transportation

1869

The Union Pacific Railroad, which began construction at Omaha, Nebraska and the Central Pacific, which first broke ground at Sacramento (both in 1863), meet at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory on May 10.

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1811

On August 1, construction commences on the Cumberland Road linking Maryland to the Midwest. Construction stops at Vandalia, Illinois in 1838 when funding runs out.

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