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align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3"><b><a target="rbottom" href="../links.htm#Buchanan State Forest">Buchanan State Forest<br> <br> </a>    <img border="2" src="../../photos/Buchanan%20State%20Forest/BuchananSF.jpg" width="128" height="93"></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><b><font color="#990000"><u><font face="Trebuchet MS">Bypassed Turnpike</font></u><font face="Trebuchet MS">:</font></font></b></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../abandoned_turnpike_ends/Western%20and%20Eastern%20Ends%20Aerial%20Photography.htm" target="_top">Aerial Photos</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3">History</font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3">Pictures</font></li> </ul> <p align="center">   <font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3"> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/pontiac7676/Turnpike.html" target="rbottom"> <img border="2" src="../../photos/Abandoned%20Roadway%20Photos/looking_east_straightaway_toward_sideling_hill.jpg" width="90" height="58"></a><br> </font><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"><i>       (Tom's website)</i></font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3">Route Taken</font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3">Statistics</font></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3"><a href="../sideling_hill/Sideling%20Hill%20-%20Aerial%20Photography.htm#Civilian Conservation Corps Sideling Hill Camp" target="_top"><b>Civilian Conservation Corps Sideling Hill Camp</b></a></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b> <a href="../Clear%20Ridge%20Tunnel.htm">Clear Ridge Tunnel</a>:  <font color="#000000">The One The Builders Forgot to Build</font>   <br> <br> </b> <font color="#FFFF00"><i>(NEW, revised 11/16/05)</i></font></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><b><font face="Trebuchet MS">Cove Valley Service Plaza:</font></b></p> <p align="center">    <img border="3" src="../../photos/Cove%20Valley%20Service%20Station/Cove_Valley_Former_Site.jpg" width="117" height="91" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #800000"></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../sideling_hill/Sideling%20Hill%20-%20Aerial%20Photography.htm" target="_top">Aerial Photos</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Cove_Valley_Service_Plaza" target="_top">History <i><font size="2"> (off-site link)</font></i></a></font></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>Eastern End of the <br> Old Roadway:</b></font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../abandoned_turnpike_ends/Western%20and%20Eastern%20Ends%20Aerial%20Photography.htm" target="_top">Aerial Photos</a></font></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="../FAQ.htm" target="rbottom">General FAQ's</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>History of the Pennsylvania Turnpike - America's First Superhighway</b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="../in_print/In%20Print.htm" target="_top">The Pennsylvania Turnpike in Print ...</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b> Interstate 70</b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><a href="http://members.localnet.com/~jrhoover/pike.html" target="_top"><img border="3" src="../../photos/Link%20Photos/BTP-in_tunnel.JPG" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #800000" width="155" height="114"></a><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><br> <br> Jon's <br>     "Bike The Pike" <br>                  Trips ...</b></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://members.localnet.com/~jrhoover/pike2a.html" target="_top"><img border="3" src="../../photos/Link%20Photos/bp2riding.JPG" width="159" height="118" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #800000"></a></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><font color="#990000"><u>Laurel Hill Tunnel</u>:</font><br> <br>     <img border="2" src="../../photos/Laurel%20Hill%20Tunnel/1950s%20Photo/Laurel%20Hill%20-%20sometime%20in%20the%201950s.gif" width="133" height="52"></b></font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../laurel_hill/Laurel%20Hill%20Tunnel%20-%20Aerial%20Photography.htm" target="_top">Aerial Photos</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../laurel_hill/Laurel%20Hill%20Tunnel%20Exploration.htm" target="_top">Exploration</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../FAQ.htm" target="_top">FAQ's</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS">History</font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/index.php/Laurel_Hill_Tunnel" target="_top">History<i><font size="2"> (off-site link)</font></i></a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS">Laurel Ridge:  <br> </font><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/laurelridge.aspx" target="_blank">Hiking Trail over <br> the Tunnel; near <br> the eastern portal</a>   </font><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><font color="#FFFF00">(NEW!)