Pennsylvania Statutes Title 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges § 654.1. Definitions

(a) The word “Commission” shall mean the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, created by the act, approved the twenty-first day of May, 1937 (Pamphlet Laws 774). 1

(b) The word “Turnpike” shall mean the turnpike heretofore constructed under the provisions of said act, approved the twenty-first day of May, 1937 (Pamphlet Laws 774).

(c) The term “Eastern Extension” shall mean the turnpike authorized to be constructed and financed under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Philadelphia Extension Act, approved the sixteenth day of May, 1940 (Pamphlet Laws 949),  2 as amended.

(d) The term “Western Extension” shall mean the turnpike authorized to be constructed and financed under the provisions of the Western Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension Act, approved the eleventh day of June, 1941 (Pamphlet Laws 101),  3 as amended.

(e) The word “project” shall mean either the Turnpike or the Eastern Extension or the Western Extension.

(f) The word “cost” as applied to the Eastern Extension shall have the same meaning as the term “cost of the turnpike” as defined in said act, approved the sixteenth day of May, 1940, and as applied to the Western Extension shall have the same meaning as the term “cost of the turnpike,” as defined in said act, approved the eleventh day of June, 1941.