The road opened in 1940 between Irwin and Carlisle. Along the turnpike are 15 service plazas, providing food and fuel to travelers.ĭuring the 1930s, the Pennsylvania Turnpike was designed to improve automobile transportation across the mountains of Pennsylvania, using seven tunnels built for the abandoned South Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1880s. Historically, cash tolls were collected using a combination of the ticket system and a barrier toll system, but cash tolls were phased out between 20.
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The road uses an all-electronic tolling system tolls can be paid using E-ZPass or toll by plate (which uses automatic license plate recognition). The turnpike is part of the Interstate Highway System it is designated as part of Interstate 76 (I-76) between the Ohio state line and Valley Forge, I-70 ( concurrent with I-76) between New Stanton and Breezewood, Interstate 276 ( I-276) between Valley Forge and Bristol Township, and I-95 from Bristol Township to the New Jersey state line. It crosses the Appalachian Mountains in central Pennsylvania, passing through four tunnels. The highway runs east–west through the southern part of the state, connecting the Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia areas. The eastern terminus is at the New Jersey state line at the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge over the Delaware River in Bucks County, where the road continues east as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike. The turnpike's western terminus is at the Ohio state line in Lawrence County, where the road continues west as the Ohio Turnpike. A controlled-access highway, it runs for 360 miles (580 km) across the state.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike ( Penna Turnpike or PA Turnpike) is a toll highway operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) in the U.S.
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