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Historic U.S. Route 40
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Historic_U.S._Route_40
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historic_site
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:The_National_Road
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned
1980s
gptkbp:established
1926
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
facilitated westward expansion
part of the first federally funded highway in the U.S.
major transcontinental route
gptkbp:length
about 3,157 miles
gptkbp:notableLandmark
gptkb:Dugway_Proving_Ground
gptkb:Baltimore
gptkb:Denver
gptkb:Gateway_Arch
gptkb:Indianapolis
gptkb:Reno
gptkb:Sacramento
gptkb:Salt_Lake_City
gptkb:San_Francisco
gptkb:St._Louis
gptkb:Donner_Pass
gptkb:Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge
gptkbp:originally_ran_from
gptkb:Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:originally_ran_to
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:part_of
gptkb:U.S._Highway_System
gptkbp:passesThrough
gptkb:California
gptkb:Colorado
gptkb:Delaware
gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:Indiana
gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Nevada
gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkb:Ohio
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Utah
gptkb:West_Virginia
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:Interstate_70
gptkb:Interstate_80
gptkb:Interstate_68
gptkbp:status
segments remain as state and local roads
some sections signed as U.S. Route 40
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Auburn,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Historic U.S. Route 40