The idea of toll roads was hardly new. Ancient travelers paid tolls on the Susa-Babylon highway in the seventh century B.C. In Ohio, wagon drivers once paid two cents per 10 miles on the National Road ...
BEREA, Ohio - At midnight on Oct. 1, 1955, Ohio Gov. Frank Lausche gave the order: “Remove all barricades! Open the gates and let the traffic flow!” With that command, the Ohio Turnpike came to life.