The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission launched its new Super Plow Jan. 25 for the first major snowstorm of the season. (Photo: USA Today Network)
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission launched a new Super Plow over the Jan. 25 weekend in time for the first big storm of 2026 on the turnpike near Somerset.
This equipment is a 550-horsepower tri-drive truck with three rear axles. Combined, the front and wing plows can clear a 27-foot-wide path in one pass. That’s more than two lanes on the highway, Marissa Orbanek, press secretary for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, said in an email.
It is the only one of this new equipment the turnpike has, she said.
Turnpike officials plan to use the new Super Plow in plow trains during heavy storms, with another truck following behind to clear all lanes in one pass.
But even on its own, it can remove snow from more of the highway much faster than the current trucks.
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