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What Is the IQ Prox Card? (Electronic Toll Collection)

International Quick (IQ) CardThe International Quick Prox Card is an electronic toll collection card for passenger vehicles at the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge. IQ Prox Card users enjoy a 30% discount off the standard fare for two-axle (2) passenger cars, pick-ups or vans. (See current toll rates.)

How does the Prox card work?

When you cross the bridge, all open lanes are available for customers to use. IQ Prox Card can be used in all lanes. (Frequently asked IQ Prox Card questions)

  • Purchase your card at the IBA Administration Bulding next to the toll booths to pay for future (one-way) bridge crossings.
  • Purchase in Canadian or U.S. currency (one currency per card).
  • Replenish your card any time, at the toll booth.
  • Use your card at least once every four months (122 days) to keep it active.

You can benefit from the IQ Prox Cards even if you cross the International Bridge just a few times a year. Defective cards can be exchanged without charge at the International Bridge Administration (IBA) office, located next to the toll booths. Damaged or additional cards on account may be purchased at the International Bridge Administration (IBA) office.

Online accounts

Register your card online at our secure Web site, and get these benefits at no additional charge:

  • CUSTOMER SERVICE
    • Cards are registered with name and phone number
    • IBA provides a courtesy call to the card owner up to seven days in advance of the 122 day expiration of the account if there is no account activity, to help customer avoid the balance of the account being forfeited if it expires due to inactivity.

  • COST SAVINGS
    • 30% discount off regular toll rate
       
  • CARDHOLDER SECURITY
    • Cards are registered by name with appropriate individual
    • I.D. verification and password checks in place
    • Cards that are reported lost or stolen can be deactivated and confiscated from unauthorized users

  • CONVENIENCE
    • Expedited toll payment in designated lanes through automated toll payment
    • Multiple cards are available on one account
    • Prox Card sales available 24/7 in the IBA office
    • Online secure access to account balance and activity will be available in 2009

  • EFFICIENCY
    • Provides cost-effective toll collection thus reducing the toll collection auditing and accounting process; thereby reducing costs that have to be passed onto bridge customers in the form of tolls
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