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• n  (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
• n  an expressway on which tolls are collected

• Further, the trooper (whose name happened to be Peter Freelove) led the convoy to the nearest turnpike exit, where each driver was obliged to pay a $10 fine plus $5 costs.
• In Boston, where turnpike use declined by 600,000 cars in May, officials are pleading with public-transit passengers to travel at nonpeak times.
• Even before its formal opening, the Ohio Turnpike held records.

• toll road

News & Articles

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• Car hits turnpike building near Interstate 176 tollbooths
  A pregnant woman was injured this morning when her vehicle crashed into a Pennsylvania Turnpike building next to the tollbooths at the Morgantown interchange, officials said.
  June 12, 2013 - Reading Eagle
• Turnpike wrecks prompt safety moves
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Parkways Authority is taking steps to improve safety on the West Virginia Turnpike following several accidents."Were in the busy season of travel, and its very congested," Greg Barr, general manager o...
  June 10, 2013 - Charleston Daily Mail
• Maine Turnpike paving planned near exit 42 Sunday evening
  Maine Turnpike crews are planning to continue night-time pavement upgrades at the Exit 42 interchange in Scarborough, weather permitting.
  June 9, 2013 - Kennebec Journal

Quotes

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• Ed Rendell in Citizens Voice
  We urgently need new funding for road and bridge repair, and a turnpike lease will help us meet that need,said Rendell, announcing the end of a two-month bidding process. "Under the terms and conditions we set, the turnpike will be...
• Mitt Romney in USA Today
  People should not have to drive through the turnpike tunnels with their fingers crossed,Romney said.
• Richard Wagner in Swampscott Reporter
  I think it's inconsistent that the administration might propose electronic tolling at the same that they're taking down tolls on the western Turnpike,said House Transportation Committee chairman Rep. Joseph Wagner.