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What are those metal structures over the Turnpike?
Gantries are perhaps the most visible part of Open Road Tolling. The project manager overseeing their installation walks us through the design process.
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Inspiration Strikes Turnpike Employee to Write a Book
“I was on a ski trip, and I was thinking about writing a children’s book,” PA Turnpike Toll Collection Business Systems Specialist Angela Kinney said. “And I like otters, so I thought, ‘Why not write about an otter who learns how to ski with the help of his friends?’”
New Cumberland Safety Patrol Driver Saves Baby Pig
After 23 years with the Pennsylvania Turnpike, not much surprises Robert Sharpe.
But last week, the PA Turnpike Safety Patrol driver rescued a tiny pig from the side of the highway, leaving Sharpie, as his friends at the New Cumberland Maintenance Facility call him, with a lot of questions, like “how did he get here?” But, of course --
“The pig’s not talking,” Sharpe said.