Turnpike
noun
1.
a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
2.
(formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid; tollgate.
noun
1.
(between the mid-16th and late 19th centuries)
gates or some other barrier set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
a road on which a turnpike was operated
2.
an obsolete word for turnstile (sense 1)
3.
(US) a motorway for use of which a toll is charged
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