[2] The road quickly led to the building of many hotels and inns along the route and was a catalyst of commerce.
The company was profitable and paid dividends of 10 percent for 30 years.
Competition from newly constructed railroads in the late 1830s reduced traffic.
In 1846, with revenues insufficient to maintain the turnpike, the company concluded it could no longer compete and be profitable.
It gave back its charter, the company was dissolved, and the roadway reverted to a public road.