The Glory Years of the Pennsylvania Turnpike

by Neal a Schorr, Mitchell E Dakelman, Neal A. Schorr

Take a journey on the Pennsylvania Turnpike - the superhighway that went from one generation's tourist destination to the ridicule of another's.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened to traffic on October 1, 1940. Built using the right-of-way and unfinished tunnels of the never completed South Pennsylvania Railroad, it was a supreme achievement of civil engineering. The new highway immediately captured the public's imagination and proved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467124044
• ISBN13: 9781467124041
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 9.7"