19th century turnpikes in Rhode Island
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Toll road
A toll road is a privately or publicly built road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels. Non-toll roads are financed using other sources of revenue, most typically fuel tax or general tax funds...
were chartered and built in Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
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- West Glocester Turnpike 1794
- Providence and Norwich Turnpike 1794
- Rhode Island and Connecticut Turnpike 1803
- Glocester Turnpike 1804
- Providence and Douglass Turnpike 1805
- Rhode Island Turnpike 1805
- Loisquisset Turnpike 1806
- Providence and Pawtucket Turnpike 1807
- Farnum and Providence Turnpike 1808
- Woonasquatucket Turnpike 1810
- Powder Mill Turnpike 1810
- Natick Turnpike 1812
- Valley Falls Turnpike 1813
- Foster and Scituate Turnpike 1813
- Foster and Scituate Central Turnpike 1813
- Coventry and Cranston Turnpike
- Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike 1816
- Hopkinton and Richmond Turnpike 1820
- Smithfield Turnpike 1823
- Pawtuxet Turnpike 1825
- Mineral Spring Turnpike 1825
- Pawtucket and Providence East Turnpike 1825
- Fall River and Watupper Turnpike 1827 (became within MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
after a border change in 1861) - Stone Bridge and Fall River Turnpike 1838