Turnpike

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Turnpike often refers to:

• A type of gate, another word for a turnstile
• In the United States, a toll road

Turnpike may also refer to:

Roads

United Kingdom

• A turnpike road, a principal road maintained by a turnpike trust, a body with powers to collect road tolls in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries
• Turnpike Lane, Haringey, a street in Haringey, North London, England

United States

• Connecticut Turnpike, a former toll road in Connecticut, United States It was opened to the public free of charge in 1985.
• Delaware Turnpike, a toll road in Delaware, United States
• Florida's Turnpike, a toll road in Florida, United States
• Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike, a toll road in Florida, United States (part of Florida's Turnpike)
• Indiana Toll Road, a toll road in Indiana, United States (often called "the Indiana Turnpike")
• Kansas Turnpike, a toll road in Kansas, United States
• Kentucky Turnpike, a former toll road in Kentucky, United States
• Maine Turnpike, a toll road in Maine, United States
• Massachusetts Turnpike, a toll road in Massachusetts, United States
• Turnpikes in New Hampshire, United States
  • Everett Turnpike, a toll road in central New Hampshire (built prior to the inception of the Interstate Highway System)
  • Blue Star Turnpike (also known as the New Hampshire Turnpike), a toll road entirely located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Its entire route is concurrent with the NH portion of Interstate 95.
  • Spaulding Turnpike, a toll road in eastern New Hampshire
• New Jersey Turnpike, a toll road in New Jersey, United States
• Ohio Turnpike, a toll road in Ohio, United States
• Turnpikes of Oklahoma, a turnpike system in Oklahoma, United States
• Pennsylvania Turnpike, a toll road in Pennsylvania, United States
• President George Bush Turnpike, a toll road in Texas, United States
• West Virginia Turnpike, a toll road in West Virginia, United States

Places

• Turnpike Stadium, the former name of Arlington Stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States
• Turnpike Esker, name of a Mi'kmaw portage trail in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Other uses

• Turnpike (ride), a former amusement ride at Kennywood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
• Turnpike (software), an Internet software suite for Microsoft Windows
• Turnpike stair, the common name of a spiral staircase in Scottish architecture
• Turnpike theory, an economic theory deriving from the concept of the toll road being the fastest route between two points
• Turnpike Troubadours, a country band from Oklahoma, United States
• Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, a flagship model for the Mercury automotive division

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This page was last edited on 1 October 2023, at 17:35