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Little River Turnpike T41 |
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 Picture courtesy of Marty Larson
The earliest private turnpike charter in Virginia was granted by the General Assembly to the Company of the Fairfax and Loudon Turnpike Road in 1796. By 1806 the 34-mile-long road connected Alexandria with Aldie on the Little River in Loudon County. The company placed wooden tollhouses along the road at five-mile intervals, and one stood near here until 1954. The Little River Turnpike became a free road in 1896. In Fairfax County, only this portion of the road in Annandale retains its original name.
Department of Historic Resources 1982
Route 243 in downtown Annandale. Fairfax County Virginia
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