Historic maintenance shed could endanger road project

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | July 25, 2004 | Associated Press

[Willie Green]

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation maintenance shed will be considered for recognition as a historic place, an honor that would make it harder for PennDOT to widen a busy highway in suburban Philadelphia.

The one-story brown brick garage, one of 67 county facilities built in 1936 as part of Gov. Gifford Pinchot's campaign to pave 20,000 miles of rural roads, will be the subject of a $10,000 study to determine if it belongs on the National Register of Historic Places. PennDOT will fund the study, which was ordered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

The maintenance facility - home to more than 100 workers who care for 776 miles of state roads - stands beside Route 202, which PennDOT is planning to widen starting in 2008. Ten feet would have to be removed from the building's 35-foot-deep lawn, but that change could be prohibited if the building is certified as historical.

[Willie Green]

Considering the condition of Pennsylvania's roads,
I doubt this building was used for much other than a weekly PennDOT poker game.

[Willie Green]

ping

[FormerACLUmember]

Considering the condition of Pennsylvania's roads, I doubt this building was used for much other than a weekly PennDOT poker game.

FUNNY!....and true.

Grandma's got a historic outhouse near the road. Will that be an excuse not to widen the road as well?

[martin_fierro]

A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation maintenance shed will be considered for recognition as a historic place

"Historic" because someone associated with it actually performed some work. Once. <|:/~

People in Kalifornia complain about the state of their roads. I tell them they haven't seen anything 'til they've driven through western Pee-Yay.

[Tribune7]

LOLOLOLOL

[Tribune7]

PennDOT regional chief Andrew Warren called the issue "a public relations nightmare."
"There has to be a point where common sense can coexist with historical preservation," he said.

Where is the real Andrew Warren and who is this person whom they have replaced him with?

[Temple Owl]

Drivers of Pennsylvania unite! Blow the friggin thing up.

[Fresh Wind]

A $10,000 study? Where do I sign up?

[mountaineer]

"Historic" because someone associated with it actually performed some work. Once.

Wishful thinking on your part.

[Guillermo]

Why does it cost $10,000 to determine if it's "historic?"

And some say we live in a free country...lol. Morons.

[martin_fierro]

"George Washington Slept Here"

[Willie Green]

I don't know why they wanta call that thing "historic".
Hell, it's not even old enough to have a Mail Pouch tobacco sign painted on it.

[martin_fierro]

Well, to be fair, that's A PennDot maintenance shed, not THE shed in question.

[VeniVidiVici]

I'm all for preserving truly historic places, but a building built in the 20th century by the govt and used as a maintenence shed doesn't seem to qualify.

[ApplegateRanch]

But they sure have enough money to paint big dots in the road, and erect signs to tell you to keep two of them between your vehicle & the one you're following: "Caution! Maintain at least 2 dots between vehicles!".

And to erect innumerable large signs, "Fasten your seat belt for the next million miles!"

And, instead of doing something useful, erect signs, "Caution! Regressive Driver Area!"

ONE visit to PA's roads was enough; there isn't enough shoo-fly pie in Lancaster County to ever lure me back.

Besides, I have a good recipe, now.

BTW did I mention that the above mentioned signs, and others similar seem to not leave any room or money to erect useful, informative signs...like which way & how far to the next town?

Also, the only state I've driven in that designates Interstate exits as "Old Exit #...," still using the destination from pre-standardization, umpteen years ago.

[ApplegateRanch]

Damn spell-checker!

Regressive = "aggressive"

But one may also argue that aggressive drivers ARE 'regressive'!

[Kay Ludlow]

Where'd you get that picture? Wasn't that from the hiking day on the future I99 near State College?

[martin_fierro]

See #13.