Turnpike
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A turnpike is a type of gate frame, another word for a turnstile. It has evolved to refer to any single-admission gate for a road-vehicle. The etymology of the term is unclear, although its first recorded use in England dates from the fifteenth century.[1]
Roads
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom turnpike was also known simply as a bar, and several place-names derive from this use such as Potters Bar and Leeming Bar.
- A turnpike trust, a body set up by an act of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal highways in Great Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries
- Turnpike Lane, Haringey, a street in Haringey, North London, England
United States
In the United States the term turnpike is synonymous with the thoroughfare beyond the gate, i.e. the toll road itself.
- Connecticut Turnpike, a former toll road in Connecticut, United States
- 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)
- Chicago Skyway, a toll road in Illinois, United States
- 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
- New Hampshire Turnpike, a toll road in New Hampshire, United States
- New Jersey Turnpike, a toll road in New Jersey, United States
- New York State Thruway, a toll road in New York, 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
- 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 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
- Turnpike (ride), a former amusement ride at Kennywood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
- Turnpike (software), an Internet software suite for Microsoft Windows
- Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, a flagship model for the Mercury automotive division
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