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This is a list of turnpike roads, built and operated by nonprofit turnpike trusts or private companies in exchange for the privilege of collecting a toll, in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads are now maintained as free public roads, some have been abandoned.
U.S. Highway 83 (US 83), dedicated as the Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway, is a U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Texas that begins at US 77 (Interstate 69E, I-69E) in Brownsville and follows the Rio Grande to Laredo, then heads north through Abilene to the Oklahoma state line north of Perryton, the seat of Ochiltree County.
has a lot of turnpike stuff, almost none of which has been added below (some general info is on the talk page). . ca. 1898 map, probably showing turnpikes as they were in the Civil War . 1859 list; also see p. 502. law index. 1848 map of the state including turnpikes and state roads built/in progress: no turnpikes incorporated in 1847-48 are on the map, except as thin straight lines, but some ...
Electronic toll tags or pay-by-mail (cash not accepted) Grimes: Todd Mission: 43.62: 70.20: FM 1774: Northbound terminus of toll road and start of two-lane freeway; last free southbound exit before start of toll road [40] [45] 45.08: 72.55: SH 249 Toll ends SH 249 begins: Northern terminus of SH 249 Toll; Aggie Expressway continues as SH 249 ...
In Virginia, unincorporated towns are essentially unincorporated communities without a formal political structure. They may also be called villages. Virginia does not officially recognize villages or unincorporated towns or communities as units of political subdivision of the state, unlike counties, independent cities, and incorporated towns.
There are approximately 25 current toll roads in the state of Texas. [1] Toll roads are more common in Texas than in many other U.S. states, since the relatively low revenues from the state's gasoline tax limits highway planners' means to fund the construction and operation of highways. [2]
The toll road's extension southwest beyond SR 288 in Chesterfield County was constructed by VDOT and opened in November 1988. Electronic toll collection began on the Powhite Parkway in 1999 when the Smart Tag system began operating at the highway's toll plazas. The freeway became E-ZPass accessible when Smart Tag was absorbed into the E-ZPass ...
This is a complete list of towns in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. An incorporated town in Virginia is the equivalent of a city in most other states, i.e. a municipality which is part of a county. Incorporated cities in Virginia are independent jurisdictions and separate from any county.