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Breezewood, Pennsylvania

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42: 455:(or Nycumtown) was located just east of present-day Breezewood where a man named John Nycum had a small store. In 1836, he succeeded in establishing the Rays Hill Post Office and he served as the first Postmaster. The Rays Hill Post Office was the smallest in the country, at six feet by eight feet. On the western edge of Breezewood (or known as White Hall in the early 1800s), stands the Federal style mansion known as the Maple Lawn Inn (originally called Martin's Tavern), which opened around 1789. The 22-room building boasts 11 fireplaces, patriotic/masonic medallions, and was used as a stage coach stop and underground railroad safehouse, with a foundation several feet thick, and walls 3 to 4 bricks thick. It has been nominated to the 1835: 633: 858: 75: 105: 892: 808: 593: 177: 197: 1630: 1652: 1622: 1591: 112: 82: 1665: 1638: 1607: 1602: 700:, have lobbied to keep the gap and not directly connect I-70 to the Turnpike, fearing a loss of business. In order for a bypass to be considered, Breezewood's own Bedford County must propose it, which is "just not an issue that really appears on the radar for us," Donald Schwartz, the Bedford County planning director, said in 2017. 41: 1005:
Millions of people who travel between the Mid-Atlantic and the Midwest each year fight through Breezewood, Pa., a strange gap in the Interstate System... no ramps join at their crossing. Instead, drivers travel... blocks with traffic lights and dense bazaar of gas stations, fast-food restaurants and
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There are a number of gasoline and diesel fuel choices, including several equipped to handle trucks and buses. Within the several-block area, a wide variety of family-style restaurants and fast-food outlets are available. Breezewood continues to meet its claim of "Town of Motels"; through the years,
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About the same time as I-70 was built, in the early and mid-1960s, a major group of improvements was made to the original turnpike. These included roadway capacity improvement along the portion shared with I-70 at the two major mountains, where traffic had been reduced to two lanes in tunnels, and a
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was built in the 1930s, the tiny eastern Bedford County locality made sure it would be served by the new highway. Breezewood is at the original exit 6 of the Turnpike, which opened on October 1, 1940. The new turnpike used much of the earlier South Pennsylvania Railroad project for its right-of-way,
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With the advent of the automobile, by the early 20th century, the area in a small valley between Rays Hill and the Maple Lawn Inn had become known locally as Breezewood. The name was applied to a repair garage built in 1937. Maps published around that time locate Breezewood as the collection of
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After our five-hour, 17-mile tour, we were mud-splattered and sweaty... I suggested that we check out the less-spiffy Flying J... I bought a shower pass from the cashier, walked to the basement and keyed in a code at the assigned room. Easy as pie. With that, our Breezewood adventure was
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to build a direct interchange, unless it agreed to cease collecting tolls on the Turnpike once the construction bonds were retired—a direct interchange would have meant that a westbound driver on I-70 could not choose between the toll route and a free alternative, but would be
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Breezewood, with a faded sign proclaiming it the "Town of Motels" and the "Traveler's Oasis", boomed after the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened, with one gas station and the first traveler's stop, the Gateway Motel and Restaurant. Gateway remains open as of early 2022 as a
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was completed through the state. Accordingly, the state chose to build the unusual Breezewood arrangement in lieu of a direct interchange, thus qualifying for federal funds because this arrangement gave drivers the option of continuing on the untolled US 30.
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to the Southern Alleghenies Conservancy (SAC) for $ 1 in 2001. The property is managed by Friends of the Pike 2 Bike, a coalition converting the stretch from Breezewood eastward into a bike trail. There are two tunnels located on Pike 2 Bike's trail, the
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Despite this abnormality, this is not the only area where the Turnpike has had an indirect interchange with an Interstate highway due to this funding quirk, although it is the only one where an Interstate highway has had to run onto a surface street.
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motels... for a bypass to be considered, essentially Breezewood's own Bedford County must propose it... "It's just not an issue that really appears on the radar for us," said Donald Schwartz, the Bedford County planning director.
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roadway network. Those experiences combined to convince him the need to support construction of the Interstate Highway System when he became President of the United States in 1953. The portion of the Lincoln Highway from
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Approximately 2.6 million vehicles exited the turnpike through Breezewood in 1995. By 2003, that figure had increased to 3.4 million. During high traffic periods, the arrangement can result in extended
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and PRR interests. The potentially competing South Pennsylvania Railroad was promptly abandoned and never completed, although much grading and tunneling work had been done.
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In 2024, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced plans to redesign the Breezewood interchange to include a direct connection between the turnpike and I-70.
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North Main Street, where most notable buildings in Breezewood outside of U.S. Route 30 are located, including the Post Office.
