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.
| HM Number | HMUMK |
|---|---|
| Series | This marker is part of the The Historic National Road series |
| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1969 |
| Placed By | Clark County Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, October 6th, 2014 at 4:51pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 256693 N 4423464 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 39.92635000, -83.84710000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 55.581', W 83° 50.826' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 55' 34.86" N, 83° 50' 49.56" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 937 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 2220-2348 W National Rd, Springfield OH 45504, US |
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