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- From: arup+@cs.cmu.edu (Arup Mukherjee)
- Subject: Re: Speeding ticket in OKlahoma --- what's SP8?
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- In article <C1D9H7.C61@agora.rain.com> robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob) writes:
- > I have to disagree about the relative conditions of I-80 vs. the
- >PA Turnpike, too. I drove both last summer and although the turnpike
- >had a few sections which were quite new looking, overall it's probably
- >the lamest toll road in the country.
-
- The PA turnpike may well be the worst TOLL road in the country, but I-80
- in PA is not toll (that was my original point -- I suspect that they
- intentionally never get around to fixing it...). I drive from Pittsburgh
- to New York City fairly regularly, and have pretty much given up on I-80 (my
- most recent drive on 80 was this past September, and my most recent drive on
- the turnpike was 2 wks ago). Even though the route is longer via the turnpike,
- there is only minor construction for a 5 mile stretch and that's it -- the
- result is that I wind up getting to NYC faster (in spite of the fact that there
- are more cops on the turnpike!) just because it never narrows to a single lane
- at any point. The PA turnpike could certainly use another lane for its entire
- length, but I don't recall any extended stretches of bad road and construction
- like I-80 has...
-
-
- Don't get me wrong -- I hate the turnpike too -- but more because of the cops
- and an abundance of losers who insist on doing 50 in the left lane (the PA
- turnpike only has two lanes in each direction...). It was voted the second
- worst roadway in the country by some group of truckers a few months ago, and
- I almost agree with them (the worst was the Cross Bronx Expyway in New York
- City -- but I think at least that's not a toll road!). However, for a road in
- Western PA, it's not too bad (given that I consider I-(2)79 to be the only
- decent road in the area). It's just darned expensive!
-
- Has anyone other there driven both the Cross Bronx and the turnpike recently?
-
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