FIRST -- Long-Distance Superhighway in the US - Bedford Township, PA
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N 40° 01.837 W 078° 29.522
17T E 713995 N 4434168
A Pennsylvania state historical marker at the North Midway Plaza (Westbound) in Bedford Township, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM14MP2
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2021
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The plaque says, "This is one of the original service plazas for the nation's first long-distance superhighway. On October 1, 1940, the Turnpike opened, stretching 160 miles from Carlisle to Irwin. The Turnpike Commission had been created in 1937; 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."
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