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The Pennsylvania Turnpike : a history / Dan Cupper.

Cupper, Dan. (Author).

Summary:
Travelers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike today scarcely think twice about the highway, much less its construction or maintenance or how it got there in the first place. As America's first superhighway, the Turnpike ignited a revolution in the way motorists, truckers, engineers, and consumers view highwy transportation,

Record details

  • ISBN: 0911410901 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 88 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
  • Edition: Fourth Revised Edition
  • Publisher: Lancaster, Pennsylvania. : Applied Arts Publishers, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"An authorized history by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission"--Title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliography and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- By canal boat to Pittsburgh -- Railroad wars -- An idea reborn -- Shaping America's greatest superhighway -- Destination midnight -- A peach of a road -- Confounding the critics -- The turnpike goes to war -- Aiming for Philadelphia and Ohio -- New York, Chicago-- and Scranton -- Uncorking the bottlenecks -- The uncertain '70s -- Into the fifth decade -- Toward a new century -- The 2000s -- Turnpike timeline and maps.
Subject: Express highways > Pennsylvania > History.
Toll roads > Pennsylvania > History.
Pennsylvania Turnpike (Pa.) > History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nazareth. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 388.12 CUP 2012 (Text) 31001101954130 Adult Non Fiction Available -


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