Spooky Abandoned Town Road Trip Blairsville Cokeville Torrance State Hospital Pennsylvania

[anythingnew]

This video is nostalgic as shit. Reminds me of Final Fantasy 6's Phantom Forest and Phantom Train. This is actually my idea of an afterlife.

[jparker59able]

Looks like a great trail for riding a 4-wheeler...or horse.

[bobcatfootbal1]

isnt cokeville the old town that got washed out during the floods that happens every year near torrance?

[derail14]

reminds me of the haunted forrest in the wizard of oz, did you see any flying monkeys,, that area looks so creepy even in the daytime........

[magicbrainman]

Hello, thanks for your reply I understand. Please try the Esta Esta Italian restaurant in Monroeville (if it is still there I went a good while back) (seems to be on hwy 22) I had Chicken Marsala and it was the best I ever tasted. Also went long ago to Johnstown to see the town that is where the lake was and that will stir your imagination as is the sight of the broken dam. Later went through Pittsburgh to pick up an old radio.

[theqman1956]

@magicbrainman Esta Esta and Ralphs Army Surplus are the only remaining businesses from the original William Penn Hwy construction that occurred around 1950. Still there...their Staple? Green Goddess Dressing.

The old man finally died a few years ago.

[magicbrainman]

With all best regards, not enough voice information in the video. For example you could have said "I'm entering from the east from blank street from blank road etc." We don't know how to go back and retrace your route but thanks for showing us!

[theqman1956]

@magicbrainman It was the very first video I ever shot...if you look at later ones I think I got pretty good at the voice over!

[milanomaker]

Thank you for your videos, I really enjoy them. I have alot of relatives in Western Pa. My Aunts would take all of the neices & nephews for a ride to Torrance, for strange fun. My Grandfather worked in the mines, out of Brenizer, Pa.

[milanomaker]

Thank you for your videos, I really enjoy them. I have alot of relatives in Western Pa. 

[Movickrox]

Any ghosts over dare?

[1SmileDude1]

I see a stairs at 1:59 (left).

[theqman1956]

@1SmileDude1 YEs those are houses they removed from the flood plain...it was a complete town

[ConservativeRev]

That looks like a glorified deer trail, obviously hasn't seen people for a long time.

[spillsygirl]

I enjoy videos like this. I grew up in Leechburg, PA and my brother and my mom and I used to go on car trips to places like Livermore, PA and Torrence State Mental Hospital just for fun. Now I live in AZ, and this is a nice virtual trip down memory lane. Thanks!

[gunoverheating]

how about you do the same but at night

[blowme42069]

Where exactly is this road located? I've never seen it.

[lorraineas70]

LOL you sure you wanna drive that fast through there? roflmao

[jeff1969z]

Great vid!! That would be something to drive on this abandoned road at night. It would be creepy!!

[BMHEIR]

i live in greensburg and im all fascinated by torrance and livermore and have big plans with them, film makin, movies, and photoshoots and i didnt know about this road, pretty neat, i wanna explore it, itd b awesome for the shoots!

[MeLee63]

Thanks so much for Upload

[MeLee63]

That would be Creepy at night

[HattieLovesCattie]

I was in Pa. last month but only in Philly and drove to Hershey and Bethlehem.I'd be afraid to drive on this coz you could get a flat tire and you're at the end of a dead end road no one drives on.

[Kaufman34]

Long all im gonna say

[wiltwallaby]

It would be good if there was some spooky abandoned cars there as well.

[VampyrGod]

lol me and my friends use to play paintball near there sometimes.

[heyCannibal]

does this street have a name? im trying to find the best and most discreet way to get into torrance. any help would be appreciated!

[herrenmarvin]

Dude you drive like my brother. He wreckes a rental car or sinks one in a snow drift every time we are in PA. Must be that good mountain air.

[GLINA126]

cool vid! haha watch out for cops there, they might be clocking people for speed :P (I know I read that it appears your were going fast and u weren't)

again nice video!

[Darkena00]

lol, cokeville... wait the drink?

XP

[AnaPaulinacom]

That's a road? It looks like a bike path.

[theqman1956]

That's what 60 years of not driving on it will do to it, plus flooding occasionally

[AnaPaulinacom]

You have a valid point.

[Bllackguard666]

@theqman1956 Yah, at about 2:40 you can see some of the medium line...some yellow paint left over. I have seen how nature can reclaim the earth very fast, in many sites I shot. (Camera shot, that is, lol). 

[HattieLovesCattie]

@AnaPaulinacom Roads in the old days were much narrower than now.I love the video.

[dog070]

u got bawls to go driving out there alone

[pasirCepat]

did you have to drive that fast? whats the rush bro?

[theqman1956]

First Video I ever filmed (just trying out the new camera), and at the time did not know I was going to upload to Youtube.  Now my most popular video! I was driving slower than it appears

[HattieLovesCattie]

@theqman1956 This is a neat video.I'd be worried about getting a flat tire and being stuck back in those woods.

[arlichar11]

this  is cool.....and spooky road !

[ninfan1989]

holy cow u drive fast

[theqman1956]

I think it was an optical illusion. Obviously it was narrow and full of obstacles!

