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Pier View Looking North
I-70 designation . We have truck volumes in those areas that are well over 12 percent of the vehicles in that stretch .”
But the Turnpike ’ s impact is not simply regional . “ We were the first superhighway ,” noted Heigel . “ We preceded all the other interstate highways in the United States . A lot of the design criteria and design issues that Pennsylvania Turnpike faced and resolved as it was constructed became the basis of the interstate highway program as we know it across the nation .”
The Turnpike reaches 75 years officially on October 1 , 2015 , and this year the PTC is celebrating its contributions to the region with several events to commemorate the occasion . “ We have already been celebrating throughout the year leading up to our October event , the day
“ We ’ re excited to say we ’ re now over 100 miles of reconstructed turnpike across the state ”
– Brad Heigel , Chief Engineer
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