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  • Travel agent Debbie Macchia , who works at the turnpike's bustling intersection with Franklin Avenue, said she often hears the screech of tires from a vehicle braking at the last minute or the crunch of cars in a fender-bender.

    Pedestrian Unfriendly Andrew Grossman 2011

  • In Boston, an 8.5% decline in vehicles on the Massachusetts Turnpike helped spur the turnpike's director to cut overtime for toll takers.

    Commutes Speed Up as Fewer Drive 2009

  • Drivers complain about the turnpike's potholes, insufficient shoulder room, and continual construction.

    Leasing of Landmark Turnpike 2008

  • Many drivers apparently saw it as an American autobahn; the turnpike's wide, gently sloping lanes encouraged speed, and the road opened without a speed limit.

    Leasing of Landmark Turnpike 2008

  • Then he drove by the turnpike's piece de resistance, its cause célèbre if you will — an enormous industrial power plant between exits 12 and 13 that closely resembled the futuristic nightmare world in the beginning of the Terminator movies.

    Drop Shot Coben, Harlan, 1962- 1996

  • Inside his gates I have no claim, but outside, the turnpike's free, and J.B. Haggin can't run over me.

    Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures George W. Bain

  • The Florida Turnpike is also designated as Florida State Route 91, and the turnpike's website nicknames the highway "The Less Stressway."

    CNN.com 2011

  • The Turnpike Commission approved the toll hike, which will increase the turnpike's revenue by about 3 percent, or $23 million.

    The Goalkeeper 2011

  • The Florida Turnpike is also designated as Florida State Route 91, and the turnpike's website nicknames the highway "The Less Stressway."

    CNN.com 2011

  • KDKA-TV says "the tanker, carrying 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of driveway sealant, got on the turnpike at the New Castle exit" in the early evening, headed southeast and didn't stop until it got to a service plaza near Oakmont, Pa. - a distance of about 40 miles according to the turnpike's website.

    News 2011

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