The
Fayetteville and Western Plank Road was a
plank road from
Fayetteville, NC to the
Moravian settlement at
Bethania, NC. The road was constructed from 1851-1852 using funds raised by boosters and accompanying funds provided by the state of
North Carolina. During the mid-1850s, business on the toll-based road provided as much as $27,419.77 income in one year, but by the turn of the decade income no longer met maintenance costs and the road was unprofitable.