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Diagram of a plank road A wood mat road in British Columbia, used for temporary access over soft ground. A plank road is a road composed of wooden planks or puncheon logs, as an efficient technology for traversing soft, marshy, or otherwise difficult ground.
NY 81 (Old Plank Road, King Hill-Earlton Road), Old Plank Road, Plank Road Yes [124] Evan's Mills and Oxbow Plank Road 1850-1852 17 miles (27 km) Evan's Mills - Oxbow: North Main Street, Elm Ridge Road, Ore Bed Road, Jefferson CR 23, Pulpit Rock Road Yes [37] Ellenville and Fallsburgh Plank Road 1850-1852 Ellenville - Woodbourne: NY 52: Yes
The plank road was built and opened in approximately 1852. [1] The road was originally known as the Panola and DeSoto Plank Road. [2] The distance covered was 22 miles (35 km). [3] There was a toll gate every eight miles (13 km). [4] The road passed by large plantations, colonial-style homes, and small farms. [4]
A plank road is a road composed of wooden planks or puncheon logs, which were commonly found in the Canadian province of Ontario as well as the Northeast and Midwest of the United States in the first half of the 19th century. They were often built by turnpike companies. The Plank Road Boom was an economic boom that happened in the United States.
The road passes to the north of the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The main road, Route 120, curves to the south to follow the eastern edge of the Sports Complex southward to NJ 3, but Paterson Plank Road continues eastward via an exit ramp. Shortly after crossing over the Western Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike it reaches the Hackensack River.
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The Newark Plank Road was a major artery between Hudson Waterfront at Paulus Hook (in today's Jersey City) and city of Newark further inland across the New Jersey Meadows.As its name suggests, a plank road was constructed of wooden planks laid side-to-side on a roadbed.
NY 32, Mohawk Street, Crescent Road, US 9 Plank Road, Saratoga CR 94, Old Route 146, Old Plank Road, Plank Road, Saratoga CR 109, Carlton Road, Main Street, Longkill Road, Eastline Road, NY 67: Yes [136] Berlin and Poestenkill Turnpike March 15, 1833, c. 65 [137] Berlin, Poestenkill: Plank Road Yes 1836: Authorized to extend west. Charter ...