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Vintage Pennsylvania Turnpike postcard showcasing the famed \"World\'s Most Scenic Highway\" with autumn foliage framing America\'s first superhighway. The card captures the revolutionary four-lane divided highway cutting through Pennsylvania\'s Appalachian Mountains, featuring the iconic guardrails and sweeping curves that made this engineering marvel a tourist destination in its own right.
- Published by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York- Photographer credit: Nelson Jones, 13989 Clifton Blvd., Lakewood
The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened on October 1, 1940, as America\'s first superhighway and was initially branded as \"the World\'s Greatest Highway\". This revolutionary 160-mile stretch between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg reduced travel time from nine hours to just over five hours, transforming cross-country travel and serving as the prototype for the entire Interstate Highway System. The turnpike utilized seven abandoned railroad tunnels from the 1880s South Pennsylvania Railroad project, repurposing JP Morgan\'s failed venture into transportation history.
From 1969, the year of the Moon Landing and when The Beatles were recording their Abbey Road album, this postcard captures the turnpike during its golden age as a tourist attraction. The road was featured in the 2009 post-apocalyptic film \"The Road,\" with scenes filmed at the abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels that were bypassed in 1968. What began as an engineering marvel that drew 27,000 vehicles on its first Sunday of operation became such a phenomenon that families would drive the turnpike simply for recreation, stopping at the distinctive service plazas along the way.
Posted from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Lafayette, Pennsylvania with a 10-cent stamp.
The message reads: \"Having a good time. House is beautiful. [signed]\"Shipping and Handling:Carefully packaged to ensure safe arrivalShipped promptly (same day for orders before noon)Tracking information provided
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