Private highways in the United States
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Private highways in the United States
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There are relatively few private highways in the United States, compared to other parts of the world. The Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, opened in 1795 between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was the first major American turnpike. According to Gerald Gunderson's Privatization and the 19th-Century Turnpike, "In the first three decades of the 19th century, Americans built more than 10,000 miles [16,000 km] of turnpikes, in New England and the Middle Atlantic states. R
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_highways_in_the_United_States
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2008-01-20T13:34:47Z
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2024-09-02T00:03:49Z
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