The Pennsylvania Turnpike is considered America's first Super Highway. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission was established in 1937 to build the highway from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. The highway was partly developed on an abandoned railroad line built by William H. Vanderbilt, including its nearly completed tunnels. The first paying customers drove the Turnpike on October 1, 1940.
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