolling authority’s own discount schedule is the instrument a customer is actually assessed against, and it states the veteran discount, its proof and its conditions in terms.
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