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The Pennsylvania Turnpike was the nation's first long-distance superhighway. It opened on October 1, 1940, stretching 160 miles from Irwin to Carlisle. The Turnpike Commission had been created in 1937, and construction used 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.
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