The Great Road/Colonial roads

[Kindgren]

Hello All,
As any one hunted the remains of The Great Road or any other carriage/colonial roads in MA or New England?

Colin

 

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[AnnieF]

I never heard of it! Do you have a link to recommend? I'm going to go Google it right now, but a recommendation is always welcome.

 

[Red James Cash]

I think he means Boston Post Road.The first major road in New England.I live in the area and good luck digging through pavement lol.I have a book about the Boston Post Road,very few areas are left untouched.

 

[maxpower]

i understand there were several boston post roads, i often wondered about the turnpikes of old, how and where were the tolls collected? would be interesting to see if one could find and search the toll areas?

 

[Red James Cash]

There were two main branches of the Boston post road in 1690.One branch followed the coast,the other branch was inland.

 

[maxpower]

the map listed on Wikipedia shows several branches, however there is no date indicated on the map, but since the map shows the city of Lowell which did not exist until many years later, i'd tend to believe that this is not the original post road configuration

 

[Red James Cash]

Most likely not.The map i'm looking at in my book was drawn up in 1690 by Philip Lea.Since that time the original road has most likely been rerouted so many times that its pathetic.The only way to find the originals would be with an original map imposed over a modern map.Or an original map with the coords on it.