LANCASTER+TURNPIKE

= = =LANCASTER TURNPIKE Author: Mackenzie N.= The Lancaster Turnpike was built in 1795 and was the first long-distance road. It was a paved road built in the United States in Lancaster, Pennsylvania linking it to Philadelphia on 34th street. It stretched nearly 62 miles. It was the first turnpike of importance and because of the economy of Pennsylvania they couldn't afford to pay for its construction so it was privately built by the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company. It was credited as the country's first engineered road its ground was broken in 1792. The road suffered from lack of use and maintenance, but later saw recovery with the invention of the automobile.
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