Established in 1875, the Covert Run Turnpike ran two miles from Newport through Bellevue to Ft. Thomas. By 1916, it was part of 62 miles of private road in Campbell County. The turnpike owner provided a toll house near this site as a residence for the toll keeper, and stones cleared nearby were piled there and crushed for road maintenance. A typical toll was 5 cents per person on a horse or mule and 35 cents per 6-seat stagecoach. The Covert Run Turnpike was the last privately owned road to be decommissioned in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Campbell County Fiscal Court purchased it in 1923 for $2,200. Travel delay, poor maintenance, and the advent of the automobile contributed to the decline of the toll road system. From 1919 to 1929, Newport, Bellevue, and the Fiscal Court constructed the Sixth Street "fill" road, using 68,000 cubic yards of fill dirt. Its completion spurred commerce between the two cities and residential development in South Bellevue. Newport's Gateway Historic District took its name from this gateway between cities, and the Gateway Neighborhood Association adopted the image of the toll house as its logo in 1977.