turnpikes
Roads requiring payment
Turnpikes are roads, especially highways, where travelers pay tolls.
The original turnpikes had barriers—spiked poles that turned—to block passage until fees were paid.
Now the word simply means a toll road: Take the turnpike to avoid local traffic.
In American usage, major interstate toll roads often carry the name: the New Jersey Turnpike, the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Major road for travel
- tollboothRoad fee collection point
- tollgateRoad fee collection point
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- interstateBetween political regions
thruway · tollway · freeway · motorway · toll plaza · causeway · viaduct · overpass
Hinged barrier in fence
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- checkpointInspection station on route
- roadblockObstruction across a road
- blockadeSealing off a place
obstacle · tollgate · boom barrier · swing gate · fence · enclosure · passage · entry point
highway
Major road for travel
- tollboothRoad fee collection point
- tollgateRoad fee collection point
- expresswayLimited-access highway
interstate · thruway · tollway · freeway · motorway · toll plaza · causeway · viaduct · overpass · interchange
gate
Hinged barrier in fence
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- checkpointInspection station on route
- roadblockObstruction across a road
blockade · obstacle · tollgate · boom barrier · swing gate · fence · enclosure · passage · entry point · crossing
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- road tripsroad trip, highways, scenic drive, highway, interstate
- English travelstagecoach, coaching inns, grand tour, travel diaries, travel guides
- historic routesancient roads, trade routes, merchant routes, caravan routes, pilgrimage routes
- Northeast HighwaysI-95, toll roads, expressways, parkways, thruway
- road tollstolls, toll booth, toll booths, toll roads, toll plaza
turnpikeslocal roads
Nearby community pathways
side streets · back roads · country roads · dirt roads · unpaved roads
- Florida TurnpikeToll road through peninsula state