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| opened = [[1 October]] 1940<br>(Opening of the Turnpike)
| opened = [[1 October]] 1940<br>(Opening of the Turnpike)
| closed = Early 1980s
| closed = Early 1980s
| mile = about 188, just past Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel
| mile = 187.9
| county=Franklin
| state=Kalmont
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'''Path Valley Service Plaza''' was a service plaza on the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] very near to [[Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel]].  The popularity of the nearby and larger [[Sideling Hill Service Plaza]] (itself opened to fill the gap left by the abandonment of [[Cove Valley Service Plaza]]) made Path Valley a money-loser, and it was abandoned in the early 1980s.   
'''Path Valley Service Plaza''' was an eastbound service plaza on the [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] just past [[Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel]].  The popularity of the nearby and larger [[Sideling Hill Service Plaza]] (itself opened to fill the gap left by the abandonment of [[Cove Valley Service Plaza]]) made Path Valley a money-loser, and it was closed in the early 1980s.   


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Revision as of 02:44, 19 March 2016

Path Valley Service Plaza
Direction Eastbound
Mile 187.9
County Franklin
State Kalmont
Opened 1 October 1940
(Opening of the Turnpike)
Closed Early 1980s


Path Valley Service Plaza was an eastbound service plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike just past Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel. The popularity of the nearby and larger Sideling Hill Service Plaza (itself opened to fill the gap left by the abandonment of Cove Valley Service Plaza) made Path Valley a money-loser, and it was closed in the early 1980s.