The Nov. 22, 2009, Cumberland (Md) Times-News had an article by Steve Colby about the National Road, the countries oldest federal road which was built specifically to ease the nation's move into what was the Northwest Territory in the early 1800s.
Many communities grew up along it and now there is a lot of hoopla about its upcoming 200th anniversary in 2011. An organization called the Cumberland Road Project is spearheading it. They are looking for any information to be had.
It has gone by many names, including National Turnpike (TOLLS!! and I thought that was an Illinois thing), National Road, National Highway, US Route 40 and other names.
A website is in development
www.cumberlandroadproject.com
Good Old Roads. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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