Travel Advisory

Limited Access to Sideling Hill Service Plaza Oct. 2
Four-hour closure of eastbound ramps needed for barrier replacement.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is alerting motorists traveling the PA Turnpike Oct. 2, that the eastbound entrance and exit ramps to the Sideling Hill Service Plaza in Fulton County, located at milepost 172.4, will be closed starting at 12:01 a.m. until 4 a.m.

Eastbound traffic will not be permitted to enter or exit the service plaza after midnight due to workers replacing the median barriers on the ramps. Crews need full use of the ramps to safely conduct this work.

Westbound traffic entering and exiting the service plaza will not be affected during this four-hour period.

Customers inside Sideling Hill Service Plaza will be notified that they will need to leave the plaza by 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 1 if they want to travel eastbound or they will need to remain at the plaza until 4 a.m.

Message boards will also be in place along the Turnpike to alert drivers of this closure.

To report an accident or other emergency on the PA Turnpike, dial *11 via a mobile phone. To learn more about PA Turnpike conditions or to contact us, use one of these resources:

ON THE PA TURNPIKE

·        Variable & Digital Message Signs — nearly 100 signs along the Turnpike

·        Highway Advisory Radio — 1640 AM (tune-in near interchanges)

BY PHONE

·        Turnpike Roadway Information Program (toll-free) — 866-976-TRIP (8747)

·        Customer Assistance Center (toll-free) — 800-331-3414 (weekdays, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

ON THE WEB

·      TRIPTalk — free, travel-alert smartphone app; download at https://www.paturnpike.com/travel/trip_talk.aspx

·      Travel Conditions Map — live, interactive conditions map; view at https://www.paturnpike.com/webmap

·       Waze — a crowd-sourced navigation app that provides real-time traffic conditions with input from other drivers; download at https://www.waze.com.