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Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike - Wikipedia

The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike is the common name of a 13-mile (21 km) stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was bypassed in 1968 when a modern ...

Exploring The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike - PA Bucket List

As mentioned previously, you can navigate to the Sideling Hill parking area at GPS coordinates 40.048790, -78.095869. The parking area is located just off of ...

The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike | FHWA

But there is a 13-mile stretch of the Turnpike, with three tunnels and a travel plaza, east of the Breezewood area, that was bypassed in 1968 and dubbed "The ...

Visiting the Abandoned PA Turnpike near Breezewood, Pennsylvania

The eastern end of Sideling Hill Tunnel is located just downhill from the current Pennsylvania Turnpike, with the tunnel running directly under ...

Sideling Hill Tunnel - Wikipedia

Sideling Hill Tunnel is one of three original Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels abandoned (this one in 1968) after two massive realignment projects.

Exploring the Abandoned PA Turnpike Tunnels - YouTube

The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Tunnel, a stretch of the old Pennsylvania Turnpike ... Exploring Sideling hill tunnel along the Abandoned PA ...

It's not the end of road for section of abandoned PA Turnpike

An 8.5-mile abandoned section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike — with two tunnels that have for decades attracted a cult following for its post- ...

Abandoned PA Turnpike - Lancaster County Day Hikes

But by the 1960's the 2 lane tunnels were backing up and causing a lot of traffic jams. The most economical solution to this problem was to ...

The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike in Fulton County - PennDOT

Originally opened to traffic in 1940, the Turnpike soon outgrew some of the original tunnels used to travel through the mountains. Congestion, ...

A Short Trail to an Abandoned PA Turnpike Tunnel

The path to the road is about 1/4 mile long, and it's less than 1/2 mile to reach the Sideling Hill Tunnel. The guide below has everything you ...

Exploring the Apocalyptic ABANDONED Pennsylvania Turnpike

The first tunnel you went through, is called Rays Hill. At 14' 4" of height, it is not up to modern interstate highway standards (which are ...

October 2023 | The Road Ahead Newsletter - PA Turnpike

While four of the original tunnels were double-barreled, the Turnpike built a short bypass around the Laurel Hill Tunnel in Somerset County and a longer stretch ...

Abandoned Pennsylvania turnpike that was rerouted in the 1960s ...

Abandoned Pennsylvania turnpike that was rerouted in the 1960s, leaving almost two miles of tunnels - 1942 and nowadays.

stories of places - the abandoned PA turnpike - tom roe. photographer.

Land was surveyed again for the new project that was to cut through the mountainous wilderness between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Ground broke on the Rays Hill ...

The Sideling Hill Tunnel, now abandoned, was the longest of the ...

The Sideling Hill Tunnel, now abandoned, was the longest of the original 7 PA Turnpike tunnels, at 1.3 miles in length. Details here:...

Pennsylvania's Abandoned Turnpike Tunnels | Drone Fly-Thru

Take a "drive" through a turnpike tunnel that hasn't seen traffic for 55 years. Ken tours the incredible Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike, ...

The Apocalyptic Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike - Travel Addicts

Unfortunately, there was a section that was unable to be widened due to issues at the Rays Hill Tunnel and Sideling Hill Tunnel. The result is a ...

Tunnel vision: Abandoned turnpike trail receives funding to create ...

The work on the former plaza site would combine with a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission project already underway at the Sideling Hill restaurant ...

Sideling Hill tunnel - the second abandoned PA turnpike tunnel

It was a major set piece in the Cormac McCarthy book become film The Road starring Viggo Mortensen. I love the film because it is a brutally ...

Pennsylvania's Abandoned Turnpike Tunnels - YouTube

Pennsylvania's Abandoned Turnpike Tunnels ... Maybe I missed this important bit of information but Chip Ganassi racing used the Laurel Hill tunnel ...


Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

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The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike is the common name of a 13-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was bypassed in 1968 when a modern stretch opened to ease traffic congestion in the tunnels.

Sideling Hill Tunnel

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Sideling Hill Tunnel is one of three original Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels abandoned after two massive realignment projects. The others are nearby Rays Hill Tunnel, and farther west, the Laurel Hill Tunnel.

Rays Hill Tunnel

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Rays Hill Tunnel is one of three original Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels that were abandoned after two massive realignment projects. The others included the Sideling Hill Tunnel, and farther west, the Laurel Hill Tunnel. Rays Hill Tunnel is 3,532 feet 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. This difference can be seen by westbound traffic on the Turnpike. The tunnel connects Bedford and Fulton Counties in South Central Pennsylvania.

Laurel Hill Tunnel

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Laurel Hill Tunnel is a 4,541-foot-long tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that was bypassed and abandoned in 1964. It is bored through Laurel Ridge, spanning the border of Westmoreland and Somerset counties.

Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel

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Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel is one of four original Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels still in active use. A second tube was bored in the late 1960s to ease traffic conditions.

Rays Hill

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Rays Hill is a mountain ridge in Pennsylvania's Ridge and Valley Appalachians region. It is bordered to the east by Sideling Hill. About halfway along its run, the west side of Rays Hill ties into Broad Top Mountain, a large plateau. On its west it is bordered by Tussey Mountain south of Broad Top Mountain and Rocky Ridge north of Broad Top Mountain. The ridge is known both as "Rays" and "Wrays." To the north of Broad Top Mountain it is most often spelled "Wrays" and to the south most often "Rays." The southern section holds the Rays Hill Tunnel, one of the abandoned tunnels of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The northern section holds Wrays Hill Tunnel, one of two on the East Broad Top Railroad.