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National Military History Center

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National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
National Military History Center
Phone:
+1 260-927-9144

Address:
5634 C.r. 11a, Auburn, IN 46706

The National Road was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the 620-mile road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main transport path to the West for thousands of settlers. When rebuilt in the 1830s, it became the second U.S. road surfaced with the macadam process pioneered by Scotsman John Loudon McAdam.Construction began heading west in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River. After the Financial Panic of 1837 and the resulting economic depression, congressional funding ran dry and construction was stopped at Vandalia, Illinois, the then capital of the Illinois, 63 miles northeast of St. Louis across the Mississippi River. The road has also been referred to as the Cumberland Turnpike, the Cumberland–Brownsville Turnpike , the Cumberland Pike, the National Pike, and the National Turnpike.Today, much of the alignment is followed by U.S. Route 40, with various portions bearing the Alternate U.S. Route 40 designation, or various state-road numbers . In 2002, the full road, including extensions east to Baltimore and west to St. Louis, was designated the Historic National Road, an All-American Road.
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