</font></i></font></b></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="/Updates_In_Progress/Laurel%20Hill%20Pictures.htm" target="_top">Pictures</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="http://www.nrs2.org/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=abandonedpaturnpike" target="_blank">Recent Pictures</a>  <font color="#FFFF00"><i>(NEW!)</i></font></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../laurel_hill/Laurel%20Hill%20Tunnel%20STATISTICS.htm" target="_top">Statistics</a>  <font color="#FFFF00"><i>(NEW!)</i></font></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../laurel_hill/Laurel%20Hill%20Bypass%20Topography%20Map.htm" target="_top">Topography</a></font></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a target="main" href="../links.htm">Links to Outside Websites</a> ...  </b></font></p> <p align="center"><b><font face="Trebuchet MS">    </font></b> <font color="#FFFF00" face="Trebuchet MS"><i>(updated 11/16/05)</i></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="http://www.paturnpike.com/" target="_blank">Official Pennsylvania Turnpike Website</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>Other Notable Tunnels<br> </b>     <i>(mostly off-site links)</i>:</font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Mountain_Tunnel" target="_top"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Allegheny Mountain</font></a></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Blue_Mountain_Tunnel" target="_top">Blue Mountain</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"> <a href="../Clear%20Ridge%20Tunnel.htm">Clear Ridge Tunnel</a>  </font><font color="#FFFF00" face="Trebuchet MS"><i>(NEW!)</i></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Kittatinny_Mountain_Tunnel" target="_top"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Kittatinny Mountain</font></a></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Tunnel" target="_top">Lehigh Mountain - 1</a>  </font><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><font color="#FFFF00">(NEW!)</font></i></font></b></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.gribblenation.com/breezewood/lehigh.html" target="_blank">Lehigh Mountain - 2</a>  </font><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><font color="#FFFF00">(NEW!)</font></i></font></b></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.pahighways.com/toll/LehighTunnel.html" target="_blank">Lehigh Mountain - 3</a>  </font><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><font color="#FFFF00">(NEW!)</font></i></font></b></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Negro_Mountain_Tunnel" target="_top">Negro Mountain<br> </a></font><i><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="1">(not used by the turnpike)</font></i></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Quemahoning_Tunnel" target="_top">Quemahoning Tunnel<br> </a></font><i><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="1">(not used by the turnpike)</font></i></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Sewickley_Tunnel" target="_top">Sewickley Tunnel<br> </a></font><i><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="1">(was never built)</font></i></li> <li> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_Mountain_Tunnel" target="_top"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Tuscarora Mountain</font></a></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="../sideling_hill/Sideling%20Hill%20-%20Aerial%20Photography.htm#Oregon Road" target="_top">Oregon Road</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="../sideling_hill/Sideling%20Hill%20-%20Aerial%20Photography.htm#Pumping Station Road" target="_top">Pump Station Road</a></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><font color="#990000"><u>Ray's Hill Tunnel</u>:</font><br> <br>     <img border="2" src="../../photos/Rays%20Hill%20Tunnel/1950%20Photo/Rays_Hill_Tunnel_-_1950.jpg" width="125" height="170"></b></font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../rays_hill/Rays%20Hill%20-%20Aerial%20Photography.htm" target="_top">Aerial Photos</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../FAQ.htm" target="_top">FAQ's</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS">History</font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Ray's_Hill_Tunnel">History<font size="2"> <i> (off-site link)</i></font></a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../Not%20Available.htm" target="_top">Pictures</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"> <a href="../rays_hill/Rays%20Hill%20Tunnel%20STATISTICS.htm">Statistics</a>  </font><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><font color="#FFFF00">(NEW!)