National Road

Summary

National Road is a road^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (429 views/month, #43 of 7,994).^[2]

Key Facts

• National Road is located in Illinois^[3].
• National Road is located in Indiana^[4].
• National Road is located in Ohio^[5].
• National Road is located in West Virginia^[6].
• National Road is located in Pennsylvania^[7].
• National Road is located in Maryland^[8].
• National Road is in the country of United States^[9].
• National Road's traffic sign is recorded as Historic National Road sign.png^[10].
• National Road's route map is recorded as National road map.png^[11].
• National Road's instance of is recorded as road^[12].
• National Road's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85034782^[13].
• National Road's Commons category is recorded as National Road^[14].
• +1811-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Road^[15].
• National Road's terminus location is recorded as Cumberland^[16].
• National Road's terminus location is recorded as Vandalia^[17].
• National Road's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.14979, 'lon': -88.41658}^[18].
• National Road's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ffqt^[19].
• National Road's topic's main category is recorded as Category:National Road^[20].
• National Road's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as network=US:NR^[21].
• National Road's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[22].
• National Road's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Cumberland-Road^[23].
• National Road's heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[24].
• National Road's Recreation.gov gateway ID is recorded as 13693^[25].
• National Road's ASCE Historical Civil Engineering Landmark ID is recorded as national-road^[26].
• National Road's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007535963705171^[27].

Body

Geography

National Road is in the country of United States^[9]. Located in include Illinois^[3], an U.S. state^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1818^[30]; Indiana^[4], an U.S. state^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1816^[33], headquartered in Indianapolis^[34]; Ohio^[5], an U.S. state^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1803^[37]; West Virginia^[6], an U.S. state^[38], in United States^[39], founded in 1863^[40]; Pennsylvania^[7], an U.S. state^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1787^[43]; and Maryland^[8], an U.S. state^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1788^[46].

Designation and Status

National Road's instance of is recorded as road^[12]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[24].

History and Context

+1811-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Road^[15].

Cultural Significance

Things named for National Road include Cumberland County^[47], a county of Illinois^[48], in United States^[49], founded in 1843^[50] and Cumberland^[51], a town in the United States^[52], in United States^[53], founded in 1831^[54].

Why It Matters

National Road ranks in the top 0.54% of road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (429 views/month, #43 of 7,994).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[55] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[56]

Entities named for it include Cumberland County^[47], a county of Illinois^[48], in United States^[49], founded in 1843^[50] and Cumberland^[51], a town in the United States^[52], in United States^[53], founded in 1831^[54].