Editing Maysville, Kentucky (section)

===Maysville Road===
{{see also|Maysville Road veto}}
Southwest from Maysville, the road followed the former buffalo trace and Native American trail to Lexington. It was called both the Maysville Road and the Limestone Road. It was maintained by the various counties through which it passed with local labor from the county levies.<ref>Wilson, p. 444. Road taxes were generally paid in labor.</ref> The road was rough and during certain seasons practically impassable.

In 1829, the [[Kentucky General Assembly|Kentucky legislature]] authorized the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington [[Toll roads in the United States#Origins of funding through toll|Turnpike]] Road Company to construct a modern roadway along the route of the old Limestone Road. Users would be charged fees for maintenance and paying off the debt to [[shareholder]]s. The act set aside blocks of shares for purchase by the [[federal government of the United States|federal government]]. [[Henry Clay]], an influential Kentucky politician and proponent of the [[American System (economic plan)|American System]], argued for the Maysville Road and other infrastructure, noting it would be part of a longer road terminating in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], and proper for federal funding.<ref>Wilson, pp. 452-3.</ref>

In 1830, [[United States Congress|Congress]] passed a bill authorizing the federal government to purchase shares in the turnpike company. President [[Andrew Jackson]], a bitter rival of Clay, [[veto]]ed the bill, arguing that the project was of purely local benefit.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Maysville |volume=17|page=939}}</ref> The [[Maysville Road veto]] was one of Jackson's first acts in aligning the federal government with his principles of [[Jacksonian democracy]].<ref>"Andrew Jackson, American President" - An Online Reference Resource</ref>

An attempt to [[veto override|override Jackson's veto]] failed, but the controversy over the Maysville Road veto continued for some time. The turnpike was completed in 1835 with funding from local entities and private investment. It was the first [[macadam]]ized road in the state.<ref>Wilson, p. 454.</ref> Today it is [[U.S. Route 68]].<ref name="rodgers" />