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View to the west along the non-freeway portion of I-70 and US 30 in Breezewood, with numerous businesses lining the road
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was built through Pennsylvania, it was co-signed with the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 86 miles, between Breezewood and
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of the westbound settlers, a wagon road passed through. A British military trail was built in 1758 by General
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was not willing to build the interchange with its own funds, due to the expected decrease in revenue once
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The short stretch of I-70 through Breezewood is one of only two locations in the U.S. where there are
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The community which became known as Breezewood has a long history of serving cross-country travelers.
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Although laws have been relaxed since then, local businesses, including many traveler services like
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The Breezewood community is not incorporated under Pennsylvania law and is treated as a portion of
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stated in 1991 that Breezewood is "perhaps the purest example yet devised of the great American
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have had, for decades, no direct connection to the mainline Turnpike, with I-79 relying on
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Washington Post article. "The Town That Stops Traffic." Manuel Roig-Franzia. Nov 22, 2001.
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for Turnpike access and vice versa, and I-95 had no access to the Turnpike at all. (
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Pound, Michael (November 13, 2003). "Cranberry Connector now open for business".
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and other automobile enthusiasts and industry officials announced plans for the
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was not in favor of building a direct interchange between the two interstates.
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uses this surface street to connect the untolled interstate highway with the
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Oblique air photo of Breezewood and vicinity, facing northeast, and showing
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realignment of the Breezewood exit and the turnpike to the east from there.
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to get onto the Turnpike and vice versa, while I-81 has had to rely on
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opened a Post House facility in the town in 1935; it closed in 2004.
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can also be seen paralleling the Turnpike northeast of Breezewood.
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1999 Wall Street Journal article. Bruce Ingersoll. 1999 Jul 26.
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There are few residences in the immediate area of Breezewood.
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike sold most of a 13-mile (21 km)
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The settlement has a post office which has been assigned the
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In 1940, Breezewood was designated exit 6 on the just-opened
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crossed through there. Later, in colonial times before the
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in Breezewood, Pennsylvania, is one of the few gaps in the
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Unincorporated communities in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
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opened in 2018, the indirect access in Carlisle remains.
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project was halted in 1886. Control shifted to financier
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it has offered many hundreds of hotel and motel rooms.
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another interchange to connect I-95 with the Turnpike
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Associated Press – via Google News. 440: 401:from Chambersburg to Pittsburgh during the 2181:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania 1714: 1700: 1560: 1546: 1243:"'Town of Motels' is bottleneck no longer" 1432: 1430: 1428: 1426: 1424: 1349: 1309: 1128: 1126: 975: 973: 627: 473:Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 417:Late in the 19th century, leaders of the 1455: 1396:Kaplan, Melanie D.G. (August 10, 2017). 1119:. July 26, 1941 – via Google News. 890: 856: 806: 631: 591: 1485:Hurley, Amanda Kolson (July 24, 2019). 1436: 921:Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province 518:. It followed the Lincoln Highway from 2168: 1484: 1421: 1395: 1376:Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) 1123: 979: 970: 1695: 1541: 1355: 1240: 1157:Bedford County Historical Type 10 Map 1084: 1061: 1039: 781: 1575: 1336: 1310:Weingroff, Richard (April 7, 2009). 980:Savage, Charlie (February 6, 2017). 676:to enter the Turnpike. However, the 479:1913: Lincoln Highway, U.S. Route 30 457:National Register of Historic Places 1011: 941:List of gaps on Interstate Highways 555:designation, which it still bears. 13: 1833: 1722:Municipalities and communities of 1478: 1456:Salpukas, Agis (October 1, 1990). 640:I-70 uses a surface road (part of 532:At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends 111: 81: 14: 2192: 1515: 1040:Sholl, Jack (November 14, 1969). 463:buildings at the intersection of 1663: 1650: 1636: 1628: 1620: 1605: 1600: 1589: 1318:. Federal Highway Administration 1113:"Tour Pennsylvania and Maryland" 1085:Henry, Lowman S. (Summer 1998). 1066:. Federal Highway Administration 1021:. 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Unincorporated town
The stretch of U.S. Route 30 in Breezewood, Pennsylvania, is one of the few gaps in the Interstate Highway System. A portion of I-70 uses this surface street to connect the untolled interstate highway with the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
U.S. Route 30
Interstate Highway System
I-70
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Breezewood is located in Pennsylvania
Breezewood is located in the United States
39°59′49″N 78°14′26″W / 39.99694°N 78.24056°W / 39.99694; -78.24056
Country
United States
State
Pennsylvania
County
Bedford
Township
East Providence
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC-4
ZIP codes
Area code
814
GNIS
1170190
unincorporated town
East Providence Township
Bedford County

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