There were five transcontinental railroads in the US in 1900.
There were five transcontinental railroads in the US in 1900.
Building the transcontinental took several years during the 1800's and 1900's.
around 1850 - 1900
fourty-nine
300,000
The US biult a transcontinental railroad.
400
Ulysses Grant was the US president when the transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
No. The transcontinental line was completed in 1869, which was four decades plus after the first railroads began operating in the US. Before this railroad was made there were already many other railroads in the eastern United States, but there were so many travelers to the west that the government wanted to make it easier for people to move out west with the Transcontinental Railroad.
The transcontinental railroad connected the east and west coasts of the United States.
8.8 millon
about 8,800,000