Pa has some really big Mtns, so back when folks really needed work, the US Gov't paid folks to build tunnels.....worked out well....FDR was a brilliant man for his time...(got lots of improvements needed to be done, got a lot of unemployed folks? Ah ha! Problem solved!)
Violante de Rojas , yes and people where put to work on important infrastructure projects and that’s why this country is what it is today, I believed it was called the WPA.
grovermatic , I’m a conservative and my mother who was a old school democrat told me all about how they did work under the program to put walls in the river where I live in Jersey under the works program and how it helped give people work and at the same time helped the country, the problem today is people don’t like to compromise, where as I was taught to put our country first !
Your videos are so varied and informative. You seem so carefree and unhurried. There is no interesting place that is too far for you to share with us, your UA-cam family. I’m so happy you suddenly popped up on my screen several weeks ago. I have something to look forward to each day while living in solitary confinement.
There’s not many UA-camrs who can go from cleaning culverts, feeding their pet leech by allowing it to feed off of them, railfanning, and exploring abandoned tunnels all while keeping the interest of most of the audience. Pretty impressive.
Thanks for taking us with you on this little road trip. I am pretty much permanently confined to my home so videos like this is about the only way I see new sights. Beautiful countryside.
You can't beat coming into Pittsburgh via the Ft. Pitt Tunnel. Well, except for the part where traffic moves through it about 10 mph for several hours a day. The tunnel is awesome...the Parkway is a giant pain in the ass.
These remind me of tunnels in Atlanta and a few where I live. "GPS Signal Lost" gave me a heart attack. I remember traveling to North Georgia for a family trip to a park but ended up in someone's house... It was terrifying. 😅 From now on, I always download the route or remember road names. Upper East Coast seems like a nice place to just take a scenic drive. 😊🧡
Missouri is also nice, it's like a roller coaster with the hills almost, but it's not too bad, in some places (like where i live) it's full of old buildings, farmers, and other things, in other places, it's a big, wonderful city
Post 10, 👍🏼 boy those tunnels bring back memories of when I did my Secaucus to Columbus, Ohio runs ! I really enjoy watching you travel the northeast, it brings back sights and sounds of the roads, I loved running at night and listening to “Coast to Coast AM” especially when George had guests talking about UFO’s or supernatural stuff like “Bigfoot” ! Keep up the good work !
For what it's worth?, thank you!! Appreciate your content!!, especially this video. I'm a truck driver!, every time I go through the Eisenhower Tunnel (I-70 Colorado), it feels like the first time!!, every time!!!👍😎😎
When I was a little girl, my mother always let my sisters and I sing at the top of our lungs with the windows open when we drove through tunnels. This really takes me back.
These tunnels are almost identical to the tunnel that crosses between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. That tunnel crosses a river, a opposed to hills or mountains. I am still stunned seeing mountains when I travel. So attractive and grand to see in person.
Once upon a time, there were several more tunnels along the Turnpike Mainline....7 in all, I think. I grew up just outside Pittsburgh, and my family would vacation every summer in Wildwood, NJ. When I was a kid, going through the tunnels was the highlight of our drive out to the Jersey Shore. I think there are 4 left in use now. Three are farther east, and one (Allegheny Mountain) is in the Laurel Highlands. Nowadays, I like to ride out to Shawnee State Park on a free day, and I'll go through it.
My buddies and I just walked through the abandoned rays hill tunnel friday. It was awesome! we tried for the sideling hill tunnel too but it was too far for us to walk
Cool stuff, man! You're in my territory! I'm glad you enjoy your history. You should check out the abandoned stretch of the turnpike by Breezewood if you're around again.
Heroes Tunnel, formally known as the West Rock Tunnel on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Connecticut was once part of my almost daily commute. Damn I loved driving that highway!
Reminds me of driving to vacation in my home country of Austria. We have a lot of these tunnels sometimes stretching for multiple kilometers going through the alps.
