Cumberland Road - Vandalia, IL
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 57.649 W 089° 05.668
16S E 318527 N 4314514
The original National Road.
Waymark Code: WM4YW5
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2008
Views: 15
Marker Text:
CUMBERLAND ROAD
Vandalia was the western terminus of the Cumberland or National Road which extended eighty feet wide for 591 miles from Cumberland, Maryland through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
Illinois construction by the Federal Government began in 1811 and ceased in 1838, the approximate cost being seven million dollars.
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