Location: 643 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute (Vigo County)
See related marker 84.1998.1 Crossroads of America.
Erected by the Vigo County Historical Society, July 4, 1988
ID#: 84.1988.1
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U.S. Highway 40, the old National Road which opened the west for settlement, and U.S. Highway 41, a major north-south route, were designated part of the original federal highway system in 1926. Their intersection in Terre Haute at Wabash Avenue and Seventh Street became the "Crossroads of America."
Keywords
Transportation, Geography