Cyclists ride through the Sideling Hill Tunnel Thursday. State and federal agencies recently authorized funds to pay for construction of a 10-foot wide asphalt-like trail on one of the old lanes ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Abandoned places are usually off-limits ... This 13-mile stretch of the turnpike in Bedford and Fulton counties, which includes three tunnels and a travel plaza was ...

The now-abandoned Sideling Hill tunnel was the longest in the state at 1.28 miles, but that tunnel closed when that portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was bypassed and realigned in 1968.

These last three tunnels, along with a large travel plaza, encompassed 13 miles of the turnpike that was bypassed, and is known today as the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike. The bypass was ...