Early in Jefferson's administration, Congress dedicated a part of the proceeds from the sale of lands to building highways from the headwaters of the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic to the Ohio River and beyond into the Northwest territory.

在杰斐逊执政初期，国会将出售土地所得的一部分用于修建高速公路， 这些高速公路从通航水域的源头流入大西洋， 流入俄亥俄河， 再延伸至西北地区。