Quotes About National Road

The National Road, sometimes called the Cumberland Road because it originally terminated in Cumberland, Maryland, was the first Federal highway. It was built between 1811 and 1820 for some $7,000,000 to connect Baltimore with Ohio. It followed a route laid out by Gen. James Braddock's pioneers during the French and Indian War and became an important line of commerce.

Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this great national road, then the only avenue of traffic between the South and the North.