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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 Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike is the common name of a 13-mile (21 km) stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was replaced in 1968 by a new stretch. This was done to eliminate traffic congestion caused by the two lane Sideling Hill Tunnel and Rays Hill Tunnel .
Rays Hill Tunnel is 3,532 feet (1,077 m) long. It was the shortest of the seven original tunnels on Pennsylvania Turnpike. Due to its short length, its ventilation fans were installed only at its western portal. Its eastern portal is the only one of the 14 tunnel portals on the original turnpike that has no ventilation fan housing.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission started construction on a new toll highway from Carlisle, Pennsylvania to Irwin, Pennsylvania in 1938. When the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened on October 25, 1940, the Sideling Hill Tunnel was one of the seven original tunnels along the highway, six of which were built from the old railroad tunnels from the 1880s.
Kumry Road is to be detoured for two weeks beginning Monday, Dec. 9, for demolition of the turnpike overpass. This Upper Bucks County bridge is to be demolished as part of a PA Turnpike project ...
According to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, gas and diesel fuel will not be available at the New Stanton Service Plaza in Westmoreland County for around 10 weeks.
The turnpike approaches the Warrendale toll gantry (where the closed toll system begins) and continues southeast, passing over the CSX P&W Subdivision rail line operated by the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad to an interchange with PA 8 in Hampton Township. The Allegheny Valley exit in Harmar Township accesses PA 28 via Freeport Road.
PennDOT announced Tuesday, June 25 that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will begin bridge construction on Newportville Road starting Tuesday, July 9.