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The name preference seems geographically linked to the perspective of the location of the offices of the particular newspaper reporting on the toll road. These mentions are themselves rare since there wasn't much controversial about a public way unless it involved deaths or felony larceny.
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Nescopeck on the N. E. branch of the Susquehanna, to the Lehigh River." The original capital stock was authorized in the amount of $ 60,000, composed of 600 shares at $ 100 a share. The success of the
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The first section of the turnpike was authorized by an act of the
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connect the
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384:Former toll roads in Pennsylvania
199:Susquehanna & Lehigh Turnpike
41:Lehigh & Susquehanna Turnpike
33:Susquehanna & Lehigh Turnpike
278:Susquehanna & Tioga Turnpike
220:Susquehanna & Tioga Turnpike
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37:Lehigh–Susquehanna Turnpike
29:Lausanne–Nescopeck Turnpike
18:Lausanne-Nescopeck Turnpike
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56:transport infrastructure
369:History of Pennsylvania
272:transportation corridor
112:Ultimately, Berwick to
99:Nescopeck, Pennsylvania
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66:To the new
363:Categories
318:References
244:New Jersey
130:New Jersey
81:and steep
286:Nescopeck
252:Lake Erie
166:Weatherly
45:canal age
262:See also
248:Delaware
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188:valley.
180:hosting
134:Delaware
97:exit to
347:8 April
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62:History
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