https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/031389https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/031389.jpgNational Road Marker Between Wheeling, W. Va. and Washington, Pa1951Historical markers--Pennsylvania.Historic Markers.'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.'West Virginia History OnView