Pittsburgh Pike

The Pittsburgh Pike was an early toll road in the United States. The road was chartered as the Harrisburg and Pittsburgh Turnpike in 1805, and upon completion on May 20, 1818,[1] it allowed travelers to go from Pittsburgh to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania over the Allegheny Mountains, cutting freight rates in half because wagons increased their capacity, speed, and certainty. Private interests contributed 62 percent of the capital; state government provided the rest. It cost $4,805 per mile to build.[2] In 1814, the company was broken up into five constituent parts:

Pittsburgh Pike
Route information
HistoryChartered in 1805
Completed on May 20, 1818
Major junctions
West endPittsburgh, PA
East endHarrisburg, PA

Of these turnpikes, the former four were included in the Lincoln Highway, and later PA 1 and US 30. The Chambersburg and Harrisburg was not included in any major auto trails, but was included in PA 13, and later US 11

See also

References
  1. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/chronology/chronology_driver.pl?searchtype=ybrowse&year=1818&start_line=0
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2012-11-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Pennsylvania (1822). Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Dec. 21, 1812-Mar. 25, 1817. J. Bioren.


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