Pennsylvania Turnpike

One of the original service plazas served the nation's first long-distance superhighway. On October 1, 1940, the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened, stretching 160 miles from Irwin to Carlisle. The Turnpike Commission had been created in 1937, and construction utilized the old South Pennsylvania Railroad's right-of-way and tunnels. By 1957 the Turnpike spanned 360 miles across the state and extended 110 miles north to Scranton.

Pennsylvania · United States