After passing under one railroad and across another, it ended at the abandoned Ohio Canal.

它钻入一条铁道之下，又穿过另一条铁道，终点一直到达已被废弃的俄亥俄运河。

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By 1840, use of the Wilderness Road had declined, as advances in engineering had enabled waterway travel via the Erie Canal and through the rivers of the Ohio Valley.

直到1840年，由于先进的工程技术使经由伊利运河穿越俄亥俄山谷中河流的水路运输成为现实，这条荒野之路的用途开始下降。

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So they hurried to build a new Chesapeake & Ohio Canal from the old port of Georgetown in Washington to Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania.

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Mule stables dotted the route. But the canal company ran out of money as faster railroads stole most of their business, and the C&O Canal never reached Pittsburgh and the Ohio River.

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