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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.
Columbia Turnpike may refer to: Columbia Turnpike (Connecticut), now mainly Route 66; Columbia Turnpike (New York) Columbia Turnpike (Washington), now Bladensburg ...
The road was managed by the Columbia Turnpike Company and later came to be known as Columbia Pike. [4] In 1835, Columbia Pike surrendered its Montgomery and Anne Arundel (Howard) county roads and bridges to the State of Maryland. [5] The Washington, Colesville and Ashton Turnpike Company was established in 1870 in Maryland.
Rensselaer and Columbia Turnpike: April 1, 1799, c. 73 [6] 28 miles (45 km) Rensselaer, Nassau, Lebanon Springs: US 20: Yes Founded as the Albany and Columbia Turnpike, April 5, 1798 (c. 94) to go from the state line at Lebanon Springs to Albany; it charter was repealed in the act that created this turnpike. Eastern Turnpike: April 1, 1799, c ...
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Staunton Turnpike to Point Pleasant, WV (1847-48 ch. 198), West Columbia, WV to California, WV (1849-50 ch. 148) Glade Creek and Cloverdale Turnpike (not in either 1859 list) Virginia and Tennessee Railroad to Big Lick and Fincastle Turnpike (1852)
The turnpike stopped being a toll road in 1857. [13] A similar turnpike east of the Hudson River, connecting Rensselaer to the Massachusetts state line was also established in 1799 as the Rensselaer and Columbia Turnpike. [14] This turnpike remained in operation as late as 1896, [15] but it eventually folded around the turn of the 20th century ...
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