Pennsylvania
Ghost Ramps
(William Lawson, December
2003)
Just
north of Pittsburgh International Airport, near where the Southern Expressway
(PA 60) ties into the Beaver Valley Expressway, there are two graded ghost
stubs for currently unbuilt connections on the ramps that connect PA 60
and Business PA 60. An aerial image of these two stubs can be seen
here.
(William Lawson, December
2003)
(William Lawson, 1998)
(Denny Pine, 2003)
This is what would have been the continuation
of the Beaver Valley Expressway Bypass of Greater Pittsburgh Int'l Airport.
By 2003, the pavement had been torn up and overgrown leaving little trace
of what might have been.
(Ed & Shari
Szuba, 2003)
There are ghost stubs at the current
Northern Terminus of PA TPK 43 in Large. Traffic is funneled onto
the ramps of Exit 54 (PA 51). If the Mon-Fayette Expressway is completed
these stubs will eventually carry the highway to Pittsburgh and Monroeville.
(William Lawson, 1999)
This is the ghost ramp at Exit 25 on
I-79. This ramp was to connect with Thorn Hill Drive. Thorn Hill Drive
is across US 19 and the PA TPK. Thorn Hill Drive is part of the Thorn Hill
Industrial Park. The ramp that was built connects to US 19 North south
of US 19's interchange with the PA Turnpike. Thanks to Eric Joseph for
the information.
(William Lawson, 1998)
In front of the trees in the center distance,
was the location of the ramps built specifically for the Boy Scout National
Jamboree in the 1970's. Located at Moraine St. Park. There is still some
concrete left from these ramps. Fortunately, the grading is very evident.
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Lost Highway ---Alex Nitzman. This site has photos of many abandoned
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Ghost
Ramp on Bigelow Blvd @ I-579 ---SWPA Roads Project
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