You mean "Curve, Pa." don't you? I make it up there a couple times a summer. Stop at the Portage Railroad and Horseshoe Curve in the morning and early afternoon, throw a few games at Holiday Bowl, and then go watch the Curve. Always a nice day.
Great video of the tunnels in my home state. Been through them a zillion times. Here's a minor correction for you: please note that it's Tuscarora, not Tuscarola. Thanks for posting!
Very interesting to see older tunnels like that. Most of the newer tunnels here in Australia have a lot more safety features like emergency lighting, exit signs, sprinklers and monitored by cctv. A crash and fire can be fatal not just to the crashed vehicles, but every other motorist in the tunnel.
There are emergency exits with exit signs on the inner walls of the first three tunnels. The existing lighting is considered emergency lighting if it has a backup power source, which it most likely does.
Whenever I drive to my home town in Connecticut about the time I hit Pennsylvania it's 8pm, so after driving for 13 hours the lights in the tunnel helps me to wake up lol
I really like the lighted arrows on the floors of the lanes in the first tunnel! Didn't you know you're supposed to lift your feet and hold your breath through a tunnel? Lol ... Nice little side trip at the end of my day and I didn't have to do the driving? 👍😍
as kids we'd see who could hold their breath for the duration of the tunnels.. kittatiny and blue mtn were the hardest because you barely had time to catch your breath before the next began
I love running the tunnels on the PA Turnpike. I've been through Rays Hill and Sideling Hill tunnels. That makes me an antique. Please correct your text to read "Tursarora Tunnel".
I'm an antique as well. I've been through the Laurel Hill Tunnel. Not only that, I remember when they were just single tubes, with one lane of traffic in each direction.
Yeah so imagine an even patcher tiled tunnel and have tiles also on the ceiling with many missing. That’s the Lehighton tunnel easily different from the tunnels you went through because one is circular and one is square
Allegheny Tunnel (furthest west, not in this video) is the longest, and has the steepest approach. Blue Mountain tunnel (easternmost, third tunnel in this video) goes under the same mountain as the Lehigh Tunnel on the Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476) over a hundred miles away. The mountain is a long diagonal, while the turnpike highways go (more-or-less) due east/west, then due north/south.
Hey, greetings from Germany. You're doing a great job with all the drains, you're cleaning. (watched a lot of your videos) But please be careful. I guess, some of the plants you pull out are looking like ambrosia, a dangerous one. I can of course be wrong, but please be careful. Hope to see lot more vids of you.
Non american here, just wondering: how common are tunnels like these, with "no overtake" continuous white lines in the middle around the country? Is it just cause these are old?
I don't need to travel to the U.S. to see it. I just watch post 10 and I'm there. Saves on a big airfare and avoids the current issues with international travel. Also...I don't need a visa. Woohoo.
Who knew that watching you drive through tunnels would be so fascinating :-) Keep safe :-)
These tunnels always told me we had actually made progress on our lllllooooonnnngg trips. I find them calming
I'm from the Pittsburgh area, and we'd go on vacation at Wildwood every summer. The tunnels were the high points of the trip out.
Pa has some really big Mtns, so back when folks really needed work, the US Gov't paid folks to build tunnels.....worked out well....FDR was a brilliant man for his time...(got lots of improvements needed to be done, got a lot of unemployed folks? Ah ha! Problem solved!)
Violante de Rojas , yes and people where put to work on important infrastructure projects and that’s why this country is what it is today, I believed it was called the WPA.
I feel like any similar proposals today would get instantly shot down as being socialism.
grovermatic , I’m a conservative and my mother who was a old school democrat told me all about how they did work under the program to put walls in the river where I live in Jersey under the works program and how it helped give people work and at the same time helped the country, the problem today is people don’t like to compromise, where as I was taught to put our country first !
Yeah there’s a decent amount of evidence that FDR’s new deal wasn’t as good as it seems. He was also towing the line of becoming power hungry.
