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The Pennsylvania Turnpike : a history / Dan Cupper.
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. |
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| Subject: | Express highways > Pennsylvania > History. Toll roads > Pennsylvania > History. Pennsylvania Turnpike (Pa.) > History. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Berks County. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at RACC.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RACC | New - TE24.P4 C87 2012 (Text) | 33624024984690 | New | Available | - |
