So everyone kids me about how i like the PA turnpike. "Take I 80, go through state college, its faster." No way. I did that once driving to harrisburg, got behind a logging truck, took forever. The PA turnpike is very historic - Andrew Carnegie actually was behind it, when he wanted railroad tunnels built (to compete with horseshoe bend near Johnstown). Easier to go through a mountain, than up and around it. the PA turnpike originally used the old railroad tunnels. Anyway, here is a link you can research the turnpike - really cool old pictures here, also pictures of parts of the turnpike abandoned (very creepy). On the home page, scroll down and you will find extensive pictures - if you long for those hours spent driving on the turnpike, heck, just page through pictures on the net! I have seen all sorts of great stuff on the pike: the blues brothers car (see blog entry last summer); great crashes; road rage; great sunsets; rainbows; ever a black bear running across the pike.
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