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Tag: 1805

Newburyport Turnpike Opens, February 11, 1805: “Over Every Hill and Missing Every Town”

September 14, 2024November 14, 2025 Gordon Harris6 Comments

In 1803, a group of Newburyport investors incorporated as the Newburyport Turnpike Corporation in a commercial venture to build a straight toll road from Boston to Newburyport (the highway we call Rt. 1).

Posted in History, Roads, StoriesTagged 1805, February, Ipswich Neighbors, Newburyport, Topsfield
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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