Toll Gate on Hackensack Plank Road

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Title

Toll Gate on Hackensack Plank Road

Subject

WHC88349

Description

Undated photograph (circa early 1920s) of a toll gate on Hackensack Plank Road, one of the oldest roads in the County, laid out 1718. Also know as the Hackensack or Bergen Turnpike, it was built with a surface of plank decking from Hoboken up through Weehawken, North Bergen and on to Hackensack. It became a toll road in 1804. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

Type

OT

Identifier

WHC88349

Coverage

Hackensack Plank Road,Weehawken, NJ [40.7635763,-74.0258776]
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Citation

“Toll Gate on Hackensack Plank Road,” The Weehawken Time Machine, accessed April 25, 2024, https://weehawkentimemachine.omeka.net/items/show/3292.