Black plaque № 44923

Maysville, KY, United States

Maysville Road. Built by "Maysville and Washington Turnpike Company," incorporated January 29, 1829. First four-mile stretch, Maysville to Washington, was earliest macadamized road in Kentucky and country west of the Alleghenies. Completed November 7, 1830. The road, Lexington to Maysville, was open

ed to travel in 1835 with thirteen tollhouses and six covered bridges.

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