Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania Traffic Information
Turnpike Construction Information - with information on closures, restrictions ... Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission - Includes links to the following: ... [Read More]
Why Does The Interstate System Include Toll Facilities?
In 1955-1956, during consideration of financing options for the Interstate System, Congress debated how to handle the turnpikes in Interstate corridors. One option was to build toll-free Interstate highways parallel to the turnpikes, but that would jeopardize the legitimate rights of the bondholders by diverting traffic from the turnpikes built with their investments. Repaying the bondholders and removing the tolls was another option, but it would divert hundreds of millions of dollars from the construction program without adding a single mile of highway to the Interstate System. The same objection applied to an idea advanced by the turnpike States, namely leaving the turnpikes in place while providing equivalent amounts of tax revenue to the States that had shown the initiative in providing Interstate-type facilities before other States that chose to wait for the Federal Government to solve their financing problem. ... [Read More]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Announces $8.2 Million for Pennsylvania Highway and Bridge Projects
Investment Funds New I-95/Penn Turnpike Interchange, 19 Other Projects ... The Bush administration is providing more than $8.2 million for construction of a new interchange between Interstate 95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the reconstruction and widening of Interstate 476 in Philadelphia and 18 other Pennsylvania transportation projects. ... Several of the projects will ease congestion on some of the state's most heavily traveled roads. The Bush administration has slated more than $1.1 million for the I-95/Pennsylvania Turnpike Interchange and more than $481,000 for the I-476 improvements. ... [Read More]
Attachment 1: Pennsylvania - Rhode Island
Construct new interchange at I-95 and PA Turnpike and related improvements ... Relocate U.S. 22 around the Borough of Holidaysburg, PA, or other projects in the counties of Bedford, Blair, Centre, Franklin, Mifflin, Fulton and Clearfield, and Huntingdon as selected by the State of Pennsylvania, and $3,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 shall be made available to carry out section 1217(j) [TEA-21 Section 1217(j), as amended by the TEA-21 technical corrections in the IRS Reform Act, provides that the $3,000,000 shall be made available on October 1, 1998, to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to carry out this subsection] ... [Read More]
Contact Us
From the airport, exit onto I-95 South (i.e., towards Delaware, and away from Philadelphia). About three miles away in Chester, PA, exit right onto I-476 North (toward Plymouth Meeting). Travel to the end of I-476 (about 21 miles) where it intersects the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-276). Take the Turnpike East (toward New Jersey) one interchange to Fort Washington (Exit 339). Beyond the toll booth ($0.50) proceed under the overpass and then right onto Route 309 South. Take Route 309 South for about three miles to the Springfield/Paper Mill Road exit. At bottom of ramp, turn right onto Paper Mill Road and proceed to the second traffic light (Cheltenham Avenue). Turn left onto Cheltenham Avenue. Pass Willow Grove Avenue (traffic light) to the third street on the right (Mermaid Lane). Turn right onto Mermaid Lane, ERRC is about a mile down Mermaid Lane on the left side (big building on well-landscaped lot). Drive along the property line to its end and you can turn left into the front drive ... [Read More]
Two Bay Area Bridges - The Golden Gate and San Fransisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
An article in the Youngstown Vindicator on August 13, 1971, summarized the problem: I-80S begins now at I-71 near Medina and comes east through Akron to where it crosses the Ohio Turnpike near North Jackson. At that point, I-80S goes on the Ohio Turnpike eastward and I-80 comes off the turnpike and onto the freeway eastward, leading motorists to the big Austintown intersection where it swings northeast to cross the northern part of Pennsylvania I-80. ... Under this proposed change, the turnpike would carry the designation I-276 from Valley Forge to a connection with I-95 north of Philadelphia. Between New Stanton and Breezewood, the Pennsylvania Turnpike carried two numbers, I-70 and I-76. From New Stanton to the Pennsylvania-Ohio State line, the turnpike would be I-80S. ... [Read More]
NTSB Summary - HAR-00/01
Summary: About 4:05 a.m. on June 20, 1998, a 1997 Motor CoachIndustries 47-passenger motorcoach, operated by Greyhound Lines, Inc.,was on a scheduled trip from New York City to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,traveling westbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Burnt Cabins, HuntingdonCounty, Pennsylvania. As the bus approached milepost (MP) 184.9, it traveledoff the right side of the roadway into an “emergency parking area,” 1 where it struck the back of a parked tractor-semitrailer, which was pushedforward and struck the left side of another parked tractor-semitrailer.Of the 23 people on board the bus, the driver and 6 passengers were killed;the other 16 passengers were injured. The two occupants of the first tractor-semitrailerwere injured, and the occupant of the second tractor-semitrailer was uninjured. ... [Read More]
Fingerprints
Merge onto PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE (Portions toll). Take the I-76 E exit - exit number 24 - towards I-476/PHILADELPHIA/US-202/VALLEY FORGE. Merge onto VINE ST EXWY. Take the 8TH STREET exit. Turn RIGHT onto N 8TH ST. ... [Read More]
Directions
From the North of Pennsylvania: Take the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476) South. At the end of the Northeast Extension, continue straight, through the Mid-County Interchange toll Plaza, continuing on I-476 South. Take Exit 6 onto I-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway). Take Exit 34 onto U.S. Route 1 North (Roosevelt Blvd.). Exit at Wissahickon Avenue North (not Wissahickon Avenue South). Bear right, around the ball field, onto Wissahickon Avenue. The VA Regional Office and Insurance Center is on left side, parking lot is approximately 3/10 of a mile on the left side. ... [Read More]
For Families
Valley Forge is located 18 miles west of Philadelphia, near the Schyulkill Expressway (76 East) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Routes 276 East and 76 West). From King of Prussia, Valley Forge is only two miles on Routes 202 and 422. The Park is accessible from North Gulph Road and Route 23. Exit the Pennsylvania Turnpike at exit 24, and 76 East at Mall Blvd. and take North Gulph Road west. ... [Read More]
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