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Forbes Road

In contrast to the Forbes Road's successors, the National Road, now US 40, largely followed Braddock's Road across the Appalachian Mountains from Cumberland into Pennsylvania.

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Later, U.S. Route 22 largely followed portions of the Forbes Road from Monroeville through a town now named "Forbes Road" and Hannastown to Latrobe.

Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

In the era when animal power dominated transportation there was no safe way to cross east-west in the middle of the range; crossing was only possible nearer its extremes except for a few rough passages opened mid-range during the colonial era such as Braddock's Road and Forbes Road, later improved into America's first National Roads (respectively Cumberland Road, Lincoln Highway or designated U.S. 40 and U.S. 30 in later years).

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Escort Way

Escort Way is a New South Wales state arterial road running from the western end of the Northern Distributor Road in Orange to Eugowra, where it becomes Eugowra-Forbes Road.