A Trip Over The Pennsylvania Turnpike

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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This silent footage offers a glimpse into the early days of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. On Oct. 1, 1940, the turnpike opened to the public with an unlimited speed limit.
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18 янв 2016

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@anthonygreen7978 5 месяцев назад

The Pa Tpk one of my favorite highways when I truck from Indy to Baltimore, Philly, Harrisburg,etc.

@lindsey607 6 лет назад

the good old days. you gotta love how there was almost no traffic back in the day. would be great to cruise the highway n have it all to yourself.

@pointingdog7235 2 года назад

Thanks for posting this. I have heard about the PA Turnpike in the latest 40's early 50's when my Father started driving trucks and it looks like a very different word than today. How the world has changed.

@margaretgarnto6272 3 года назад

The old Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels looked so dark and scary, so DAH-ARK and scaaaaaryyyyy, even with lights on.

@milfordcivic6755 4 года назад

Unlimited speed limit. Most cars only had 3 speed manual transmissions and 2 speed automatics, geared fine for around town and back roads. At 60 mph your engine would have been overrevving....

@stephenfox3236 8 лет назад

Thank you. Please post all you have on the Turnpike!

@mitchdakelman4470 3 года назад

Stephen, what are you looking for regarding the Pennsylvania Turnpike?

@stephenfox3236 3 года назад

@@mitchdakelman4470 Anything. I enjoy the history of the PA Turnpike. It is a special piece of motoring history. Construction. Repairs. Bridges. Planning. Etc. Thanks.

@mitchdakelman4470 3 года назад

@@stephenfox3236 email me at dakelmanm@aol.com and we can go from there. I have thousands of photographs including the original overpasses from 1939 to present day, construction photos and film. Look up on RU-vid the 1940 film PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE under Periscope Films, you can also call me at 908-208-2522. Google my name and you will find the two books I wrote with Neal Schorr, we have the original construction, the overpasses and the major bridges in the 2 books.

@JeffDeWitt 6 лет назад

Very cool, with blimp cam shots no less! Too bad the video isn't a bit better.

@sweirich777 6 лет назад

great video! Just can't get your cell phone close when you digitally master video, it causes rf hash noise on the audio soundtrack even though this is a silent film, you can hear the digital artifacts, the buzzing ,and distortion on the video. Keep the great work up!

@SpectralightPhoto 10 месяцев назад

Here's my experience driving through the 4 active tunnels of the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YbFQa5d1T80.html

@animal16365 7 лет назад

neat

@thomasmiller5057 3 года назад

Some location info would be nice for the various shots Interesting otherwise

@milfordcivic6755 4 года назад

Narrow lanes with no guardrails, what could go wrong?

@johnboys4697 4 года назад

Milford Civic and no center divider either

@rivotrich7 4 года назад

No lane markings either back then.

@rivotrich7 4 года назад

I’m guessing this road was still safer than others back then due to wider pavement. , at least a small grass median, and full grade separation I assume. At least safer than 2-lane undivided rural backroads at 60-70 mph back then.

@mitchdakelman4470 3 года назад

They were standard 12 ft lanes separated by a 10 foot median, except in the tunnels, no divider and 11 1/2 ft lanes

@user-tb7rn1il3q 3 года назад

The drivers were better back in those days.

@Videowatcher10p 8 лет назад

o can go 10000mph

@darleneschneck 5 лет назад

My great uncle shot footage in 1941 while driving through the Allegheny tunnel. You can see that here at the very start: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1iPO8DZ5PIE.html