</font></i></font></b></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../rays_hill/Rays%20Hill%20-%20Sideling%20Hill%20Bypass%20-%20Topography%20Map.htm" target="_top">Topography</a></font></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><font color="#000080"><u>Sideling Hill Tunnel</u>:</font><br> <br>     <img border="2" src="../../photos/Sideling%20Hill%20Tunnel/Sideling_Hill_1955.jpg" width="140" height="77"></b></font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../sideling_hill/Sideling%20Hill%20-%20Aerial%20Photography.htm" target="_top">Aerial Photos</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../FAQ.htm" target="_top">FAQ's</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS">History</font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="http://www.septempontia.org/wiki/Sideling_Hill_Tunnel">History<i><font size="2"> (off-site link)</font></i></a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../sideling_hill/Sideling%20Hill%20Tunnel%20Pictures%20-%201.htm" target="_top">Pictures</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../sideling_hill/Sideling%20Hill%20Tunnel%20STATISTICS.htm" target="_blank">Statistics</a>  </font><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><font color="#FFFF00">(NEW!)</font></i></font></b></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../rays_hill/Rays%20Hill%20-%20Sideling%20Hill%20Bypass%20-%20Topography%20Map.htm" target="_top">Topography</a></font></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../south_penn_rr/South%20Penn%20Railroad.htm" target="rbottom"><u><b>South Penn Railroad</b></u><font size="1"><br> <br> </font></a><img border="2" src="../../photos/South%20Penn%20Railroad/south_penn_1.jpg" width="134" height="80" style="border-style: solid; border-color: #800000" alt="Image courtesy of www.southpennrailroad.com ... be sure to visit Russel's website ..."><br> <font color="#000000" size="1">Image courtesy of:  www.southpennrailroad.com </font></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="http://saconservancy.org" target="_blank">Southern Alleghenies Conservancy<br> <br> </a></b><font size="2"><b>File archive of the </b></font></font><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"> <i><font color="#FFFF00">(NEW!)</font></i></font></b><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS"><b><br> S.A.C. "Pike-2-Bike Trail" <i>(requires Adobe Acrobat)</i>:</b></font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="/PDF_files/April%202005%20SAC%20Pike%20to%20Bike%20Trail%20Update.pdf">April 2005</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="/PDF_files/August%202005%20SAC%20Pike%20to%20Bike%20Trail%20Update.pdf">August 2005</a></font></li> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><a href="/PDF_files/February05.pdf">PennLines magazine, 2/2005</a></font></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>State Route 915</b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="http://www.geocities.com/pontiac7676/overpass.html" target="rbottom">State Route 1011<br> </a></b><font size="2"><i>   (Tom's website)</i></font></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><b><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../Turnpike%20Stories.htm" target="_blank">Turnpike Stories<br> </a>         <i><font color="#FFFF00">(NEW!)</font></i></font></b></p> <p align="center"><font color="#FFFF00" face="Trebuchet MS"><b><i> <br> <a href="mailto:<script language="JavaScript">var name = "turnpike-stories";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=../%22mailto:%27 + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Turnpike Stories" + '</a>');</script>" target="_top">Click here to send </a><br> <a href="mailto:<script language="JavaScript">var name = "turnpike-stories";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=../%22mailto:%27 + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Turnpike Stories" + '</a>');</script>" target="_top">e-mail to us ...</a></i></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="http://www.geocities.com/pontiac7676/Breezewood.html" target="rbottom">U.S. Route 30<br> </a></b><font size="2"><i>   (Tom's website)</i></font></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b> <a href="http://www.pahighways.com/us/US30.html">U.S. Route 30</a><br> </b><font size="2"><i>   (Jeff's website)</i></font></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b><a href="../Weather%20Banner%20Page.htm" target="rbottom"><font color="#000080">Weather Conditions for Breezewood, PA</font></a></b></font></p> <hr> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><b>Western End of <br> the Old Roadway:</b></font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="center"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><a href="../abandoned_turnpike_ends/Western%20and%20Eastern%20Ends%20Aerial%20Photography.htm#Western" target="_top">Aerial Photos</a></font></li> </ul> <hr> <p align="center"><u><font face="Antigoni" color="#800000" size="4">Currently seeking for use on the Ray's Hill website:</font></u><font face="Antigoni"><br> </font><br> *  Photographs and accounts of the potential location of the Clear Ridge Tunnel near Everett, PA *<br> <br> * Any recent photographs or accounts of visitors to the eastern portal of the Laurel Hill Tunnel *<br> <br> *  Recent photographs or accounts of the U.S. 30 and Pumping Station Road bridge removals *<br> <br> * Any information on how the S.A.C. or P.T.C. is going to make the western