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Turnpike

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Turnpike often refers to:

Turnpike may also refer to:

Roads

United Kingdom

  • Turnpike trust, a body set up by an Act of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal highways in Great Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Turnpike Lane, Haringey, a street in Haringey, North London, England

United States

Places

  • Turnpike Stadium, the former name of Arlington Stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States
  • Turnpike Esker, name of a Mi'kmaw portage trail in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Other uses

  • Turnpike (ride), a former amusement ride at Kennywood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
  • Turnpike (software), an Internet software suite for Microsoft Windows
  • Turnpike stair, the common name of a spiral staircase in Scottish architecture
  • Turnpike theory, an economic theory deriving from the concept of the toll road being the fastest route between two points
  • Turnpike Troubadours, a country band from Oklahoma, United States
  • Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, a flagship model for the Mercury automotive division
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