19th century turnpikes in Rhode Island
- 19th century turnpikes in Rhode Island
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
References
*cite book|author=Frederic J. Wood|title=The Turnpikes of New England [abridged] |publisher=Branch Line Press|year=1997, orig. 1919|id=ISBN 0-942147-05-7
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