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National Road
(Encyclopedia)National Road, U.S. highway built in the early 19th cent. At the time of its construction, the National Road was the most ambitious road-building project ever undertaken in the United States. It final...road
(Encyclopedia)road, strip of land used for transportation. The history of roads has been related to the centralizing of populations in powerful cities, which the roads have served for military purposes and for trad...Cumberland Road
(Encyclopedia)Cumberland Road: see National Road. ...Wilderness Road
(Encyclopedia)Wilderness Road, principal avenue of westward migration for U.S. pioneers from c.1790 to 1840, blazed in 1775 by the American frontiersman Daniel Boone and an advance party of the Transylvania Company...Latin Road
(Encyclopedia)Latin Road: see Roman roads.Ledo Road
(Encyclopedia)Ledo Road: see Burma Road.macadam road
(Encyclopedia)macadam road məkădˈəm [key]: see pavement. ...Silk Road
(Encyclopedia)Silk Road, ancient overland trade route linking Asia and Europe, consisting of a network of caravan routes running from China across central Asia to the shores of the Mediterranean. Its starting point...pike, road
(Encyclopedia)pike, in U.S. history: see turnpike. ...toll road
(Encyclopedia)toll road: see turnpike.Browse by Subject
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