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Popular throughout New England in the late 1960s for their vocal-harmony ballads and club performances, the Tavares brothers—first performing as Chubby and the Turnpikes and then as just the Turnpikes—struggled to gain national exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Mr. Worrell toured with singer Maxine Brown and Boston-area band Chubby and the Turnpikes, which later had disco hits under the name Tavares, before joining up with Clinton in the late 1960s.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2016

New $27 million bridge across Delaware River opened for traffic last week, connecting New Jersey Turnpike with Pennsylvania and Ohio Turnpikes, running to Indiana state line.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the Pennsylvania and Ohio Turnpikes, gas stations are allotting a maximum of ten to twelve gallons of gas to each customer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Turnpikes in Great Britain do not even date as far back as stage-coaches.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William