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Meaning of "plank road"
This phrase refers to a type of road or pathway that is made by laying planks or wooden boards over a rough surface. Historically, plank roads were used as a means of providing a smoother and more durable transportation route, particularly in areas with poor soil or difficult terrain. Today, plank roads are mostly found in rural or recreational areas for aesthetic or historical purposes
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- A road paved with planks (or puncheons that resemble planks from above): sometimes (especially in previous centuries) an economically viable way to build a road passable by heavy wagons, large coaches, or motor trucks.
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Building a plank road through the mud.
This turnpike was built as a plank road.
A plank road is a road composed of wooden planks or puncheon logs.
Reynert was also credited with getting a plank road built from Janesville to Milwaukee.
General Hays has been killed defending the Plank Road.
Cameron grew up around a plank road that was followed in later years by a railroad.
He was falsely reported to be killed in the Battle of Boydton Plank Road.
Another branch of the plank road followed Larrys Creek itself north from Salladasburg.
I am energized by the recent roll out of Plank Road Master Plan.
There is concrete plank road built on the cliffs of the mid-levels.
We will eat potluck and pool guitars Down on Old Plank Road.
This is why the Plank Road was built.
His view is that the Qinling portion corresponds to the Baoxie Plank Road.
The plank road was a toll road ; any horse or horse-drawn vehicle had to pay a toll.
The Confederates maintained their hold on the Boydton Plank Road throughout the winter.
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A year later, a plank road was built from Oil Springs to Wyoming rail station.
The Confederates retained control of the Boydton Plank Road for the rest of the winter.
In the evening, it beat off a probing attack by Confederate troops up the Plank Road.
The community developed along the Yanceyville-Danville plank road when it became a stagecoach stop.
A plank road on one of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska.
However, traffic congestion and dusty conditions made travel along the plank road difficult.
Highway from Toronto eastwards was a plank road in the 19th century that was later paved.
Get the wounded to safety and re-form on the other side of Plank Road.
As a consequence, Winter ended the plank road at Winterboro and named the settlement for himself.
Sedgwick's line was extended overnight to the Germanna Plank Road.
The plank road operated as a toll road for about 49 years.
Today, only fragments of the Plank Road remain.
In 1860, a toll plank road from Portland to Beaverton was completed over a trail called Canyon Road.
Mott spearheaded a Union attack that day, which was aimed for the Boydton Plank Road.
Jericho was settled in 1855 as a station on the plank road between Brothertown and Sheboygan.
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Detail of plankings and end of plank guardrail
You are gonna feel a plank at your foot
Tap one plank into place at a time
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