turnpike
A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms.
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Major crash shuts down Florida’s Turnpike southbound at SR-50 in Winter Garden https://www.newsbeep.com/us-fl/260513/ A major crash has shut down all of the southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike in Winter Garden.Ac…
PA Capital-Star: PA Turnpike Plan To Cut An Open Gash In Allegheny Mountain To Bypass Tunnel Draws Opposition In Somerset County penncapital-star.com/transportati...
I-95 @ Exit 40 PA TURNPIKE 🕒 7:42 AM - 7:47 AM ET (12x speed) 🌡️ 67°F | Clear 📍: 40.124130,-74.888230
A #crash on the PA Turnpike / I-276 EB btwn Valley Forge & Norristown is blocking 2 right lanes with traffic getting by at about 45 mph. Drive time on the turnpike EB from the Mid-County interchange to I-95 is approac…
Good morning Stacie! My #EarWorm is “Nothing You Can Do” by The Turnpike Troubadours. youtu.be/_TkfKueRfnA?...
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A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms.
“"A low flying United Airlines plane crashed in a light pole and a moving bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday afternoon after making an attempt to land at Newark Airport." AP News”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid.
“Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield reopens after crash, downed powerlines #12OnYourSide”
— Bluesky· May 2026“United Airlines flight was traveling 160 mph when it struck a light pole and a truck on the NJ Turnpike… www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“WTF is happening in the US? A low flying United Airlines plane crashed in a light pole and a moving bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday afternoon after making an attempt to land at Newark Airport. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FHn...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Texas woman dies after Pa. Turnpike crash in New Stanton https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/texas-woman-dies-after-pa-turnpike-crash-in-new-stanton/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Flight UA169 hit a truck and light pole on the New Jersey turnpike while landing in Newark. Nice to know that United is already filling the void left by Spirit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Scotland) A winding stairway.
“Major crash shuts down Florida’s Turnpike southbound at SR-50 in Winter Garden https://www.newsbeep.com/us-fl/260513/ A major crash has shut down all of the southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike in Winter Garden.According to…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“PA Capital-Star: PA Turnpike Plan To Cut An Open Gash In Allegheny Mountain To Bypass Tunnel Draws Opposition In Somerset County penncapital-star.com/transportati...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I-95 @ Exit 40 PA TURNPIKE 🕒 7:42 AM - 7:47 AM ET (12x speed) 🌡️ 67°F | Clear 📍: 40.124130,-74.888230”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A #crash on the PA Turnpike / I-276 EB btwn Valley Forge & Norristown is blocking 2 right lanes with traffic getting by at about 45 mph. Drive time on the turnpike EB from the Mid-County interchange to I-95 is approaching 20 mins. NEXT TRAFFIC @cbsphiladelphia.bsky.social”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Good morning Stacie! My #EarWorm is “Nothing You Can Do” by The Turnpike Troubadours. youtu.be/_TkfKueRfnA?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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