National Road Reaches Wheeling, Demonstrating Federal Infrastructure Capability Despite Constitutional Debates
The National Road, also known as the Cumberland Road, reaches Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) on the Ohio River after seven years of construction, completing the first federally funded interstate highway in American history. President Thomas Jefferson had promoted the road to support westward …
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