A Trip Over The Pennsylvania Turnpike

Published 2016-01-19
This silent footage offers a glimpse into the early days of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. On Oct. 1, 1940, the turnpike opened to the public with an unlimited speed limit.

Video provided by the Pennsylvania State Turnpike

All Comments (17)
  • @lindsey607
    the good old days. you gotta love how there was almost no traffic back in the day. would be great to cruise the highway n have it all to yourself.
  • The old Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels looked so dark and scary, so DAH-ARK and scaaaaaryyyyy, even with lights on.
  • @anthonygreen7978
    The Pa Tpk one of my favorite highways when I truck from Indy to Baltimore, Philly, Harrisburg,etc.
  • @pointingdog7235
    Thanks for posting this. I have heard about the PA Turnpike in the latest 40's early 50's when my Father started driving trucks and it looks like a very different word than today. How the world has changed.
  • Unlimited speed limit. Most cars only had 3 speed manual transmissions and 2 speed automatics, geared fine for around town and back roads. At 60 mph your engine would have been overrevving....
  • @sweirich777
    great video! Just can't get your cell phone close when you digitally master video, it causes rf hash noise on the audio soundtrack even though this is a silent film, you can hear the digital artifacts, the buzzing ,and distortion on the video. Keep the great work up!
  • @JeffDeWitt
    Very cool, with blimp cam shots no less! Too bad the video isn't a bit better.
  • Some location info would be nice for the various shots Interesting otherwise