terminus <br> of the old turnpike in Breezewood accessible to visitors *<br> <br> <font face="Arial Narrow" size="4"><i>Please send e-mail, stories, information and/or photos to:</i></font>  <a href="mailto:<script language="JavaScript">var name = "webmaster";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=../\%22mailto:%27 + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Webmaster" + '</a>');</script>abandonedturnpike.com"> <script language="JavaScript">var name = "webmaster";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=\"mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Webmaster" + '</a>');</script>abandonedturnpike.com</a> </p> <hr> <p align="center"><b><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="4"><u><a name="UPDATES"><font color="#800000"> RECENT UPDATES</font></a></u><font color="#800000"><a name="UPDATES">:</a></font>  </font></b></p> </font> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR!</b></u>   My target date is January 15th ... to have my new "Laurel Hill Tunnel - Current Usage:  Time to Solve the Mystery" page up for your viewing.  Many thanks to everyone who has sent in stories to the webmaster, as well as photographs and links that will appear soon on this website.  </p> <p><u>Month of December 2005</u> ...  Wishing you and your families a Merry Christmas or whichever holiday you may celebrate at this time of year.  I am taking the month off from working on the website.  I am looking forward to the coming year and to updating this website with a lot of new pictures and information.  See you in 2006!</p> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Last week of November 2005</u> ...  I found a mistake on my "links" buttons on the bottom of the tunnel statistics pages.  They were linking to another portion of my website that we use for my local Christian band.  Minor mistake there -- corrected as of November 28th.  <br> <u><br> Month of November 2005</u> ...  following an email from an Internet user, I believe this will be the month I will be posting a new Laurel Hill Tunnel page, including the apparent usage of the old tunnel.  By combining the emails and pictures from three recent visitors, with someone knowledgeable in their hobby, I believe the usage of the old tunnel has been easy to establish.  The silence of a corporation added to the silence and dodging of the question by the P.T.C. only adds to the theory that I will be posting.  I am also currently obtaining permission to use e-mailed accounts and photographs of the recent bridge removals on the old turnpike right-of-way.<br> <br> FAQ page updated 11/16/05.</font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Month of October 2005</u> ...  I am taking a few weeks off from the website ... updates will resume in November.  I continue to be amazed and most thankful for all of the authors, historians, visitors to the abandoned turnpike areas, story tellers and photographers who have been sharing their stories and information with me for both this website and my personal curiosity.  <br> Thank you all very much!  </font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of October 4, 2005</u> ...  after a few weeks away, I have returned ... updates this month include:  </font></p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <ul> <li><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Clear Ridge Tunnel (Clear Ridge Cut) page has been added - they forgot to built it  :)</font></li> <li><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Minor updates have begun on pages that have been up since this website was started</font></li> <li><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Minor typos and factual updates are starting to be fixed</font></li> <li><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">The Laurel Hill Tunnel mystery has some more facts unfolding</font></li> <li><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Speculation on LHT usage is proving potentially accurate</font></li> <li><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Be sure to visit a new website that recently appeared:  <a href="http://www.Pike2Bike.org"> www.Pike2Bike.org</a></font></li> <li><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Please keep sending me your turnpike stories -- the page is growing -- thank you!</font></li> <li><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Hit/visitor counter is over 900 as of this week, website is just four months old</font></li> </ul> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of September 5, 2005</u> ...  I am on vacation for two weeks ... but not before posting the <a href="../rays_hill/Rays%20Hill%20Tunnel%20STATISTICS.htm" target="_blank">Ray's Hill Tunnel</a> and <a href="../sideling_hill/Sideling%20Hill%20Tunnel%20STATISTICS.htm" target="_blank">Sideling Hill Tunnel</a> statistics pages.  I will no doubt make modifications to them as time goes by.   The <a href="../Turnpike%20Stories.htm">Turnpike Stories</a> page is now posted.  