Regardless of politics It seems like infrastructure projects could put some people back to work.
I always watch the lights as we pass under the tunnels 😂
Camper Matt lol same
Yh it seems satisfying when I watch them in my opinion
Your videos are so varied and informative. You seem so carefree and unhurried. There is no interesting place that is too far for you to share with us, your UA-cam family. I’m so happy you suddenly popped up on my screen several weeks ago. I have something to look forward to each day while living in solitary confinement.
There’s not many UA-camrs who can go from cleaning culverts, feeding their pet leech by allowing it to feed off of them, railfanning, and exploring abandoned tunnels all while keeping the interest of most of the audience. Pretty impressive.
I used to love traveling through tunnels like that when on family trips as a kid.
Thanks for taking us with you on this little road trip. I am pretty much permanently confined to my home so videos like this is about the only way I see new sights. Beautiful countryside.
Tunnels are just people culverts. :-)
:D
Underrated comment!
R/technicallythetruth
grovermatic yeah!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 the exact truth!!!
Tunnel entrance into Pittsburgh is the absolute best city entrance ever
You can't beat coming into Pittsburgh via the Ft. Pitt Tunnel. Well, except for the part where traffic moves through it about 10 mph for several hours a day. The tunnel is awesome...the Parkway is a giant pain in the ass.
You are the king of obscure video topics
Thanks you for writing the lengths in meters. Love from Sweden!
These remind me of tunnels in Atlanta and a few where I live. "GPS Signal Lost" gave me a heart attack. I remember traveling to North Georgia for a family trip to a park but ended up in someone's house... It was terrifying. 😅 From now on, I always download the route or remember road names. Upper East Coast seems like a nice place to just take a scenic drive. 😊🧡
Missouri is also nice, it's like a roller coaster with the hills almost, but it's not too bad, in some places (like where i live) it's full of old buildings, farmers, and other things, in other places, it's a big, wonderful city
Damn even more content..... this mans stays posting
hence the name: *post 10* 😆
Marty 😂
Post 10, 👍🏼 boy those tunnels bring back memories of when I did my Secaucus to Columbus, Ohio runs ! I really enjoy watching you travel the northeast, it brings back sights and sounds of the roads, I loved running at night and listening to “Coast to Coast AM” especially when George had guests talking about UFO’s or supernatural stuff like “Bigfoot” ! Keep up the good work !
Thank for sharing. I remember as a child we held our breath till we cleared the tunnel.
Wild child 😅
We do that while going under the George Wallace tunnel!
Yep same here!
You get some really awesome pics..The view is amazing
I love watching your videos. Always waiting for them!!!!
Post 10 out there everyday grinding out more content. With almost 200k subs he's got a great following and no 8-5 job either. I like his style! 🚲
Beautiful mountains. 💚💚
Fantastic video!!!!! Thanks. Really enjoyed it!!
What a beautiful erea i love the hills that you see other side of the tunnel.
As always thanks for taking us with you.
Something so relaxing about tunnels too me 😊
That was fun! Thanks for the history too!
I just dove thru those to visit my Dad 3 weeks ago :))) Awesome area! 👍🙃
Thanks for this video ♥ I just love tunnels, especially tunnels built in the 19th century. But 20th century tunnels are awesome too!
I love tunnels, too, especially tunnels that have lights in them and they are never dark. That's why I am a tunnel nut.
For what it's worth?, thank you!! Appreciate your content!!, especially this video. I'm a truck driver!, every time I go through the Eisenhower Tunnel (I-70 Colorado), it feels like the first time!!, every time!!!👍😎😎
@William anderson No need to subscribe to me!🐻 I'm NOT somebody special!!✌️✌️👍
When I was a little girl, my mother always let my sisters and I sing at the top of our lungs with the windows open when we drove through tunnels. This really takes me back.
I used to love going through tunnels as a kid
Thank you for sharing this, I take this trip to my sister's house.
