Why don't they make it straight?
2006-06-26 09:57:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
It's called a turnpike because it either is or used to be a toll road. Because they did not have electronic toll collection systems or guard rails back then, they would prevent people from passing until they paid the toll by putting a pike in the road. Then, to allow the car to pass, they would turn it. Hence, "turnpike."
2006-06-27 09:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by Omar Y. 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Turnpike comes from the Middle English turnepike which means "spiked barrier." The barrier would be placed across a road to prevent anyone from passing until they paid a toll. Thus turnpike came to mean a toll road.
2006-06-26 17:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by mathsmart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a turnpike is is different. Don't ask for me to tell the how thing or I'll lose you in the middle.
2006-06-26 17:01:56 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs. Mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a major highway that normally runs through an entire State. It has toll portions on it as well. They dont make them straight. They are designed around the landscape of the State that it runs through.
2006-06-26 17:02:45 · answer #4 · answered by mailbox1024 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Road built and paid wholey or partly with fees collected from travlers in toll gates.
Problems with important land owners
2006-06-26 17:39:01 · answer #5 · answered by loligo1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abbr. Tnpk. or Tpk. A toll road, especially an expressway with tollgates.
A tollgate.
2006-06-26 17:01:10 · answer #6 · answered by Kat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means a toll road.. not anything to do with turning..
2006-06-26 17:05:20 · answer #7 · answered by masku darling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a pay/toll road
2006-06-26 17:01:14 · answer #8 · answered by jim w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