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 * + .—Status of toll parkways as of Jan. 1, 1955
 * | Name of road or location
 * | Year built or estimated completion date
 * | Miles
 * | Actual or estimated cost, (1,000 dollars)
 * | Connecticut:
 * | 1940
 * | 37.5
 * 20,592
 * | 1949
 * | 29.5
 * 17,500
 * | 67.0
 * 38,092
 * | 1955
 * | 75.0
 * 280,000
 * | New York:
 * | Westchester County parkways:
 * | 1926
 * | 11.1
 * 3,500
 * | 1927
 * | 11.2
 * 4,600
 * | 1940
 * | 4.0
 * 1,800
 * | 1955
 * | 23.0
 * 40,000
 * | 49.3
 * 49,900
 * | 191.3
 * | 397,092
 * }
 * | Westchester County parkways:
 * | 1926
 * | 11.1
 * 3,500
 * | 1927
 * | 11.2
 * 4,600
 * | 1940
 * | 4.0
 * 1,800
 * | 1955
 * | 23.0
 * 40,000
 * | 49.3
 * 49,900
 * | 191.3
 * | 397,092
 * }
 * | 4.0
 * 1,800
 * | 1955
 * | 23.0
 * 40,000
 * | 49.3
 * 49,900
 * | 191.3
 * | 397,092
 * }
 * | 49.3
 * 49,900
 * | 191.3
 * | 397,092
 * }
 * | 191.3
 * | 397,092
 * }

West Virginia Turnpike

The West Virginia Turnpike was completed late in 1954. Originally proposed to cross the State from north to south through Charleston, the 88-mile section south from Charleston to Princeton, near the Virginia border, was deemed feasible of self-liquidation. Revenue bonds in the amount of 396 million were sold in April 1952, at a net interest rate of 3.95 percent. Subsequently, to cover unanticipated construction costs, an additional $37 million issue was sold at a net interest cost of 4.25 percent. A portion of this section was opened in September 1954 and the remainder in the following month. The toll route saves considerable distance and eliminates much tortuous