Tolls on the PA Turnpike keep increasing and the road keeps getting worse. Hate that road.
In 1985 Truckers were calling it the Rebar Express. I hated taking loads up north especially headed for New Jersey and points north. The higher the toll the worse the road.
One of the reasons why the tolls are so high on the Turnpike is that they're in the midst of a 10-12 year project to completely rebuild the roadway from end to end. This isn't just a resurfacing project -- it's a complete demolition of the original concrete roadway and the construction of new subgrade, base and concrete slab. It's the first time this is being done since the road opened in 1940. That's an amazing indication of the durability of the original road.
The price tag for this project is at least $2 billion. That's a lot of money for a highway project.