Cumberland Road - Vandalia, IL
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 57.649 W 089° 05.668
16S E 318527 N 4314514
Vandalia was the western terminus of the original "National Road" or then called the Cumberland Road.
Waymark Code: WMKQHM
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2014
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County of marker: Fayette County
Location of marker: Northeast corner 4th St. & Gallatin St., Old State House lawn, Vandalia
Marker erected by: Illinois State Historical Society
Marker text:
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.