Breezewood, Pennsylvania
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Breezewood is a settlement in Bedford County in south-central Pennsylvania, known mainly as the location of a gap in Interstate 70 that is not built to Interstate standards.
The settlement is not incorporated under Pennsylvania law and is treated as a portion of East Providence Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Although it is not being tracked by the Census Bureau, the settlement has been assigned the ZIP code of 15533.
I-70 uses a surface road (part of US 30) with at-grade intersections between the freeway heading south to Hancock, Maryland, and the ramp to I-76, the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Local businesses, including many traveler services like fast food restaurants, gas stations and motels, have lobbied to keep the gap and not directly connect I-70 to the Turnpike, fearing a loss of business. This short stretch is one of only two locations in the U.S. where there is a traffic light on a two-digit Interstate Highway.
There are other places, like Breezewood, where drivers must use non-Interstate standard surface streets to travel between two freeways. In roadgeek circles, these phenomena are referred to as "breezewoods." [1]
[edit] See also
- List of gaps on Interstate Highways
- Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike - The turnpike's present Breezewood exit is the western end of this former turnpike alignment.
[edit] External links
- Why Does The Interstate System Include Toll Facilities? — includes a section on the history of the present situation at Breezewood.
- BreezewoodHotels.com, features information and booking for Breezewood and Bedford area hotels
- Photos of Eastbound I-70 at Breezewood, including traffic lights — [2] [3] from [4]
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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