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The Cumberland Road
By Jack KramerPeriod 3
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Cumberland Road
• The Cumberland Road was built in 1811 at Cumberland, Maryland, on the Potomac River.
• It crossed the Allegheny Mountains and Southwestern Pennsylvania, reaching Wheeling, West Virginia.
• It was then planned to continue through St. Louis, Missouri but funding ran out and construction stopped at Vandalia, Illinois in 1838.
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History Of Road
• The road was used during the Braddock expedition, an attempt to assault the French Fort Duquesne by General Braddock and George Washington.
• Construction of the Cumberland Road was authorized on March 29, 1806, by President Thomas Jefferson.
• 5 years after funding they started in 1811.
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More Information
• The Cumberland Road is also called the National Road.
• Thomas Jefferson appointed a board of commissioners to decide upon the exact route through which the extended road would run.
• Most of the construction was done in 1815 because of the War of 1812.
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Other Information
• The Cumberland Road cost the government around $7,000,000 dollars.
• It was the first American interstate highway.• On April 1st, 1835, the road became a turnpike.
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