If you have a story to tell about visiting any of the tunnels or exploring the old roadway, please email our site at:  <a href="mailto:<script language="JavaScript">var name = "turnpike-stories";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=../%22mailto:%27 + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Turnpike Stories" + '</a>');</script>"><script language="JavaScript">var name = "turnpike-stories";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=\"mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Turnpike Stories" + '</a>');</script></a>.  Also posted this week:  <a href="http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/laurelridge.aspx" target="_blank">Laurel Ridge</a> hiking trail (crosses over the tunnel and the bypass route).</font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of August 25, 2005</u> ...  Laurel Hill Statistics page has been updated.  More neat and useful information has been sent to me.  NOTE:  I have found it necessary to update the resolution on this website to 1024x768, so if your resolution is set lower (such as 800x600), the pages will look different and possibly unorganized.  I use FrontPage extensions on the server, so Microsoft Internet Explorer is your best bet for viewing the page although others, including Netscape, will work. </font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of August 17, 2005</u> ...  thanks to two very reliable sources, more information has been received about the Laurel Hill Tunnel.  See the "Recent Pictures" section under "Laurel Hill Tunnel" link.  You'll be surprised at how different the eastern portal looks today.  Thanks to another source, some additional facts about LHT have been updated and included on the statistics page.  Updates to the Sideling Hill pages, including statistics are in the works and will uploaded during the upcoming week.  My "Turnpike Stories" pages are in the works.  Hopefully they will be posted in the next week as well.  Thanks again to those who have recently added postings to the guest book, as well as the two visitors who have sent pictures and facts for Laurel Hill.  </font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of August 10, 2005</u> ...  the website hit counter has passed 500 visitors in two months -- pass the word!</font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of July 24, 2005</u> ...  <font color="#000000">Sideling Hill aerial photography page updated:  new annotations made on the pictures; Laurel Hill and Rays-Sideling bypass road maps posted; Cove Valley Service Plaza </font> and Pump Station Road aerial photos annotated; work continues on the statistics pages for each of the bypassed tunnels - major work remaining.  More information on Laurel Hill tunnel has been received - working on another update ... some mysteries solved.<font color="#FF00FF"><br> <br> </font> For sale:  <a href="http://www.sideling-hill.com">www.sideling-hill.com</a> domain name.  E-mail webmaster for details.</font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of July 17, 2005</u> ...  working on the "statistics" pages for each tunnel (I have a lot of research to complete before they'll be posted); more FAQs included, based on recent questions that have surfaced; the Turnpike "in print" page added, spotlights several books written about the Turnpike and it's history; links to a family's bike trip down the old roadway posted -- great pictures and website; guest book works correctly now; off-site links (WikiMedia) added for all of the tunnels related to the PA Turnpike (including current, remodeled, abandoned, never used or never built tunnels); I received some Laurel Hill Tunnel information this week from a reputable source -- cannot share the source or exact details -- it will shed some light into the <u>real</u> present and former uses of the tunnel; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette included a story this week regarding the SAC's plans for the future of the Superhighway/Pike 2 Bike trail (NOTE:  the S.A.C. person I contacted said they are reserving commentary on the Gazette story until after their next meeting); and finally ... <a href="http://www.sideling-hill.com">www.sideling-hill.com</a> points now to this website, as it would have been too expensive each month to maintain and fund both sites.  </font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of July 10, 2005</u> ...  Improved guest book; Sideling Hill picture page uploaded; Ray's Hill picture page uploaded; Laurel Hill picture page uploaded <i>(I need your help, pictures and links please!)</i> complete with explanations, rumors, theories and facts about what may or may not be happening at that location; links posted to the S.A.C.'s website and other Internet users' websites (permissions granted for use) -- thank you all for help; topographical maps posted -- more annotations coming; aerial photography of the tunnels, old roadways and local landmarks posted; compliments of the Weather Channel, current weather conditions for Breezewood, PA are now dynamically posted.</font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">My sister website:  <a href="http://www.sideling-hill.com">www.sideling-hill.com</a> is now off-line.  