Toll gate (8)
I believe the answer is:
turnpike
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">toll gate</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for turnpike that I've seen before include "Tollgate of the 16th-19th centuries" , "Toll road (hist.)" , "way in the US" , "Sort of road" , "where one pays one's way" .)