Golden Gate Bridge toll to increase $1

Drivers will have to pay a dollar more to cross the Golden Gate Bridge starting today.

The increase approved in July means that automobile drivers paying cash will owe $6 instead of $5. Drivers using the electronic FasTrak will pay $5 instead of $4.

The independent agency that operates the world-famous span says the increase will help erase its $90 million deficit.

The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District estimates that 110,000 vehicles a day cross the bridge. The Golden Gate is the most expensive toll bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area.