Metal Township
Metal Township is best known in Pennsylvania for the Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The township lies beside Tuscarora Mountain, one of the long Appalachian ridges that shape this part of Franklin County. Interstate 76 passes beneath the ridge through the tunnel, maintaining the Turnpike’s east–west route across terrain otherwise defined by wooded slopes, narrow valleys and scattered farmland. Opened in 1940, the Pennsylvania Turnpike was a pioneering long-distance limited-access road, and its mountain tunnels remain among the most distinctive engineering features on the route. Metal Township is sparsely settled, with the highway forming a major transport corridor through a largely rural setting.
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Tuscarora Mountain defines the setting of Metal Township — forested ridges and enclosed valleys shape this sparsely settled part of Pennsylvania’s Ridge and Valley country. Cowans Gap State Park, within Tuscarora State Forest, is a local centre for hiking, camping and time beside Cowans Gap Lake. The township’s distinctive name recalls iron ore deposits that once drew attention to this corner of Franklin County. Its roads link woodland, farms and small communities rather than urban centres, giving the area a markedly rural character. Browse additional webcams from Franklin County and the Tuscarora Mountains to extend your view of south-central Pennsylvania.
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