post road

noun

(formerly) a road with stations for furnishing horses for postriders, mail coaches, or travelers.
a road or route over which mail is carried.

post road

a road or route over which post is carried and along which post houses were formerly sited

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First recorded in 1650–60

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In the Constitution, they gave Congress the authority to establish post offices and post roads, recognizing that newspapers made up much of the mail.

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With the creation of so-called post roads, the Postal Service quite literally connected communities.

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In 1790, he urged Congress’s “establishment of the militia, of a mint, of standards of weights and measures, of the post office and post roads.”

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It didn’t follow any Indian trails or colonial post roads.

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The Constitution explicitly gave Congress authority “to establish post offices and post roads.”

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