19th-century turnpikes in Rhode Island
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The following turnpikes were chartered and built in Rhode Island:
- West Glocester Turnpike 1794
- Providence and Norwich Turnpike 1794
- Rhode Island and Connecticut Turnpike 1803
- Glocester Turnpike 1804
- Providence and Douglass Turnpike 1805
- Rhode Island Turnpike 1805
- Loisquisset Turnpike 1806
- Providence and Pawtucket Turnpike 1807
- Farnum and Providence Turnpike 1808
- Woonasquatucket Turnpike 1810
- Powder Mill Turnpike 1810
- Natick Turnpike 1812
- Valley Falls Turnpike 1813
- Foster and Scituate Turnpike 1813
- Foster and Scituate Central Turnpike 1813
- Coventry and Cranston Turnpike
- Providence and Pawcatuck Turnpike 1816
- Hopkinton and Richmond Turnpike 1820
- Smithfield Turnpike 1823
- Pawtuxet Turnpike 1825
- Mineral Spring Turnpike 1825
- Pawtucket and Providence East Turnpike 1825
- Fall River and Watupper Turnpike 1827 (became within Massachusetts after a border change in 1861)
- Stone Bridge and Fall River Turnpike 1838
Current turnpikes
[edit]There is only one turnpike in Rhode Island currently:
References
[edit]- Frederic J. Wood (1997) [1919]. The Turnpikes of New England [abridged]. Branch Line Press. ISBN 0-942147-05-7.
- Jason Tiner (2001). "Rhode Island Turnpike Era: 1794–1830". History 364 Student Projects, Fall 2001. Bryant University. Archived from the original on 30 July 2003. Retrieved 20 December 2009.