Photograph showing a horse and carriage traveling on an unpaved street. The description located on the back of the photograph reads: "Old National Highway, 16.2 miles west of city limits of Zanesville, one mile from Linnville. Nov. 26, 1913. National Road." Beginning construction in 1806, the National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first federally-funded interstate highway. Crossing six states from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois, over 220 miles of the 600-mile road pass through Ohio. During the 19th century it was an important commercial artery for Midwestern merchants and farmers, and in the 20th century, it continued to be a major east/west route for automobile travel. The National Road has been named bot...