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Lol always a picture of Breezewood, wich is odd because it doesn't really represent suburban development in any way whatsoever, it's a turnpike town with 178 residents. It was literally built to support the interchange and highway.
And if they actually finished the I-70 interchange (which will never happen), the town would cease to exist. Although I will say, it looked a whole lot worse in the 80’s, the last time I was there before 2022.
The worst part about Breezewood was the tolls to get there. Coming from the west, it’s like $50 from the Ohio border now for a 3 hour drive. To get 4 hours across the Ohio turnpike, it’s roughly $10-$12 in a car. And the road quality in Ohio is vastly superior. Privatization vs a state run toll road, at its finest.
I used to drive it in a semi regularly no idea what my company was paying, must have cost a small fortune over the years but really the only good way to get into southern Ohio from Harrisburg or Allentown.
The cost goes up exponentially when you start adding axles.
It does look like literally every new construction highway offramp commercial strip in the country, though.