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Historic National Road - Pennsylvania
Directions
**Getting to the Byway:**
_Pittsburgh, PA_
* Take I-279 west toward Rosslyn Farms. * Get on I-70 and go south to Washington. * Get on US-40 to enter the byway.
**Navigating the Byway:**
The byway begins on the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania, on what is now
US-40.
* Addison, containing the historic Old Petersbug/Addison Tollhouse, is the first major town the byway (US-40) passes through.
* Continuing west on the highway, the byway will pass Fort Necessity and Braddock's Grave.
* Further along the highway, continuing in its northwesterly direction, the byway passes Forbes State Park, and then the towns of Hopwood and Union Town.
* Another stretch up the highway takes the traveler past the Searights Toll House, the town of Brownsville, and the Flatiron Bridge.
* The byway then crosses the Monongahela River and eventually passes through Centerville, Beallsville, and Scenery Hill, and passes by the _Madonna of the Trail._
* As the byway nears the city of Washington, it intersects with Interstate 79, and then moves on to Washington, at which point the byway takes a southwesterly direction and intersects Interstate 70.
* Once out of the city, the byway passes the S-Bridge, and continues on through Claysville and then West Alexander and the state border with West Virginia, marking the end of the byway.
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