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Allegheny Tunnel, Pennsylvania Turnpike, Fall Foliage

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $7.95

Stock #:1185515
Type: Postcard
Era: Continental Chrome
State: Pennsylvania (PA)
Artist: Penna. Turnpike Commission
Publisher: Nelson Jones
Postmark: 1977 Jan-13
Postmark City: Champaign
Postmark State: IL
Stamp: 9c USA
Size: 4" x 6" (10.25 x 15.25 cm)
Recipient Address:Carolyn Cheney
Box 80729
Columbia, SC 29208

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The original Tunnel drilled for the Turnpike was completed in October at a cost of $2,872,188. The new parallel tunnel 6,070 feet long was completed in 1965 cost $8,237,272. Ventilation and lighting added almost another 4 million. All costs were paid from tolls, not taxes.

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