Years ago, it was against federal regulations to directly connect interstates and toll roads. While that rule has subsequently been eliminated -- Pennsylvania has never been able to directly connect I-70 to the Turnpike due to pressure from local business owners who make revenue of travelers. Thus traffic on I-70 must travel through two red lights on US 30 to/from the Turnpike.
Where I-70 gets stopped by two red lights
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By roadgeek @ 2006-03-26 14:50:48
AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-03-26 16:21:48
Please submit LL map Permalinks and thumbnails in the future with the show labels option unselected.
roadgeek
@ 2006-03-29 21:48:23
The labels option was selected for the purpose of making the viewer aware of how these roads were configured -- and thus why it is an oddity on the interstate system.