(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

The Fourth of July is mostly known as a driving holiday, but many drivers across the northeast United States, including hundreds in Western Pennsylvania, spent yesterday fueling up.

Following the late Monday announcement that participating Sheetz locations were setting the prices of all gasoline to $1.77 and 6 tenths of a cent in honor of the Independence Day holiday, many of its locations throughout Beaver and neighboring counties caused traffic jams and long lines on Tuesday. Some lines extended into active traffic, where cars were forced to move around the eager consumers.

The patriotic price dip was nearly two full dollars less than the latest averages reported by AAA East Central, including an average of $3.72 in Beaver County.