 This new plank road also had the ability to extend their plank road down to Wellsboro , which repealed the acts of 1848 and 1849 . The plank road was contracted and completed in a timely fashion down to Wellsboro from Tioga . In 1851 , the plank road was complete from Wellsboro to Tioga , and the thoroughfare became highly used by people transporting lumber , agriculture and merchandise . This helped farmers and producers in the communities of Middlebury Center , Holliday and Delmar ( now the area of Wellsboro Junction ) . The plank road would eventually get worn out from use , and the route was eventually changed from a plank road to a high use turnpike . The 17 miles ( 27 km ) long piece of plank road , created in the original charter from Tioga to Lawrenceville , was never constructed . 
