PA Turnpike

depends where you are comming from and where you are going

 

There really are none!. rt30 is a hell of a road don't go that way. I would take 22 out across to altoona then maybe 99 to 322e to 283e to 30e because some of 22 has truck restrictions between Altoona And Mt Union I think, maybe im wrong.
Better yet flip the plates and run the ez pass

 

The reason we're asking is that if you make it to New Stanton, Pa ... there really is no alternative other than the TP ... other than route 30 ... which gets really ugly.

If you're in ohio, like on I-70, use US 22, to I-279, to I-376, back to US 22 ... eventually you'll be on us22 and us322 ... follow us322 to harrisburg, and then I-81, to I-83, to I-283, to pa283(it's a freeway), then over to us30... then when you get past downingtown you'll merge with us202 and that'll lead you to I-76. WHEW!!!!

Now, you need to explain to your sorry company that that is every bit of 100 miles out of route or better, with the twists and turns, and I'll bet that it takes you 11 actual hours of driving from when you leave I-70 in ohio to philly. You simply won't be able to average any better than that. You'll be wore out, your chances of an accident have increased 100 fold, you'll be out of hours, and they'll have burned $150 more in diesel trying to save a $75 toll. If they don't understand that, they're stupid.

That turnpike is the first expressway to be built in America - and they built it for a reason. That is VERY rugged terrain and it is the ONLY WAY TO GO !!!

 

I have driven the old roads and it can be done, but not efficiently. As a team driver for Tri-State Motor Transit hauling munitions and commercial explosives, I was not allowed through the tunnels on the turnpike. What we lost in miles and hours pay across Pennsylvania, we made up on trips to the west coast. Company drivers were Teamster at that time.

My co-driver ran out of diesel fuel on the back roads dodging the tunnels. I looked out of the sleeper curtain to see him carrying two containers of gasoline/motor oil mix back to the truck. The engine ran fine on that mix and we made it to a truck stop.

 

Starting on I-70 in Ohio go to US 40 to I-68 to I-70 to I-81 to SR 283 to US 40 to US 202 to I-76.

Mark

 

The thing that needs to be considered here is simple.

How much are the tolls that are involved?

How many miles would be driven to avoid the tolls?

How much fuel and other costs to the truck are involved in the detour?

What is the time difference involved?



It is something to consider and in the past, I have chosen to take toll roads even if no one paid them.