GETTING THERE

GETTING THERE
The National Road, or U.S. 40, extends from the Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore to East St. Louis in Illinois and spans Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. To start in Baltimore, go north on Interstate 95 and take Exit 53-Inner Harbor. Veer right onto Conway Street and turn left on Light Street, which is the beginning of National Road going west. To start in Illinois, take U.S. 40 east from the Mississippi River in East St. Louis.
PLACES TO SEE
Blue Ridge Mountains in western Maryland, Fort Necessity near Uniontown, Pa., Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, W.Va., National Road/Zane Grey Museum near Zanesville, Ohio, Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District in Indianapolis, the Cahokia Indian mounds in Collinsville, Ill.
HOW TO DRIVE IT
Leisurely. Use guidebooks and pamphlets that point out historic sites, museums and other points of interest. Stop in for a meal at a historic tavern, hike and picnic in the parks, poke around the shops and businesses that flank the highway, and spend the night at roadside motels or bed and breakfasts.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For a multistate overview, go to www.byways.org/browse/byways/2278/ or call (800) 429-9297 and ask for information on the Historic National Road.
For information by state:
Maryland: www.byways.org/browse/byways/2273/ or (866) 639-3526.
Pennsylvania: www.nationalroadpa.org/ or (724) 437-9877.
West Virginia: www.historicwvnationalroad.org/ or (800) 828-3097.
Ohio: www.byways.org/browse/byways/15641/ or (614) 298-2000.
Indiana: www.indiananationalroad.org/ or (765) 478-3172.
Illinois: www.nationalroad.org/ or (217) 849-3188.