Hyde’s Ferry Turnpike
Inscription
Here was toll-gate No.2 of the Hyde's Ferry Turnpike Co., chartered in 1848 to build a road from Nashville to Ashland City and Sycamore Mills. Richard Hyde's ferry crossed the Cumberland 2.6 mi. southeast, where the railroad bridge is now. Davidson County paid $10,000 for its part of the road in 1901.
Cheatham County bought its portion and freed it from tolls in 1916.
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