Centre Turnpike | |
|---|---|
| Reading–Sunbury Road | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Centre Turnpike Road Authority | |
| Length | 75 mi[1] (121 km) |
| Existed | 1808–1885 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Penn Street in Reading |
| Danville Turnpike | |
| North end | Market Street in Sunbury |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Berks, Schuylkill, Columbia, Northumberland |
| Highway system | |
Centre Turnpike, also known as the Reading-Sunbury Road, was an early United States turnpike located in Pennsylvania. It followed the path of the King's Highway, which had been surveyed in 1770 by Francis Yarnall. Running from Reading to Sunbury, it was 75 miles (121 km) long, was started in 1808, and was completed around 1814 at a cost of US$208,000. The final toll was collected near Bear Gap in Ralpho Township in 1885. The general path of the original turnpike is now covered partly by Pennsylvania Route 61 and Pennsylvania Route 54. It was maintained and controlled by the Centre Turnpike Road Company, which was formed on March 25, 1805.[1]
- ^ a b Mowry, C. (1822). Documents, Accompanying the Report of the Committee, on Roads, Bridges and Inland Navigation Read in the Senate of Pennsylvania on the 23d March 1822 (PDF). Pennsylvania Senate. Retrieved 2007-12-23.