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I was hoping to see if there was a parrell here with the building of Private Roads(And canals) in the 1800s to railroads..The history of the US Route System is instresting with US 1 and US 20. US 20 was started as the Boston Post Road as a way to get mail out to the interior of the US. Railroads were helped along by the Federal Goverment not only by granting Right of Way land but Natural Resource land that had trees,grain,Coal and later Oil. In the railroads infancy in New England,,,Towns and States Subscibed to the Railroads Stock as well as granted Eminate domain to railroads
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