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Massachusetts developed a turnpike (toll) system for wagon roads in the early 1800s including a route from Boston to Springfield to Hartford. Likewise, the direct Boston to Hartford route became a turnpike. Most of these early pathways continue as roads today. Modern freeways usually parallel the older road systems. | Massachusetts developed a turnpike (toll) system for wagon roads in the early 1800s including a route from Boston to Springfield to Hartford. Likewise, the direct Boston to Hartford route became a turnpike. Most of these early pathways continue as roads today. Modern freeways usually parallel the older road systems. | ||
However, the use of early roads and turnpikes for moving settlers waned with the introduction of railroads. Settlers could travel faster, less expensively, and safer on railroads than on wagon roads. So, as railroads entered an area, the wagon-road traffic in that area declined. The first railroads in Massachusetts and Connecticut were built in the late 1830s. A rail line from Providence, Rhode Island reached Hartford, Connecticut and New York City about 1847. | However, the use of early roads and turnpikes for moving settlers waned with the introduction of railroads. Settlers could travel faster, less expensively, and safer on railroads than on wagon roads. So, as railroads entered an area, the wagon-road traffic in that area declined. The first railroads in Massachusetts and Connecticut were built in the late 1830s. A rail line from Providence, Rhode Island reached Hartford, Connecticut and New York City about 1847.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_and_New_England_Railroad#West_from_Providence:_1846-1863 New York and New England Railroad] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 October 2014).</ref> | ||
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