turnpike charters

Warner Lord, is called the Archivist of Madison Town in Connecticut, a distance east from New Haven along Long Island Sound.

He writes:

"In 1811 the Durham-Madison turnpike (Route 79) was chartered, followed by the Essex-Guilford turnpike (Green Hill Road) in 1818 and the Fair Haven turnpike (Route 80) in 1825.  Commercial traffic over these roads could afford to pay the fees charged by the charter companies.