Cumberland Road

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Cumberland Road is the historic early 19th-century American highway that formed the first major segment of the National Road, facilitating westward expansion and interstate travel.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cumberland Road canonical 6
Baltimore National Pike 3
Old National Pike 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic highway ⓘ
road ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
category early American transportation routes ⓘ
historic roads in the United States ⓘ
westward expansion infrastructure ⓘ
connectsWith eastern United States ⓘ
western frontier regions ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era pre-railroad era in the United States ⓘ
fundedBy United States federal government ⓘ
hasFunction commercial trade route ⓘ
migration route ⓘ
overland transportation route ⓘ
heritageStatus historic route ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
inception early 19th century ⓘ
influenced development of later U.S. highway system ⓘ
locatedIn United States ⓘ
namedAfter Cumberland, Maryland ⓘ
partOf National Road ⓘ
United States federal road system (historic) ⓘ
significance facilitated interstate travel ⓘ
facilitated westward expansion ⓘ
first major segment of the National Road ⓘ
startPoint Cumberland, Maryland ⓘ
transportMode horse-drawn vehicles ⓘ
stagecoaches ⓘ
wagons ⓘ
usedFor mail transport ⓘ
military transport ⓘ
movement of goods ⓘ
movement of settlers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Road → follows → Cumberland Road ⓘ
National Road → alsoKnownAs → Cumberland Road ⓘ
New Market, Maryland → locatedOn → Old National Pike ⓘ
linked to: Cumberland Road
Mount Washington Tavern → servedRoute → Cumberland Road ⓘ
Catonsville → road → Baltimore National Pike ⓘ
linked to: Cumberland Road
Cumberland County, Illinois → namedFor → Cumberland Road ⓘ
U.S. Route 40 in Maryland → followsHistoricRoute → Baltimore National Pike ⓘ
linked to: Cumberland Road
U.S. Route 40 in Maryland → hasSection → Baltimore National Pike ⓘ
linked to: Cumberland Road
U.S. Route 40 Alternate → follows → Old National Road ⓘ
linked to: Cumberland Road
Harbour Railway → runsAlong → Cumberland Road ⓘ