Have You Ever Traveled On The Pennsylvania Turnpike?

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In the USA there is an entire Interstate Road system that criss-crosses the country, north, south, east and west. But, before the Interstate system was fully completed, the FIRST multi-lane interstate highway was completed in the state of Pennsylvania in 1956. I was a teenager at the time and I remember when it opened. I lived in West Virginia at the time, so our family just had to go and check it out. That turnpike is now 60 years old and still functioning. I haven’t been on it in years and I don’t know if it’s still a TOLL road or not. Maintaining a turnpike in Pennsylvania is a full time job though. I DO know that. The winter weather and the heavy traffic wreak havoc on the surface of the road. I remember the last time I was on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, it was in need of a LOT of repair. Have you been on it lately? This photo was shocking to me. Is this what it really looks like NOW? This is a photo of a tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.