Ohio & PA Turnpikes
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05-28-2008, 11:45
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Ohio & PA Turnpikes
Thanks for the info Dan.
R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Carr" wrote: > > You are correct in that the Ohio turnpike weight limit per axle is > 21,000. Each entrance onto the turnpike has a scale built into the > approach to the tollbooth so they do check it. I got rejected once > when I had forgotten to air up my tag axle. > > I-80 is turnpike (fees) with weight limits from Indiana to Youngstown, > OH where it crosses I-76. I-76 becomes the turnpike(fees) into > Pennsylvania and remains turnpike the rest of the way across to > Philadelphia. PA uses scales for trucks only so no weight problems there. > At Youngstown, OH, I-80 becomes a freeway across PA and all the way > into New York City. It is wider than a lot of I-76 in PA which was > originally built before the Interstate road system was established. > They are working on widening I-76 which also causes lots of > construction areas. > > Coming west we usually run on I-70 across Indiana into Ohio, take I-71 > at Columbus up to I-76 and continue across eastern OH on I-76 to I-80. > With my underpowered PT40, these are flat enough that we can run with > traffic most everywhere. There is a little congestion where I-76 runs > through Akron OH, but not bad unless you hit it from 7:30-8:30 in the > AM or 3:30-5:30 in the PM. Then it takes an extra 20 minutes to get > through. > > We live in the Youngstown area so use these roads a lot. Hope this > helps although if you are coming from the northern Indiana area, there > aren't a lot of options to I-80. > > Dan Carr > 82PT40 6V92 > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "ronmarabito2002" > > > > > Shane: That's good to know, but from what I understand, the axle > > limit is 21000 # on the Turnpike and I am at 21775. Actually, I only > |
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Ohio & PA Turnpikes - Don Bradner - 05-28-2008, 07:35
Ohio & PA Turnpikes - ronmarabito2002 - 05-28-2008 11:45
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