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It is one of seven tunnels completed for the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and one of four still in use today. The Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel is 4,727 feet (1,441 m) in length, [ 1 ] and is located 600 feet (180 m) west of the Blue Mountain Tunnel , separated by the Gunter Valley.
The Allegheny Mountain Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel carrying the Pennsylvania Turnpike through the Allegheny Mountains. At this point, the Turnpike carries Interstates 70 and 76. When the tunnel was built, it was considered an "engineering marvel." [1] The tunnel was built in 1939 and is used by 11 million vehicles annually today.
Lehigh Tunnel northbound entrance. Construction on this tunnel began on September 21, 1955. [5] Originally a single tunnel that opened to traffic on April 1, 1957, [6] [7] turnpike officials changed the name from the originally-planned "T. J. Evans Tunnel" to the "Lehigh Tunnel" after Evans, chair of the turnpike commission during the time the tunnel was planned, was accused of defrauding the ...
The Northeast Extension was planned to run from the mainline Pennsylvania Turnpike in Plymouth Meeting north to a temporary terminus at Scranton. [234] In April 1954, $233 million (equivalent to $2.1 billion in 2023 [ 110 ] ) in bonds were issued to build the Northeastern Extension along with the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge on the ...
I-80 intersects I-476, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, at exit 277 in Carbon County for connections to Allentown and Philadelphia to the south. Exit 277 also serves PA 940 and Hickory Run State Park. Just east of I-476, I-80 crosses into Monroe County. Exit 284 connects to PA 115 near Blakeslee and Lake Harmony.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension may refer to: Northeastern Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike; various other historic extensions of the Pennsylvania Turnpike main ...
I-81 / US 6 east / I-476 Toll south / Penna Turnpike NE Extension south – Binghamton, Wilkes-Barre: I-81 exit 194; northern terminus and exit 131 on I-476 / Turnpike; south end of US 6 concurrency: 206.5: 332.3: PA 407 north (South Abington Road) – Clarks Green: Southern terminus of PA 407: Dalton: 210.4: 338.6: PA 632 east – Dalton
It stretches from U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Brodheadsville, Monroe County, northwest to Interstate 81 (I-81) and PA 309 near Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County. PA 115 passes through rural areas along its route, intersecting PA 903 in Tunkhannock Township, I-80 and PA 940 in Tobyhanna Township, and I-476 (Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension ...