PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1606 PRINTER'S NO. 2142
No. 1385 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY BUNT, FICHTER, BELARDI, ROONEY, SERAFINI,
MICOZZIE, McCALL, STISH, SAYLOR, ALLEN, DRUCE, YOUNGBLOOD,
HENNESSEY, L. I. COHEN, J. TAYLOR, BARD, COLAFELLA,
ZIMMERMAN, TRELLO, RUBLEY, MERRY, CORNELL, BROWNE AND
BOSCOLA, APRIL 20, 1995
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for additional turnpike extension
3 authorizations.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8912 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania <--
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 8912. Subsequent extension authorizations.
9 The commission is also hereby authorized and empowered to
10 construct, operate and maintain further extensions and
11 improvements of the turnpike at such specific locations and
12 according to such schedules as shall be deemed feasible and
13 which shall be approved by the commission, subject to the waiver
14 of the Federal toll prohibition provisions where applicable, as
15 follows:
16 * * *
1 (2.1) Construct an interchange on the Northeast
2 Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike System between the
3 Norristown and Quakertown Interchanges.
4 * * *
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
6 SECTION 1. SECTIONS 8912 AND 8914 OF TITLE 75 OF THE <--
7 PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES ARE AMENDED TO READ:
8 § 8912. SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION AUTHORIZATIONS.
9 THE COMMISSION IS ALSO HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO
10 CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN FURTHER EXTENSIONS AND
11 IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TURNPIKE AT SUCH SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND
12 ACCORDING TO SUCH SCHEDULES AS SHALL BE DEEMED FEASIBLE AND
13 WHICH SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, SUBJECT TO THE WAIVER
14 OF THE FEDERAL TOLL PROHIBITION PROVISIONS WHERE APPLICABLE, AS
15 FOLLOWS:
16 (1) FROM AN INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE ROUTE 70 BETWEEN
17 EXISTING INTERCHANGES AT LOVER AND SPEERS EXTENDING NORTHERLY
18 TO AN INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE ROUTE 376 IN PITTSBURGH
19 EXTENDING NORTHWESTERLY TOWARD THE MIDFIELD TERMINAL, GREATER
20 PITTSBURGH AIRPORT, SOUTHERN BELTWAY, EXTENSION OF THE
21 FINDLAY CONNECTOR ALONG INTERSTATE 79 AND ALSO EXTENDING
22 SOUTHERLY CONNECTING WITH THE EXISTING INTERCHANGE BETWEEN
23 U.S. ROUTE 40 AND THE MON VALLEY EXPRESSWAY (L.R.1125).
24 (2) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR THE EXISTING INTERCHANGE
25 BETWEEN U.S. ROUTE 40 AND THE MON VALLEY EXPRESSWAY
26 (L.R.1125) IN FAYETTE COUNTY SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG U.S. ROUTE
27 40 TO UNIONTOWN AND CONTINUING SOUTHERLY ALONG PA. ROUTE 857
28 TO THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER.
29 (2.1) CONSTRUCT AN INTERCHANGE ON THE NORTHEAST
30 EXTENSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE SYSTEM BETWEEN THE
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1 NORRISTOWN AND QUAKERTOWN INTERCHANGES.
2 (2.2) FROM AN INTERCHANGE WITH PA. ROUTE 60 IN THE
3 VICINITY OF THE WHITE SWAN AND MONTOUR INTERCHANGES
4 NORTHEASTERLY TO AN INTERCHANGE WITH PA. ROUTE 51 IN THE
5 VICINITY OF MCKEES ROCKS AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER
6 OVER BRUNOT ISLAND TO AN INTERCHANGE WITH PA. ROUTE 65 (OHIO
7 RIVER BOULEVARD).
8 (2.3) FROM A POINT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 28 AND
9 ROUTE 422 IN KITTANNING, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, NORTHERLY TO
10 BROOKVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TO A POINT AT THE INTERSECTION
11 WITH INTERSTATE ROUTE 80.
12 (2.4) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR THE EASTERN END OF THE
