 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
CUMBERLAND ROAD
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.
The Illinois State Historical Society, 1954.
Northeast corner 4th St. & Gallatin St., statehouse lawn, Vandalia Fayette County Illinois
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