Definitions for "Turnpike"
A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See Turnstile, 1.
A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
A turnpike road.
tollroad (motorway type)
Turnpike is a software suite for Microsoft Windows, originally written by Chris Hall and Richard Clayton. The suite, which comprises an email client and a news client, was acquired by Demon Internet in 1995 and supplied to their customers free of charge. It also has a small following of non-Demon users.
a raised course which, in conjunction with drainage ditches, lifts the surface of the trail above the seepage
A structure used to carry a trail across ground that is usually saturated with water. Logs or rocks embedded along the sides of the tread hold fill material in place to form an elevated travel surface.
A winding stairway.
a key transportation route within the state of Pennsylvania and a vital link in