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A tollbooth (or toll booth) is an enclosure placed along a toll road that is used for the purpose of collecting a toll from passing traffic. A structure consisting of several tollbooths placed next to each other is called a toll plaza , tollgate , or toll station .
By 1956, most limited-access highways in the eastern United States were toll roads. In that year, the federal Interstate Highway System was established, funding non-toll roads with 90% federal dollars and 10% state match, giving little incentive for states to expand their turnpike systems. Funding rules initially restricted collections of tolls ...
The 12-lane New Jersey Turnpike in the U.S. is the most heavily traveled toll road in the world, carrying hundreds of thousands of automobiles daily.. A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.
A toll road in the United States, especially near the east coast, is often called a turnpike. The term turnpike originated from the turnstile or gate which blocked passage until the fare was paid at a toll house (or toll booth in current terminology).
The history of turnpikes and canals in the United States began with work attempted and accomplished in the original thirteen colonies, predicated on European technology. After gaining independence, the United States grew westward, crossing the Appalachian Mountains with the admission of new states and then doubling in size with the Louisiana ...
This was the first toll road in Texas history, officially called the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike — although for years, the Star-Telegram referred to it as, ahem, the Fort Worth-Dallas Turnpike.
Many tollhouses were built by turnpike trusts in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Those built in the early 19th century often had a distinctive bay front to give the pikeman a clear view of the road and to provide a display area for the tollboard. [ 1 ]
Mar. 14—By GREG JORDAN. Bluefield Daily Telegraph. GHENT — A fiery crash at a turnpike tollbooth in Raleigh County resulted in three confirmed deaths, a trooper with the West Virginia State ...