Bridgeport
Bridgeport was originally a trans-shipment point for goods going down the Ohio River from Zane's Trace. Later it was a Pike town. Bridgeport's later growth and subsequent decline of the railroad and mining industries. Today, a suburban strip blurs the boundaries between Bridgeport and the small communities of Wolfhurst, Brookside, Lansing and Blaine, to the west.
Brookside
1. Marhefka Motors
Blaine Vicinity
2. The McGonigal Tourist Home.
3. The Blaine Hill Viaduct
4. Old Road Segment
5. The Blaine Hill Bridge
6. "Big Hill"
7. Hillside Motel and Plaza Motel
St. Clairsville Vicinity
8. Hammond Fruit Farm
St. Clairsville
Follow U.S. 40 to downtown St. Clairsville, the county seat of Belmont. Originally known as Newelstown, it was platted in 1803, over two decades before the arrival of the National Road. The St. Clairsville Historic District (East and West Main Streets between Butler and Sugar Streets) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
9. The Boroff House
10. Benjamin Lundy House
11. Belmont County Courthouse
12. Clarendon Hotel
13. Old Road Segment
14. Vine Yard School
15. Twin Pines Motel
16. Great Western Schoolhouse
17. Brick Tavern
Lloydsville
A short distance west of the Brick Tavern, the old National Road diverges to the left (south) and into Lloydsville, another Pike town. Just after leaving U.S. 40, you will cross a stone bridge. Just past the bridge, on the left, watch for the old wooden posts and steel cable, a predecessor to the guard rails of today. Continue through town, turn left and return to U.S. 40, passing the Jamboree in the Hills site, a venue for one of the region's largest country music festivals.
