Caption: Greetings from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The 160 mile Turnpike opened on October 1, 1940, and was America's first superhighway.
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Caption: Colorful maps of the Pennsylvania Turnpike showed motorists the connecting routes.
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Caption: Portal and tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike: "America's Super Highway". Massive tunnels provided the means for travelers to go through, instead of over, the rugged Allegheny Mountains.
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Caption: Entrance to Dream Highway, the Pennsylvania Turnpike. When completed, the highway included nine interchanges, eleven tollbooth designs and ten service plazas.
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Caption: The deepest cut on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Engineers removed over a million cubic yards of earth to create the opening.
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Caption: Gateway to the west - Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Juniata River at Mt. Dallas between Everett and Bedford.
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Caption: In the 1940s the Turnpike sponsored a series of postcards designed to promote and romanticize driving on its scenic route.
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Caption: Sweeping curves reveal new scenic beauties on Pennylvania's Turnpike. Constructed with easy curves and low grades, the Turnpike accommodated speeds up to 100 mph.
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Caption: Pennsylvania Turnpike: Pittsburgh to Harrisburg. The Turnpike reduced travel time between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to three hours.
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Caption: The Turnpike's longest straightaway tangent. America's Dream Highway. Only one curve broke this forty-mile stretch, which is west of Carlisle.
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Caption: Pennsylvania Turnpike crossing Lincoln Highway U.S. 30 in Bedford Narrows.
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Caption: In the 1940s the Pennsylvania Turnpike sponsored a series of postcards designed to promote and romanticize driving on its scenic route.
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