Sideling Hill Tunnel - Abandoned Turnpike, Pennsylvania
N 40° 02.993 W 078° 08.566
17T E 743732 N 4437205
There is an thirteen mile section of abandoned turnpike. On the road and on the two tunnels is a lot of colorful graffiti.
Waymark Code: WM13NKZ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2021
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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 stretch opened to ease traffic congestion in the tunnels. In this case, the Sideling Hill Tunnel and Rays Hill Tunnel were bypassed, as was one of the Turnpike's travel plazas. The bypass is located just east of the heavily congested Breezewood interchange for Interstate 70 (I-70) eastbound at what is now I-76 exit 161. The section of the turnpike was at one time part of the South Pennsylvania Railroad.
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