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This is a list of turnpike roads, built and operated by private companies in exchange for the privilege of collecting a toll, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, mainly in the 19th century. While most of the roads are now maintained as free public roads, some have been abandoned.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Turnpikes in Name Only

The following is a list of roads in New Jersey that are, or have been, called turnpikes, despite there being no evidence of a company tolling the road

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

References

• Thomas F. Gordon, A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, 1834, pp. 17–18

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