The Glory Years of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Images of

The Glory Years of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Images of America)

The Pennsylvania Turnpike was 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 to be an unqualified success. Motorists flocked from around the country to drive on the new "superhighway," and it became a tourist destination in and of itself. But along with that success were planted the seeds of its eventual fall from grace. Under-engineered, poorly maintained, and the victim of premature obsolescence, the highway became the object of public scorn in little more than a generation. Only since the turn of the 21st century were real efforts made to change that perception.
Country USA
Brand Arcadia Publishing
Manufacturer Arcadia Publishing
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781467124041
ReleaseDate 2016-12-05
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781467124041

The Glory Years of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Images of America)