PRINTER'S NO. 1239
No. 1114 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY DERMODY, FARGO, PESCI, S. H. SMITH, GIGLIOTTI,
D. R. WRIGHT, DALEY, OLASZ, PETRONE, ROONEY, TRELLO, PRESTON,
COLAFELLA, MARKOSEK, YOUNGBLOOD, PETRARCA AND STEELMAN,
MARCH 9, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 9, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for turnpike extensions and improvements.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Sections 8912 and 8914 of Title 75 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
7 § 8912. Subsequent extension authorizations.
8 The commission is also hereby authorized and empowered to
9 construct, operate and maintain further extensions and
10 improvements of the turnpike at such specific locations and
11 according to such schedules as shall be deemed feasible and
12 which shall be approved by the commission, subject to the waiver
13 of the Federal toll prohibition provisions where applicable, as
14 follows:
15 (1) From an interchange with Interstate Route 70 between
16 existing interchanges at Lover and Speers extending northerly
17 to an interchange with Interstate Route 376 in Pittsburgh
1 extending northwesterly toward the Midfield Terminal, Greater
2 Pittsburgh Airport, Southern Beltway, Extension of the
3 Findlay Connector along Interstate 79 and also extending
4 southerly connecting with the existing interchange between
5 U.S. Route 40 and the Mon Valley Expressway (L.R.1125).
6 (2) From a point at or near the existing interchange
7 between U.S. Route 40 and the Mon Valley Expressway
8 (L.R.1125) in Fayette County southeasterly along U.S. Route
9 40 to Uniontown and continuing southerly along Pa. Route 857
10 to the West Virginia border.
11 (2.1) From an interchange with Pa. Route 60 in the
12 vicinity of the White Swan and Montour Interchanges
13 northeasterly to an interchange with Pa. Route 51 in the
14 vicinity of McKees Rocks and extending across the Ohio River
15 over Brunot Island to an interchange with Pa. Route 65 (Ohio
16 River Boulevard).
17 (2.2) From a point at the intersection of Route 28 and
18 Route 422 in Kittanning, Armstrong County, northerly to
19 Brookville, Jefferson County, to a point at the intersection
20 with Interstate Route 80.
21 (3) From an interchange with the turnpike at or near
22 Interchange 10 extending northerly generally following and
23 coincident where feasible with existing U.S. Route 219 to an
24 interchange with Interstate Route 80 at or near Interchange
25 16.
26 (4) Construction of an interchange for access to the
27 International Distribution Center at the Wilkes-Barre-
28 Scranton International Airport in Luzerne County on the
29 Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike System.
30 (5) From a point at or near Turnpike Interchange 10
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1 southerly generally along U.S. Route 219 to the Maryland
2 border.
3 (6) From a point at or near Interstate Route 80
4 Interchange 16 northerly generally along U.S. Route 219 to a
5 connection with the existing U.S. Route 219 Expressway south
6 of Bradford in McKean County.
7 § 8914. Further subsequent authorizations.
8 Upon completion of the turnpike extensions and improvements
9 set forth in sections 8911 (relating to improvement and
10 extension authorizations), 8912 (relating to subsequent
11 extension authorizations) and 8913 (relating to additional
12 subsequent extension authorizations), the commission is hereby
13 authorized and empowered to construct, operate and maintain
14 further extensions and improvements of the turnpike at such
15 specific locations and according to such schedules as shall be
16 deemed feasible and which shall be approved by the commission,
17 subject to the waiver of the Federal toll prohibition provisions
18 where applicable, as follows:
19 (1) From a point at or near the intersection of State
20 Route 65 and Crows Run Road in Beaver County, in a
21 southeasterly direction to a point at or near the Perry
22 Highway Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
23 [(2) From a point at or near Exit 5 of the turnpike
24 northerly to Brookville, Jefferson County, to a point at the
25 intersection with Interstate Route 80.]
26 (3) From a point at or near the Pennsylvania Turnpike
27 System into various areas of Berks County in order to
28 complete the construction of the inner loop system and outer
29 loop system of highways surrounding the City of Reading and
30 to complete the missing links on Routes 222 to 422 to 1035.
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1 (4) From a point at or near the intersections of
2 Interstate Route 70, Interstate Route 76 and T.R.119 in the
3 Borough of Youngwood, Westmoreland County, in a northerly
4 direction along T.R.119 and T.R.66 to the intersection of
5 T.R.22 with a bypass around the City of Greensburg,
6 Westmoreland County; thence north on T.R.66 to T.R.356;
7 thence north on T.R.356 to the intersection with T.R.28.
8 (5) From a point at or near the intersection of T.R.66
9 and T.R.22 in Salem Township, Westmoreland County; thence in
10 a westerly direction paralleling T.R.22 to Exit 6 of
11 Interstate 76.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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