MD-013 The National Road (Called the Cumberland Road)

Marker text: THE NATIONAL ROAD (CALLED THE CUMBERLAND ROAD)
Was the first of the internal improvements undertaken by the U.S. Government. Surveys were authorized in 1806 over the route of ÒBraddockÕs Road,Ó which followed ÒNemacolinÕs Path,Ó an Indian trail, over which George Washington traveled in 1754 to Fort LeBoeuf.

State Roads Commission