Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

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The Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike is the common name of a 13-mile (21 km) section of roadbed which was built and opened in 1940 to be a part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and that was replaced in 1968 by a new alignment. This was done to eliminate traffic congestion caused by the two-lane Sideling Hill Tunnel and Rays Hill Tunnel. The Cove Valley travel plaza along this section was also demolished. The original 1940 and replacement 1968 alignments diverge eastbound at the heavily congested Breezewood interchange (Exit 161) for Interstate 70 (I-70). The interchange was rebuilt two years after the new alignment opened. This section, like all of the original 160 miles of the turnpike that opened in 1940 was originally built for the South Pennsylvania Railroad which was never completed. The property is now officially named The Old PA Pike Trail.

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