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One of the most successful and busy private highways is the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The original four lane section between New Jersey and Ohio was rushed to completion during World War II. One of the most important and busiest section runs over and thru the Allegheny Mountains from New Stanton to Mechanicsburg. This 164 mile section connects transcontinental Interstate 70 to Interstate 81which is fed by I78 from New York. The right of way was origianlly surveyed by by the NYC interests more than 100 years ago. Never completed as a railroad the line eventually became a highway. The auto and truck traffic is awesome and continuous 24/7. I would venture to guess more freight traverses this highway than carried by both CSX and NS lines combined which parallel it. It's that busy.
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