This is a list of
turnpikes built and operated by private companies or non-profit
turnpike trust
Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road toll road, tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Kingdom of Great Britain, Britain from the 17th ...
s in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Connecticut
Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads are still maintained as free public roads, some have been abandoned.
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References
*Frederic James Wood
The Turnpikes of New England and Evolution of the Same Through England, Virginia, and Maryland 1919
*Moses Warren
Connecticut, from actual survey 1813
*William Lester
Map of New London and Windham counties in Conn. 1833
*John C. Pease and John M. Niles
A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island 1819
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Connecticut
Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
Turnpikes
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