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  2. Plank road - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Paterson Plank Road - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Hackensack Plank Road - Wikipedia

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    The Hackensack Plank Road, also known as Bergen Turnpike, was a major artery which connected the cities of Hoboken and Hackensack, New Jersey. Like its cousin routes, the Newark Plank Road and Paterson Plank Road , it travelled over Bergen Hill and across the Hackensack Meadows from the Hudson River waterfront to the city for which it was named.

  5. Larrys Creek - Wikipedia

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    A spur of the plank road along Larrys Creek into Anthony Township was also built, but it is not known how far it extended. [65] (Landis claims it may have run nearly as far north as the covered bridge in Cogan House Township). [66] The plank road was a toll road run by "The Larrys Creek Plank Road Company", a corporation founded May 8, 1850. It ...

  6. Category:Plank road - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Plank road" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Historic roads and trails - Wikipedia

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    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.

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  9. List of plank roads in New York - Wikipedia

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    The first plank road in the United States was the Syracuse-Central Square road. A 16.5 mile road built for $23,000 out of eight foot wide, four inch thick hemlock planks, the Syracuse-Central road was a massive success.