More roads in Pennsylvania will sport a 70-mile-per-hour speed limit.
Starting Tuesday, 396 additional miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and 400 additional miles of certain PennDOT highways will be converted to 70 mph; combine that with the 201 combined miles of turnpike and PennDOT roadways already at 70 mph since July 2014, motorists will see the higher speed limit on 997 miles of roadway throughout the state.
In Butler County, motorists who travel Interstate 79 between I-90 in Erie County to just north of the Route 228 interchange in Cranberry Township will enjoy the increase from 65 miles per hour to 70.
The decision was made after a lengthy study of speed and traffic data, as well as the physical characteristics of the road. Areas that did not qualify for the increase had crash histories, work zones, heavy or weaving traffic or other characteristics that made a higher limit less safe. All new signs should be installed by the end of the day Tuesday.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is also raising their speed limit to 70 miles per hour on about 90 percent of that road after experimenting with the increased speed on a stretch for the past two years.
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