13 KISKI VALLEY EXPRESSWAY, AT A POINT IN SOUTH BUFFALO
14 TOWNSHIP, SOUTHERLY GENERALLY FOLLOWING AND COINCIDENT WHERE
15 FEASIBLE WITH PA. ROUTE 66 TO THE INTERCHANGE OF TOLL 66 AND
16 U.S. ROUTE 22 AT DELMONT.
17 (3) FROM AN INTERCHANGE WITH THE TURNPIKE AT OR NEAR
18 INTERCHANGE 10 EXTENDING NORTHERLY GENERALLY FOLLOWING AND
19 COINCIDENT WHERE FEASIBLE WITH EXISTING U.S. ROUTE 219 TO AN
20 INTERCHANGE WITH INTERSTATE ROUTE 80 AT OR NEAR INTERCHANGE
21 16.
22 (4) CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERCHANGE FOR ACCESS TO THE
23 INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER AT THE WILKES-BARRE-
24 SCRANTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN LUZERNE COUNTY ON THE
25 NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE SYSTEM.
26 (5) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE 10
27 SOUTHERLY GENERALLY ALONG U.S. ROUTE 219 TO THE MARYLAND
28 BORDER.
29 (6) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR INTERSTATE ROUTE 80
30 INTERCHANGE 16 NORTHERLY GENERALLY ALONG U.S. ROUTE 219 TO A
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1 CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING U.S. ROUTE 219 EXPRESSWAY SOUTH
2 OF BRADFORD IN MCKEAN COUNTY.
3 § 8914. FURTHER SUBSEQUENT AUTHORIZATIONS.
4 UPON COMPLETION OF THE TURNPIKE EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS
5 SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 8911 (RELATING TO IMPROVEMENT AND
6 EXTENSION AUTHORIZATIONS), 8912 (RELATING TO SUBSEQUENT
7 EXTENSION AUTHORIZATIONS) AND 8913 (RELATING TO ADDITIONAL
8 SUBSEQUENT EXTENSION AUTHORIZATIONS), THE COMMISSION IS HEREBY
9 AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN
10 FURTHER EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TURNPIKE AT SUCH
11 SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND ACCORDING TO SUCH SCHEDULES AS SHALL BE
12 DEEMED FEASIBLE AND WHICH SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION,
13 SUBJECT TO THE WAIVER OF THE FEDERAL TOLL PROHIBITION PROVISIONS
14 WHERE APPLICABLE, AS FOLLOWS:
15 (1) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE
16 ROUTE 65 AND CROWS RUN ROAD IN BEAVER COUNTY, IN A
17 SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION TO A POINT AT OR NEAR THE PERRY
18 HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE.
19 [(2) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR EXIT 5 OF THE TURNPIKE
20 NORTHERLY TO BROOKVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TO A POINT AT THE
21 INTERSECTION WITH INTERSTATE ROUTE 80.]
22 (3) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
23 SYSTEM INTO VARIOUS AREAS OF BERKS COUNTY IN ORDER TO
24 COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INNER LOOP SYSTEM AND OUTER
25 LOOP SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS SURROUNDING THE CITY OF READING AND
26 TO COMPLETE THE MISSING LINKS ON ROUTES 222 TO 422 TO 1035.
27 (4) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTIONS OF
28 INTERSTATE ROUTE 70, INTERSTATE ROUTE 76 AND T.R.119 IN THE
29 BOROUGH OF YOUNGWOOD, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, IN A NORTHERLY
30 DIRECTION ALONG T.R.119 AND T.R.66 TO THE INTERSECTION OF
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1 T.R.22 WITH A BYPASS AROUND THE CITY OF GREENSBURG,
2 WESTMORELAND COUNTY; THENCE NORTH ON T.R.66 TO T.R.356;
3 THENCE NORTH ON T.R.356 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH T.R.28.
4 (5) FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF T.R.66
5 AND T.R.22 IN SALEM TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY; THENCE IN
6 A WESTERLY DIRECTION PARALLELING T.R.22 TO EXIT 6 OF
7 INTERSTATE 76.
8 SECTION 2. THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION SHALL
9 CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE NEED AND FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING
10 ADDITIONAL TOLLED INTERCHANGES ON THE NORTHERN EXTENSION BETWEEN
11 THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE AND EXIT 32 ON THE NORTHEAST
12 EXTENSION.
13 SECTION 3. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
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