Gateway Travel Plaza
Good Food & Friendly Service since 1941
Large & Clean Restrooms
There are large and clean restrooms here
24/7 Service
X is open 247. Y is open M-F 9-7. etc etc you get the point things are open
Travelcenters of America
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TA Road Squad
The TA road squad blah blah
Our Services
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- Fuel
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- Shopping
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Our History
The Gateway Inn was one of the first businesses to open shortly after cars and trucks first began traveling the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Carlisle and Irwin in 1941.
The restaurant and service station were originally owned and operated by Merle and Marion Snyder. During World War II, the "Gateway" as it was known, was a major stop-off point for many servicemen and women on the way to Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and states to the West.
The Snyders were known to have traded meals, gasoline and rest in the second-floor "bunkhouse" for Military Service Insignia Patches. The Snyders' service insignia collection is preserved and proudly on display today in the travel plaza. In 1956, the operation was taken over by Merle and Marion's nephew Frank Bittner and his wife Alice.
The Bittners have expanded The Gateway several times since, adding new services for travelers. while the recent expansion project has replaced the original structure, the Bittner family continues the Gateway tradition of good food and friendly service to this day.