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A crash has shut down a stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County this morning.
As seen in this file photo, portions of both the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 78 were shut down several years ago in snowy eastern Pennsylvania after chain-reaction pileups involved dozens ...
Jul. 30—The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Friday issued an advisory to motorists that the Northeast Extension (I-476) will be closed northbound on Sunday, July 31, from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m ...
The Allegheny Mountain Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel carrying the Pennsylvania Turnpike through the Allegheny Mountains. At this point, the Turnpike carries Interstates 70 and 76. When the tunnel was built, it was considered an "engineering marvel." [1] The tunnel was built in 1939 and is used by 11 million vehicles annually today.
The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike is the common name of a 13-mile (21 km) stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was bypassed in 1968 when a modern stretch opened to ease traffic congestion in the tunnels. In this case, the Sideling Hill Tunnel and Rays Hill Tunnel were bypassed, as was one of the Turnpike's travel plazas.
Traffic was detoured around the closure along I-676/US 30 (Vine Street Expressway), I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway), US 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard), and PA 63 (Woodhaven Road) in addition to a local detour using streets in Northeast Philadelphia. I-295 (Camden Freeway), US 130, and the New Jersey Turnpike were also used as alternate routes. [23] [24] [25]
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced Friday that the highway will be closed in both directions on Sunday from midnight to 6 a.m. between the Morgantown Interchange (Exit 298) in Berks ...
The 2020 Pennsylvania Turnpike crash occurred in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in icy conditions at around 3:40 am on January 5, 2020. It was sparked by a 52-passenger tour bus traveling downhill, which struck an embankment and flipped on its side, causing a chain-reaction crash of two UPS trucks, a FedEx truck, and at least one other vehicle. [1]