every one who used the roads. They put barriers called turnpikes across the road to stop travelers until they had pay the toll. Most of the early toll- bars had pikes on them, and it was from these that the roads got their name. The price of the toll depended on the length of the road and the nature of the traffic (see source 1). Between 1790 and 1830, the network of Turnpike roads spread all over the kingdom. In that time, a lot of Turnpike Acts were passed. There were parallel improvements