The abandoned Pennsylvania turnpike was first opened in 1940 and known as the “Tunnel Highway.” The Turnpike traveled from east to west through various hills and featured a total of seven tunnels and eventually became one of the busiest roads in the state. The Path Less Traveled #004 – ALPS Mountaineering Mystique 1.5 Tent Review.AO Review: Florida’s St Andrews State Park & Camp Helen State Park.The Path Less Traveled #010 – Ozark Trail 30L Hiking Backpack Review.So, in memory of the once apocalyptic-looking set of abandoned tunnels and roads, I’ll share my experiences and pictures of one of the greatest hikes I’ve ever been on. However, while I was there I was sad to learn that this once great place to explore will soon be shut down to overnight campers and turned into a more regimented park intended for bike riders. Since I recently moved to Pennsylvania I had the opportunity to explore what is probably one of the most popular places for explorers to visit within the state – the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike. In Sept of 2016, the PA Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources held a press conference and toured the trail for the purpose of moving the trail forward.AO Review: Exploring the Apocalyptic Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpikeįorests, state parks, national parks, and sandy beaches are all well and good, but sometimes I get a yearning to get even more off-trail than the state wants me to. When this happens it will allow the trail to apply for grants to build trail heads, bathrooms, signage, make one lane smooth, and light the tunnels. It is now in the process of being transferred to a joint authority that will own and run the trail. The entire property was sold to The Southern Alleghenies Conservancy in 2001 with the intent of opening the old roadway as a bike trail for relaxing and reflecting.
You can bring your bike and enjoy the whole road from end to abandoned end. The empty tunnels along the path can be ridden through, but the equipment rooms, garages, and offices within are locked off and not available to visit without a guided tour. The cannibalistic survivors in the film seem to have been born from the abandoned surroundings.
ABANDONED PA TURNPIKE MOVIE
The area is so evocative that major scenes from the movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s end-of-the-world novel “The Road” were filmed along, well, the road.
In the ensuing years, trees have sprouted up from the pavement, water has formed small streams running through the two vehicle tunnels, and the whole area has developed an eerie quietude, as though all of the other humans had died off and the broken road was all that remained of society.
The area has been closed to vehicles ever since, as nature slowly takes back the land. This long-forgotten interstate in the middle of the woods was once part of America’s first “superhighway.” The 13-mile section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was abandoned in November of 1968, when a bypass was built over the mountains and the road suddenly became obsolete.
ABANDONED PA TURNPIKE CRACKED
Tranquility and post-apocalyptic blight manage to co-exist along this stretch of cracked road and vandalized tunnels hidden in the middle of the Pennsylvania forest.
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