I guess this is one of those times I should have paid attention to my trucker husband when he recited the history of the PA Turnpike to me. He actually did the on a few occasions. I'll just blame my partial deafness and not my blatant ignorance on this one.
Maidy | Homepage | 06.28.08 - 8:31 am | #

Yeah, but other than for purposes of random trivia, why would you remember that?
Charlie on PA Tpk | Homepage | 06.28.08 - 12:31 pm | #

I knew that! But then again my mind is littered with useless knowledge
PG | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 8:54 am | #

Yeah, PG, but doesn't that fact make the day go by so much nicer??
Charlie on PA Tpk | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 10:24 pm | #

O,....K,...

Then why in PA and NJ do we call roads that lead to a specific place a pike(like West Chester Pike, Lancaster Pike, Black Horse Pike - that lead to the Black Horse Inn in Camden), but in NY, the same type of road is called a "turnpike?"

Hmmm,...

BTW - Did you know,...

The land for the PATP was originally owned by the New York Central RR. They were trying to build a line to Chicago to compete with the Pennsylvania RR's Main Line. Eventually, they gave up, as it was cost prohibitive.

-Courtesy of your friendly font of usless info!
TrekMedic251 | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 12:46 pm | #