National Road - Farmington, PA
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Rayman
N 39° 49.461 W 079° 35.610
17S E 620367 N 4409208
One of many historical markers describing the historic National Road through Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM6Y8R
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/04/2009
Views: 10
Our first national road; fathered by Albert Gallatin. Begun in 1811 at Cumberland, Md.; completed to Wheeling in 1818. Toll road under State control, 1835-1905. Rebuilt, it is present U. S. Route 40.
Marker Name: National Road
County: Fayette
Date Dedicated: 10/12/1948
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 40, 1.7 miles NW of Farmington
Category: Government & Politics, Roads, Transportation
Website: [Web Link]
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