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Pennsylvania

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William Penn, after whose father Admiral Sir William Penn the state of Pennsylvania is named, was an Oxford-educated, distance running, no-nonsense Englishman who risked his life of privilege upon converting to Quakerism, and who was in fact expelled from Oxford and imprisoned in the Tower of London for his religious beliefs. When, in 1681, the king of England granted Penn the 45,000 square miles that would become Pennsylvania, it made Penn the largest private landowner in the world. Penn’s “Frames of Government” contained many democratic principles that later inspired the framers of the United States Constitution.

The Quaker State’s GSP is 6th in America at $531 billion. The twin engines of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh power the state’s manufacturing industries, with Merck supplying the most manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania. Fortune 500 companies including U.S. Steel, PPG Industries, and H.J. Heinz call Pittsburgh home. The state’s agricultural output includes Christmas trees, nursery and sod, milk, grapes, horses, and the #1 mushroom crop in America. The Philadelphia Zoo, a must-see during any visit to the city, was the first in the nation.

Incidents


Fatal Truck Accidents: 213 per year
Non-Fatal Truck Accidents: 4,156 per year
Accident Locales: 72%(Rural), 27%(Urban)
Carrier Fact: 32% of Pennsylvania’s truck accidents involve carriers whose principle place of business is not Pennsylvania.

In 71% of Pennsylvania’s truck accidents, weather conditions were NOT a factor.

Roads

Interstate 70:  Spanning America from Utah to Baltimore, I-70 travels 2,175 miles including 175 miles in the state of Pennsylvania where it intersects with I-79 in Washington and I-76 in New Stanton.

Interstate 76:  The eastern I-76 (there is another I-76 in the western U.S.) spends 358 miles in Pennsylvania where it intersects I-79 near Pittsburgh, I-83 in Harrisburg and I-95 in Philadelphia as well as several smaller cities along its way.

Interstate 78:  This 144-mile route with an eastern terminus in Jersey City, New Jersey and a western one in Bordnersville, Pennsylvania spends 78 miles in Pennsylvania where it connects Allentown and Newark among others.

Interstate 79:  I-79’s 187 Pennsylvania miles are a major link to Buffalo, New York and the Canadian border.

Interstate 80:  Among its 2,909 miles spanning San Francisco to New Jersey, 314 of I-80 are in Pennsylvania. It intersects at I-79 in Pardoe and passes through Scranton and Williamsport along its way.

Interstate 81:  A north/south route from Tennessee to the Canadian border, I-81 spends 234 of its 824 miles in Pennsylvania where it passes through or near Carlisle, Harrisburg, Bordnersville, St Johns and Scranton.

Interstate 83:  48 of I-83’s total 85 miles are contained within Pennsylvania including the city of Harrisburg, its northern terminus.

Interstate 84:  From Sturbridge, Massachusetts to Scranton, Pennsylvania, I-84 runs 243 miles and spends 55 of those in Pennsylvania.

Interstate 90:  On its 3,100-mile journey from Seattle to Boston, I-90 spends 47 miles in Pennsylvania including the city of Erie.

Interstate 95:  Running from Florida to Maine, I-95 spends 58 of its nearly 2,000 miles in Pennsylvania connecting with I-76 in Philadelphia.

Interstate 99:  Contained entirely within the state of Pennsylvania, I-99 runs 58 miles from to Bald Eagle.

Counties


Adams – Allegheny – Armstrong – Beaver – Bedford – Berks – Blair - Bradford – Bucks – Butler – Cambria – Cameron – Carbon – Centre - Chester – Clarion – Clearfield – Clinton – Columbia – Crawford – Cumberland - Dauphin – Delaware – Elk – Erie – Fayette – Forest – Franklin – Fulton - Greene – Huntingdon – Indiana – Jefferson – Juniata – Lackawanna – Lancaster - Lawrence – Lebanon – Lehigh – Luzerne – Lycoming – McKean – Mercer – Mifflin - Monroe – Montgomery – Montour – Northampton – Northumberland - Perry – Philadelphia – Pike – Potter – Schuylkill – Snyder – Somerset – Sullivan - Susquehanna – Tioga – Union – Venango – Warren – Washington – Wayne - Westmoreland – Wyoming – Wycopa -- York