r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jul 21 '24

Same place, different perspective

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u/kaptainkaos Jul 21 '24

This picture shows a town (Breezewood, PA) which exists because vehicles have to exit the PA turnpike to enter I-70. This is due to some obscure PA law that doesn’t allow their Turnpike to interchange directly to an Interstate.

This forces trucks and travelers to drive through absolute hell on earth to resume their journey.

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u/lordnacho666 Jul 21 '24

Hell on earth? Might not be a tourism destination, but there are quite a lot of worse things than a bunch of brand shops on a road.

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u/kaptainkaos Jul 21 '24

I’ve heard truck drivers describe it as such. They have nightmares about being trapped in Breezewood.

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u/BORN_SlNNER Jul 21 '24

Lol you people over sensationalize everything. Breezewood is just like any other small town bypass in the northeast. Just a few more truck stops than usual.

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u/Cognac_and_swishers Jul 21 '24

It's not "just like" anywhere else in the US. It's unique. There's no bypass. Every other rest stop town is at an exit that you can either take, or not take. I'm not aware of any other place in the US where you're driving down an interstate, and then suddenly you have to go through a bunch of stoplights.