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As travelers get ready to celebrate America’s 249th birthday, the Pennsylvania Turnpike is preparing for a busy holiday ...
Open Road Tolling As it prepares for its 85th birthday in 2025, the PA Turnpike is beginning the year with the launch of one of the most transformative projects in the highway’s history.
PennDOT and PA Turnpike have issued warnings due to dangerous weather conditions Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission launched a new text messaging service, offering customers real-time communication during unexpected traffic backlogs.
The original planning called for the turnpike retiring its debt in 1954 and becoming part of PennDOT, according to The Pennsylvania Turnpike: A History, by Cupper.
Open Road Tolling (OTR) is the culmination of the PA Turnpike's decade-long journey to modernize operations. In the ORT system, tolls are charged electronically as customers drive at highway ...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike was closed in both directions, causing major traffic backups.
WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Turnpike will launch one of its most transformative projects in the highway’s history next month with open road tolling (ORT). ORT will launch on the mainline ...
There was a Don Steele who helped dig the tunnels on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and one by the same name who happens to be his grandson in charge of its latest innovation.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike (PA Turnpike) launches one of its most transformative projects in the highway’s history with Open Road Tolling (ORT). Open Road Tolling will launch east of Reading on ...