In 1817, Congress authorised the construction of the national road, also known as the Cumberland road

The road extended from Maryland to the Ohio River, and it was the largest road project before the 20th century

The Cumberland road would not get muddy or flood, and it made travelling by wagon much faster and easier.

Before the industrial revolution, the river was the easiest way of transporting goods or travelling from the North to South, because the river's current brought it there.

However, if you wanted to go the other direction, it would be very difficult and slow with a flat boat, which was the common boat at the time.

However, the invention of steam boats stopped this problem. The invention of the steam engine became very popular, and many forms of transportation were using it. People started implanting steam engines into boats.

The earliest steam boats involved the steam engine in padding 12 paddles. However, in the 1830s, the steam boats were improved, and a person named James Rumsey created a boat that was moved by jet propulsion

The idea of railroads sparked something in businessmen, and they wanted to create a railroad system that could carry passengers and goods across long distances

It was the only road that lead to the district Old Northwest

The first railroad company was established in 1926, and it was followed by the founding of many other companies. However, there were many accidents as the companies used different rails.

This was solved in 1930, when the t-shaped rail was invented.

Transportation extends the range and supply of goods and sources that are consumed in an area, and it allows users to purchase high quality resources at a low price
The development of transportation allow goods to be transported faster, and it would increase the consumption of goods, benefiting both the buyer and the seller and improving the country’s economy as a whole.

Goods needed a fast a reliable way of transportation, and railroads were the solution, and they were affordable as well, as trains are able to create

Transportation also allowed things like online shopping services to be promoted

Transportation plays a similar role in modern society as it does during the industrial revolution

Cities are constantly expanding, and with the help of expanding, people could easily travel from one end of the city to another, balancing out the population in each area of the city.
Paved road networks and city metro systems allow unexplored places to be developed into urban areas and not wasting any land

The speed of coal mining was increased, because instead of transporting coal by hand, they used underground railroads and ponies so then to coal is more stable when being transported and it was faster.