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Definition of Turnpikes

Turnpike
Turnpike Turn"pike`, n. [Turn + pike.] 1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1. I move upon my axle like a turnpike. --B. Jonson. 2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate. 3. A turnpike road. --De Foe. 4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [R.] Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike. Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.
Turnpike
Turnpike Turn"pike`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turnpiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Turnpiking.] To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. --Knowles.

Meaning of Turnpikes from wikipedia

- a toll road in M****achusetts, United States Turnpikes in New Hampshire, United States Everett Turnpike, a toll road in central New Hampshire (built prior...
- Rosevear, Alan (September 2010). "Table of English Turnpikes". turnpikes.org.uk. "Table of turnpike trusts in Ireland". University of Southampton Library...
- Turnpike System, the unofficial joint designation for the Kansas Turnpike, the Turnpikes of Oklahoma, and the Toll roads in Texas, as toll collection systems...
- has an extensive turnpike system, maintained by the state government through the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. All of Oklahoma's turnpikes are controlled-access...
- or covered up with Tulsans Against Turnpikes signs, and survey markers were relocated. Tulsans Against Turnpikes publicly condemned the vandalism, offering...
- three other turnpikes, which would become the Kilpatrick Turnpike in Oklahoma City, the Cr**** Turnpike in Tulsa, and the Cherokee Turnpike, which byp****ed...
- Bureau of Turnpikes. Along with I-95 between the M****achusetts state border and the Portsmouth Circle (Blue Star Turnpike), the two turnpikes are collectively...
- The following turnpikes were chartered and built in Rhode Island: West Glocester Turnpike 1794 Providence and Norwich Turnpike 1794 Rhode Island and Connecticut...
- Will Rogers Turnpikes". The Oklahoman. Retrieved December 25, 2020. "Oklahoma Highway Patrol". Retrieved April 5, 2008. "Oklahoma Turnpikes". Highwayhost...
- p. 45. "43-Mile Extension To Link Turnpikes". The New York Times. March 14, 1952. p. 25. "Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension Financed by $65,000,000 Bonds"...