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The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) [ 1] was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the 620-mile (1,000 km) road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main transport path to the West for thousands of settlers.
S Bridge, National Road. / 40.04528°N 81.37417°W / 40.04528; -81.37417. The S Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge, spanning Salt Fork about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Old Washington, Ohio. Built in 1828, it is one of the best-preserved surviving bridges built for the westward expansion of the National Road from Wheeling, West ...
Although the U.S. Congress authorized the National Road in 1806, and cities competing for that crossing included Wellsburg, Virginia and Steubenville, Ohio, that bridge connecting Wheeling with Belmont, Ohio was nevertheless completed. The National Road formally reached Wheeling on August 1, 1818, but then ferries took passengers and freight to ...
The farthest western terminus for the National Road was the Old State House in Vandalia, Illinois. [37] The National Road was absorbed into the National Old Trails Ocean-to-Ocean highway, a route from New York, New York, to Los Angeles, California in the early 20th century. The National Road became US 40 in the original 1925 plan for U.S. Routes.
LeVeque Tower, in Franklin County. Rutherford B. Hayes House, National Historic Landmark in Sandusky County. Bucyrus Commercial Historic District, in Crawford County. Huffman Field, National Historic Landmark in Greene County. Tyler Davidson Fountain, in Hamilton County. Barnesville Petroglyph, in Belmont County.
National Road, also known as Peacock Road, is located off of U.S. Route 40 between Cambridge and Old Washington, Ohio. The road was placed on the National Register on 1985-08-23. History
Location of Muskingum County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Muskingum County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
Kingpost truss bridge, named for Ohio's second governor Knowlton Covered Bridge: ca. 1860, ca. 1890: ... S Bridge, National Road: 1828 1966-10-15 Old Washington