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The privately built Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road was the first important turnpike and the first long-distance broken-stone and gravel surface built in America according to formal plans and specifications.
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First important turnpike in America. Also the first long-distance stone and gravel road in the country. Chartered in 1792 and completed in 1795, it ran 62 miles from Philadelphia to Lancaster and gave travelers an easier way to reach the Northwest Territory. ... Elsewhere on the Web: The Lancaster Turnpike;
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‘The President, Managers, and Company of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road’was initiated in 1791 and chartered on April 9 1792 by the Governor of Pennsylvania under an Act of the Pennsylvania Legislature with the right to erect toll gates every seven miles.
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This was America's first private turnpike company and the 4th company of any type chartered in Pennsylvania (1792). Construction began in 1793 and the road was completed in 1796 and covered a total of 62 miles. Service began in 1794, on a partially completed road.
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Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia by the Lancaster Turnpike : including the section between Villa Nova and Paoli / made under the direction of A.D. Bache, eng'r in charge of the defenses of Philadelphia ;
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The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, first used in 1795, is the first long-distance, paved road built in the United States according to engineered plans and specifications.[2] It links Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia at 34th Street, stretching for sixty-two miles. ... It was the first turnpike of importance,
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Home > SmartBuys > Antiques > Scripophily > P > Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road 1795 with Vignette ... Beautifully engraved Certificate from the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road issued in 1795. This historic document was printed on parchment and has a vignette of a covered wagon approaching a turnstile.
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The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, first used in 1795, is the first long-distance, paved road built in the United States according to engineered plans and specifications. Pictures below depict the Turnpike today.
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Turnpike History; President George Washington publicly favored the establishment of roads to promote the westward expansion of our nation. In 1791, the legislature of the Pennsylvanian Commonwealth approved a state-wide transportation plan and a year later created the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company.
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