Redirectors will be added this week to point visitors to that site over to Ray's Hill.com.</font></p> <p><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2"><u>Week of July 3, 2005</u> ... Welcome to the new website!  The old website link still appears below if you'd like to see what it previously looked like.  This is my first-ever attempt at creating and using HTML frames and the programming associated with them.  Enjoy!  Updates will come probably once a week or as needed.</font></p> <hr> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=j;y=kansaswind1977;u=defurl"></script> <noscript> <center><table bgcolor=gray cellspacing=0 border=2 bordercolor=red> <tr><td><table cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align=center> <font face=arial size=-1>This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit <a href="http://ss.webring.com/navbar?f=l;y=kansaswind1977;u=defurl"> here</a>.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr> </table></center></noscript></script> <p>Part of this website is going to be dedicated to allowing visitors to the site to share their stories about visiting the abandoned PA Turnpike, including both abandoned sections, the tunnels (Laurel Hill, Ray's Hill and Sideling Hill), both recently and before they were open to public visits.  All submitted stories that are posted will have proper credit given to the author(s), as well as the ability to post stories anonymously.  </p> <p>Please <a href="mailto:<script language="JavaScript">var name = "turnpike-stories";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=../%22mailto:%27 + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Turnpike Stories" + '</a>');</script>" target="_top">click here</a> to share your stories with us!    </p> <p>Thank you much!   <font size="2"><a href="mailto:<script language="JavaScript">var name = "webmaster";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=../\%22mailto:%27 + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Webmaster" + '</a>');</script>abandonedturnpike.com"><script language="JavaScript">var name = "webmaster";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=\"mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Webmaster" + '</a>');</script>abandonedturnpike.com</a>.</font> </p> <hr> <p align="center"><b><font face="Myriad Web" color="#800000" size="3">Current weather conditions for the <br> abandoned turnpike, near Breezewood, PA:</font></b></p><center><script src='http://voap.weather.com/weather/oap/USPA0177?template=OTDRH&par=null&unit=0&key=491ab9f2738960ca0a5045e3287f7a21'></script> </noscript> <hr> <p><i><a href="//web_pages/NO%20FRAMES%20default.htm"><font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="2">Click here to view the old website (no frames used)</font></a></i></p> </script> <hr> <p> <font color="#FFFFFF"> </font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><b>Visitors to this website since <br> it went online on June 29, 2005:</b> </font> </font>  <br> <img src="http://www.supercounters.com/counter.php?id=115487" border="0" alt="free web counter">  </p> <hr> </center><h5 align="left"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="1"><font color="#000000">Webmaster:  Ray P.   </font><font color="#800000"> <a href="mailto:<script language="JavaScript">var name = "webmaster";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=../\%22mailto:%27 + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Webmaster" + '</a>');</script>abandonedturnpike.com"><script language="JavaScript">var name = "webmaster";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=\"mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("Webmaster" + '</a>');</script>abandonedturnpike.com</a>.</font><font color="#FFFFFF"> <br> </font><font color="#000000">Copyright © 2005.</font></font></h5> <h5 align="left"><font color="#000000" size="1" face="Trebuchet MS"> No portion of this website may be reproduced without prior permission.  </font></h5> <h5 align="left"><font color="#000000"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="1">No material used on this website shall appear here without proper credit and permission of the authors or photographers.  If you believe that any material presented here violates your ownership, please advise the webmaster of this site and it will be correctly annotated or removed at your request.  Photographs are property of their respective owners.</font><br> <br> <br> </font> <a href="../Permissions%20for%20Website%20Usage.htm"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2" color="#800000">Last updated:   08/09/2014 07:42:44 PM</font></a></h5> <p align="left"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">When web pages get updated and moved around, sometimes links posted on the site will become broken/dead links that lead nowhere or maybe to the wrong page.  Please report broken/dead links to:  <script language="JavaScript">var name = "broken-links";var domain = "abandonedturnpike.com";document.write('<a href=\"mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '\">');document.write("dead-links" + '</a>');</script>.  </font> </p> </body> <p> </p> </body>