The National Road

The National Road (HMUMK)

Location: Springfield, OH 45504 Clark County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 55.581', W 83° 50.826'

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A short distance west of the Springfield City limits at the top of Sugar Grove Hill ended the continuous metaled or paved portion of the National Road.

The National Road was, outside of the navigable rivers and harbors, the first great internal improvement of the fledgling nation, the United States of America.

This road commenced at Cumberland, Maryland and continued through the mountains to Brownsville; Washington, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; Zanesville, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio and Springfield, Ohio.

the final Federal appropriation was made in 1836 and the final Federal work on the continuous and contiguous part of the highway was completed west of Springfield in 1838.

This road opened a relatively easy route for settlement of the great Great Lakes heartland of the United States and provided in return an outlet for the growing number of farm and manufactured products of this area.

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HM NumberHMUMK
Series This marker is part of the The Historic National Road series
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Year Placed1969
Placed ByClark County Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 6th, 2014 at 4:51pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 256693 N 4423464
Decimal Degrees39.92635000, -83.84710000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 55.581', W 83° 50.826'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 55' 34.86" N, 83° 50' 49.56" W
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Area Code(s)937
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2220-2348 W National Rd, Springfield OH 45504, US
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