The Road of Tomorrow - Pennsylvania Turnpike - 1940s film by Esso Oil

Your Esso Reporter Presents: The ROAD of TOMORROW
Shows planning and construction of Pennsylvania Turnpike.
00:01:01:10 CU newspaper headline “Pennsylvania Turnpike Open”
00:01:55:19 1940s cars and trucks on Lincoln Highway between Harrisburg and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
00:03:03:17 Three engineers look at blueprints for the Pennsylvania Turnpike; aerial-like shot over miniature model of the turnpike; VS construction of Pennsylvania turnpike.
00:04:51:07 CU man pushes down lever connected to dynamite fuse box; huge explosion; construction shovels digging, trucks moving dirt; VS construction of turnpike; VS workers digging underground tunnel; paving the turnpike.
Credits
"An Esso News Picture."

[@JeffDeWitt]

They built that in FOUR YEARS?!? These days for a project like that after four years the court battles and approvals wouldn't even be finished. That's NOT progress.
There is a section of the Turnpike near Breezewood that was abandoned in the 60's when the two tunnels were bypassed. It's a fascinating place to visit and it's shocking how narrow and close together the sides of the highway are compared to modern ones. (the tunnels are also REALLY dark!). There is a fascinating video from 1953 of driving though the tunnels on the Turnpike. th-cam.com/video/OOP_QoizcWc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=LWA94BFJwrafpHYJ

[@Insertgenericusernamehere809]

I mean they weren't wrong lol