in 1990, plans were made to build an interchange at pa 903 in carbon county. a bill authorizing construction of this interchange was signed into law by governor casey in july of that year. plans for this interchange were cancelled by the turnpike commission in 1995. in 2006, plans for an interchange at pa 903 were resurrected, with the proposed interchange to be all-electronic, in that it will only accept e-zpass. construction on the $23 million interchange began in the middle of 2008. the interchange opened to traffic on june 30, 2015.