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Pa. Turnpike aims to attract new ‘users’ with wildflower habitats
If you're seeing more wildflowers along the Pennsylvania Turnpike this spring, you're not imagining it. The Turnpike Commission has been adding wildflower habitats.
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NE Extension of Pa. Turnpike back open after truck fires in Lehigh County
A fire involving two tractor trailers closed the northbound lanes of the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Tuesday. It has since been reopened.
Northeast Extension on Pennsylvania Turnpike reopens after crash involving 2 tractor-trailers
A portion of the Northeast Extension on the Pennsylvania Turnpike has reopened after a crash involving two tractor-trailers in Lehigh County.
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Update: Weather forecast prompts construction delay for Pa. Turnpike I-476
Scheduled construction on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension has been postponed because of this weekend’s rainy forecast. The change in plans affects the closure this weekend for ...
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Motorcyclist Killed On PA Turnpike I-476 In Lehigh County A 50-year-old man from Bristol, PA was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a wrong-way New Jersey driver on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, ...
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John Sweeney Dies In PA Turnpike Motorcycle Crash Officials have identified the motorcyclist who they say was struck and killed by a wrong-way driver on the PA Turnpike Sunday, March 30. Lehigh County ...
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Troopers to enforce work zone safety on PA Turnpike; Bring back 'Operation Orange Squeeze'
THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE IS TEAMING UP WITH STATE POLICE ONCE AGAIN TO KEEP WORK ZONES SAFE THROUGHOUT APRIL, WHICH IS NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH. THEY WILL CONDUCT WHAT THEY ...
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Wrong-way driver caused fatal crash on Pa. Turnpike I-476 in Lehigh County, coroner says
One motorcyclist was killed and another injured in a wrong-way crash Sunday morning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension in Lehigh County. A 24-year-old woman from Perth Amboy ...
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'She blew by me': Witness records wrong-way driver moments before fatal crash on Pa. Turnpike
A video shows a car driving past Jack Carroll on the wrong side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Washington Township, Lehigh County Sunday morning. Carroll said he was going on an off roading trip ...
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New Jersey woman driving wrong way on Turnpike kills one biker and injures another (UPDATE)
WASHINGTON TWP., Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police say they are investigating a tragic accident that happened Sunday morning on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A statement from ...
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PA Turnpike debuts new texting service. Here’s how it works.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission launched a new text messaging service, offering customers real-time communication during unexpected traffic backlogs. The commission calls it a transportation ...