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In article <2ohcmq$t8v@news2.aero.org>,
Miriam Nadel <nadel@attatash.aero.org> wrote:
>In article <1994Apr13.162801.11279@ccc.amdahl.com>,
>Carol C. Kankelborg <csc80@cd.amdahl.com> wrote:
>>
>>Turnpike - toll highway in Pennsylvania, Ohio too, I think.
>
>Historically, a turnpike refers to a toll road.  It's true in many places,
>but the highway 36 in Colorado is the Denver-Boulder Turnpike and is a non-toll
>limited access highway.  And, in New York, a turnpike is usually not even
>limited access, e.g. the Hempstead Turnpike, Union Turnpike, Jericho Turnpike,
>etc. are just major roads but have lights and intersections and all.

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Many of the eastern "free" roads with "turnpike" in their names were, a
long time ago, private toll roads. The word "turnpike" derives from the
pole, or pike" which was used to bar the road until the toll was paid
by the traveler; the pike was then turned parallel with the road to
allow passage.

In the early 19th century there were quite a few toll roads in the
East.

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