Thanks for the trip Post i have never been on the turnpike.
I miss Pennsylvania... this was fun to watch
These tunnels are almost identical to the tunnel that crosses between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. That tunnel crosses a river, a opposed to hills or mountains. I am still stunned seeing mountains when I travel. So attractive and grand to see in person.
Once upon a time, there were several more tunnels along the Turnpike Mainline....7 in all, I think. I grew up just outside Pittsburgh, and my family would vacation every summer in Wildwood, NJ. When I was a kid, going through the tunnels was the highlight of our drive out to the Jersey Shore.
I think there are 4 left in use now. Three are farther east, and one (Allegheny Mountain) is in the Laurel Highlands. Nowadays, I like to ride out to Shawnee State Park on a free day, and I'll go through it.
My buddies and I just walked through the abandoned rays hill tunnel friday. It was awesome! we tried for the sideling hill tunnel too but it was too far for us to walk
Great video! Did you happen to check out the abandoned tunnel near Breezewood?
Gosh this video makes me miss beautiful Pennsylvania. 🥺
Cool stuff, man! You're in my territory! I'm glad you enjoy your history. You should check out the abandoned stretch of the turnpike by Breezewood if you're around again.
and in this moment, we are infinite
Heroes Tunnel, formally known as the West Rock Tunnel on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Connecticut was once part of my almost daily commute. Damn I loved driving that highway!
I never thought about the lighting in tunnels and I live in PA and have been through a few.
Reminds me of driving to vacation in my home country of Austria. We have a lot of these tunnels sometimes stretching for multiple kilometers going through the alps.
Being from Austria, you could paraphrase Crocadile Dundee....."Now THAT's a tunnel."
Really hope you come visit Altoona, Pa! Awesome railroad museum and history, and some pretty terrible drains and roads lol. Definitely up your alley!
You mean "Curve, Pa." don't you? I make it up there a couple times a summer. Stop at the Portage Railroad and Horseshoe Curve in the morning and early afternoon, throw a few games at Holiday Bowl, and then go watch the Curve. Always a nice day.
Cool!!
You’re voice has changed so much! I’m so amazed lol
Those arrows in the road surface are a brilliant idea. We don't have those here in the UK.
Great video of the tunnels in my home state. Been through them a zillion times. Here's a minor correction for you: please note that it's Tuscarora, not Tuscarola. Thanks for posting!
Cool video, thanks. :)
im weirdly obsessed with tunnels like this so happy i got here.
Very interesting to see older tunnels like that. Most of the newer tunnels here in Australia have a lot more safety features like emergency lighting, exit signs, sprinklers and monitored by cctv. A crash and fire can be fatal not just to the crashed vehicles, but every other motorist in the tunnel.
There are emergency exits with exit signs on the inner walls of the first three tunnels. The existing lighting is considered emergency lighting if it has a backup power source, which it most likely does.
Imagine how bright the tunnels would be if they were cleaned!
great video it felt like i was really in the car with you. very immersive dialogue
I wish you would have done the Lehigh Tunnel that's the only tunnel I ever really go through
I LOVE THE VIDEO
Hi another banger of a video
i remembered your voice from the road unclogging videos!!
That's not a good sign when water is dripping from the roof of the tunnel!
Car Culverts are awesome.
Do you ever plan to offer prints of the gorgeous photos you put up at the end of some of the videos?
Nothing passes your eye! 😎
Right, He really calls out the details 👁️🛣️🌄
#Boss
You cool Post, you wicked cool.
In those tunnels is that all individual subway tiles ?
Love from the U.K. Don't know how i got here though.
"ROAD TRIP, ROAD TRIP, YAHHHHHH"😂🤣😎👍
I go through these tunnels once a year when I travel 😎
Whenever I drive to my home town in Connecticut about the time I hit Pennsylvania it's 8pm, so after driving for 13 hours the lights in the tunnel helps me to wake up lol
Tuscarola Mountain tunnel: 87 seconds, 41.7 mph.