[ninfan1989]

man and my girlfriend absolutely love your videos, we are both in westmoreland county and next summer we plan to take a train ride out to latrobe and back just to get a feel for what its like being on a train, keep doing what your doing

[theqman1956]

Take the Pennsylvanian From Greensburg--leaves around 9AM I think--go to Altoona and around the horseshoe curve--hang out a while go tot he train museum, eat at Tom and Joes Diner at 13th st, get back on the train and you are back by 7PM! All for about $15 each way!

[ninfan1989]

man now that u mention it i just might do that, id much rather enjoy a near 2 hour trip on a train than 10 minutes

[HattieLovesCattie]

I'd worry more about having a flat tire there as its in the middle of nowhere.I see Johnstown and Pittsburgh when I googled this area.

[deroo552]

u get fines for going back there :(

[charlize56]

i wont drive there no way!!!!!!!

[Okan195]

coke ville

[dmc081]

wow is good to see stuff like this on video

[greenidlady53]

my spelling is so bad, my dads name was Donald L Marsh and grandfather was Daniel L. Marsh. Dad was born in Cokeville and I know they lived in Blairsville for quite some time

[greenidlady53]

I was wondering if anybody had info on my family hte lived inCokevile for a while before moving to Balirsville. My grand fathers name was daniel L. Marsh and my dads name was Doonald L. Marsh

[UngodlyForces]

Is it haunted or just abandoned ? It must be scary driving there at night. Imagine getting stranded on that road in the dead of night. OY VEY !!!!

[constance2401]

straight to an abandoned bridge.......uuhhh now what?

[boblesim]

dude that road looks like one from one of those horror movies when thers a guy and his sweetheart traveling down the road and then they get car troubles and go on a hike to find a sevice station and then a murderer comes along and tries 2 kill you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[4431prw]

bet ya that ur car has been the only can on in in years.

[starpopcorn2]

haha

[bab7705]

I have always wondered about two letters that I have, stamped Cokeville, Pa. 1887. They are from a Minnie Louise to a Miss Dollie Hotham of Allegheny Pa. They speak of the up coming 4th of July festivities. Papa Graham asks that she bring another box of beer, & pay for it since he only has a twenty dollar gold piece on him. Question is, are there any old homes standing in the abandoned town or stree signs, buildings, ect.? I live in Illinois & never seen the place outside these three videos.

[humanexcrement123]

driving...driving...driving...­driving...a bridge

[HattieLovesCattie]

This video is interesting.I was watching CNN recently and there was a small town in some midwestern state that may move to higher ground due to the floods this year and 15 some years ago.I can't remember what state tho.I remember seeing a very small town in Wisc off a river that flooded over 100 years ago and the small town was moved a mile to higher ground too.

[officertapbody]

ah cokeville where the soda coke was invented!

[murf69]

that would be hell fun on a motorbike

[JunkyardGlory]

My, PENNDOT's getting negligent, huh? ;)

Thanks for posting.

[deerejohn1953]

I live at the top of the hill from old Cokeville Road (on Pizza Barn Road Ext) and have traveled on it many times. Believe it or not, that road is made of concrete (probably built over 80 years ago) and has hardly any potholes in it...despite the fact is under water several times per year!!! My house was one of the few that was moved from old Cokeville up the hill back in the early 50s! I'd LOVE to see pics of the town from back in its heyday.

[poorringo]

Cokeville was on the opposite side of the river. You are going on the old highway across the bridge to Cokeville. This area is very famous because an Indian burial groud and village was found nearby at Johnson farm. The video is great, but you'd have to cross that old non existence bridge.

[danfoulk]

Hmm. I'll have to take my old Jeep down there sometime.

[BarryManilowFan4eva]

Didn't look like ya could fit a car through there.

[theqman1956]

You have to do it in the Winter before the trees and the spring high water come out! and in a Small Car!

[barbieave92]

Where exactly can you get onto this road from? I've wanted to take my kids there for awhile but need to know where access to this area is. If you could let me know that would be great. Thanks!

[theqman1956]

Two ways--Rt 217 going toward Derry, turn at the restaurant--the road is blocked off so you have to walk or bike in.

How I was able to do this was turn at the road past Torrence Rd (Pizza shop) travel to the bottom of the hill where the bridge is, turn right, go all the way to the end, and turn around--thats how I filmed it!

[theqman1956]

Thanks for the insight--look at my other video about the cokeville bridge piers--I was thinking they may have been a train bridge, then raised and widened for car traffic--your comment seems to confirm this--appreciate any railroad insights!!

[microbusss]

looks like your driving on a railroad bed maybe? or was it a road?

[theqman1956]

it is the old road that became the flood plain. The water was down so I was able to do this. they raised the roads and bridges--I am filming the other side of the river and will post later...

[theqman1956]

Irwin Area--I am into beehive coke ovens and old bridges and bridge abutments...this was a great find by accident so I filmed it.

[HazardousRaptor]

Have you been to Torrance itself? Awesome place! Is there anything of interest in the woods on the road?

[HazardousRaptor]

Very nice. I love exploring abondoned places around here. You live around Blairsville?

[theqman1956]

I live about 20 miles west in Irwin PA, but my job takes me all over western pa