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Plank road
A
plank road
is a dirt path or
road
covered with a series of
wooden planks
. Plank roads were very popular in
Ontario
, the
U.S. Northeast
and
U.S. Midwest
in the first half of the 19th century. They were often built by
turnpike
companies.
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