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Cut No. 5. National road Ohio Co., where macadam has been replaced with brick paving.

1. National Road in Ohio County

The old toll gate is built in 1812.

2. Old Toll Gate, National Highway, Cumberland, Md.

3. Stone S Bridge Historic Marker Between Wheeling, W. Va. and Washington, PA on U.S. Route 40

'One of the six original toll houses on the Cumberland or National Road is on the hill a mile and a half SW. Built after the road was turned over to the State by the United States in 1835.'

4. Toll House Marker Between Wheeling, W. Va. and Washington, Pa. on U. S. Route 40

'General Zachary Taylor, on his way to Washington to be inaugurated the twelfth President of the United States, found his steamer blocked by ice here. He left his boat and completed his trip over the National Pike.'

5. Zachary Taylor Marker Between Wheeling and New Martinsville, W. Va. on Route 2

'Our first national road; fathered by Albert Gallatin. Begun in 1811 at Cumberland, Md.; completed to Wheeling in 1818. Toll road under State control, 1835-1905. Rebuilt, it is present U.S. Route 40.'

6. National Road Marker Between Wheeling, W. Va. and Washington, Pa