Its first section terminated at the Ohio River at Wheeling in what's now West Virginia.
Albert Gallatin's 1802 letter provided the method for the funding of this project, exempting federal land sales from taxes but setting aside some proceeds for its creation. The bill creating it specified a 66-foot right of way, with twenty feet surfaced with stone covered in gravel. Its first section terminated at the Ohio River at Wheeling in what's now West Virginia. Originating at a Maryland town providing its nickname and ending in Vandalia, Illinois, for 10 points, what is this first federally funded American roadway?
Albert Gallatin's 1802 letter provided the method for the funding of this project, exempting federal land sales from taxes but setting aside some proceeds for its creation.
{National Road} or {Cumberland Road}