The Pennsylvania Turnpike was the first American paved highway of the automobile era in which tolls alone were expected to pay all project costs. The 160-mile roadway, which cut an east-west path from Pittsburgh to the state capital of Harrisburg, was considered a revolutionary example of transportation system design and served as a model for the Interstate Highway System.
Interstate
Breezewood Harrisburg State: PA Zip: Country: USA Website: http://www.asce.org/project/pennsylvania-tunpike-(old-section)/ Creator: Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
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Courtesy Flickr/Doug Kerr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Pennsylvania Turnpike (Old Section)
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1940
1988
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike was the first American paved highway of the automobile era in which tolls alone were expected to pay all project costs. The 160-mile roadway, which cut an east-west path from Pittsburgh to the state capital of Harrisburg, was considered a revolutionary example of…
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