Joliet in Will County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Site of Joliet — Plainfield Plank Road Toll Gate

Built about 1850

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2016

1. Site of Joliet — Plainfield Plank Road Toll Gate Marker

Inscription. Site of
Joliet — Plainfield
Plank Road Toll Gate
Built about 1850

Erected by
Will County Centennial Committee
1936

Erected 1936 by Will County Centennial Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 41° 32.249′ N, 88° 6.074′ W. Marker is in Joliet, Illinois, in Will County. Marker is at the intersection of Plainfield Road (Lincoln Highway) (U.S. 30) and North Raynor Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Plainfield Road (Lincoln Highway). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Joliet IL 60435, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand" (approx. 0.7 miles away); Route 66 Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Jackson Street Bridge (approx. one mile away); Ruby Street Bridge (approx. one mile away); Joliet Stagecoach Road (approx. one mile away); Old Sauk Indian Trail (approx. one mile away); Joliet's Oldest Remaining Construction (approx. one mile away); Businesses on Bluff Street (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Joliet.

Regarding Site of Joliet — Plainfield Plank Road Toll Gate.

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The road was simply graded and planks eight feet long and three inches thick were laid upon the dirt, without stringers. The rates of toll for traveling on the road were fixed at two cents a mile for two animals and vehicle, one way, or three cents both ways, and as the distance from Joliet to Plainfield was nine miles the toll was eighteen cents, or twenty-seven cents for the round trip.

(Submitted on April 8, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2016

2. Site of Joliet — Plainfield Plank Road Toll Gate Marker

(looking south from US Hwy 30 • North Raynor Avenue on right)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 283 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 8, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.