Kittatinny Mountain tunnel: 58 seconds, 55.5 mph.
Blue Mountain tunnel: 53 seconds, 55.8 mph.
Heroes tunnel: 15 seconds, 54.5 mph.
It’s like a huge culvert for traffic instead of water LOL xD
I really like the lighted arrows on the floors of the lanes in the first tunnel! Didn't you know you're supposed to lift your feet and hold your breath through a tunnel? Lol ... Nice little side trip at the end of my day and I didn't have to do the driving? 👍😍
as kids we'd see who could hold their breath for the duration of the tunnels.. kittatiny and blue mtn were the hardest because you barely had time to catch your breath before the next began
I love running the tunnels on the PA Turnpike. I've been through Rays Hill and Sideling Hill tunnels. That makes me an antique.
Please correct your text to read "Tursarora Tunnel".
I'm an antique as well. I've been through the Laurel Hill Tunnel. Not only that, I remember when they were just single tubes, with one lane of traffic in each direction.
How steep are the inclines on the turnpike? Is it a gradual incline up into the mountains or a big steep climb up the mountains?
I don’t know why, but tunnels like these give me anxiety.
Have you gone through the Lehigh?
the last tunnel you went through i believe is off exit 64 on the whilber cross in New haven.
That last tunnel is the one on the Parkway, between Woodbridge/New Haven and Hamden, under West Rock. Exit 59/60 area.
Hi post! Whats the name of your leech!
Both directions in one tunnel, just like in the old days of the PA turnpike...
I assume you like tunnels. Tunnel like structures like drains, culvert, etc
I remember Seattle tunnels does do that
ive seen so many accidents on the other side of the heroes tunnel cuz of the merrits interchanges lol
CT represent!
Yeah so imagine an even patcher tiled tunnel and have tiles also on the ceiling with many missing. That’s the Lehighton tunnel easily different from the tunnels you went through because one is circular and one is square
Allegheny Tunnel (furthest west, not in this video) is the longest, and has the steepest approach. Blue Mountain tunnel (easternmost, third tunnel in this video) goes under the same mountain as the Lehigh Tunnel on the Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476) over a hundred miles away. The mountain is a long diagonal, while the turnpike highways go (more-or-less) due east/west, then due north/south.
Nice, Post! :)
Do these tunnels have the air ducts like the old tunnel you explored (and rode your bike in)?
yes they do
Old original was probably that nice one time
Hey, greetings from Germany.
You're doing a great job with all the drains, you're cleaning. (watched a lot of your videos) But please be careful. I guess, some of the plants you pull out are looking like ambrosia, a dangerous one. I can of course be wrong, but please be careful.
Hope to see lot more vids of you.
over under on the 76ers game?
Non american here, just wondering: how common are tunnels like these, with "no overtake" continuous white lines in the middle around the country? Is it just cause these are old?
In most cases lane changes are not allowed in tunnels around the U.S.
@@nopegaming2117 Thanks
I don't need to travel to the U.S. to see it. I just watch post 10 and I'm there. Saves on a big airfare and avoids the current issues with international travel. Also...I don't need a visa. Woohoo.
How is fancy pigeon, he is my icon
Has anyone ever mentioned you sound exactly like NuggetNoggin?
Tuscarora btw.
Not a single thing to say about our Connecticut tunnels .
Brutal.
Doesn't want to get taxed... lmao
Hit'n da Road w/Post 10
Next time you go westbound thru the Tuscarora Tunnel, look up at the name of the tunnel. The " S " in Tuscarora is upside down.
Still?
Post10... traveling down a long tunnel... heading towards a bright light... 🤔
DON’T DO IT!! STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHT!!! 😱
These tunnels are pretty long
The tunnels give West Virginia tunnels a run for its money.
cool yt when this road was built, 1940. "CONSTRUCTION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE 77994MD"