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Ulysses Grant was the US president when the transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
The transcontinental railroad was completed.
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental railroad was completed in a ceremony in the Utah Territory in 1869. The railway enabled travel from the US east coast to the west coast.
The two railroad companies involved in the transcontinental railroad were the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific. They completed the track on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah.