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It was because they needed railroads so they could of transport stuff that they needed from the west.
They helped by building railroads.
There is a spot in the South-West part of the US where 4 corners of 4 states meet. It's Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Integrating West Germany and East Germany has been extremely difficult.
The Central Pacific Railroad met the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869.
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its because the railroads goes more to the east and the west
Railroads run in all directions.
The transcontinental railroad project was completed at Promontory Point, Utah. A team from the the Union Pacific railroad company working west from the east coast and a team from the Central Pacific railroad company working east from the west met there with great celebration on May 10th 1869.
The State To the west of Colorado is Utah. The state to the east of Nevada is also Utah.
Utah Oregon is on the West coast of the US, and Utah is farther east.
Utah! (Look at a U.S. map next time.)
the first transcontinental railroad met in the middle at Promontory Point ,Utah
The railroads allowed for easier transporting of goods from east to west so the west could build faster with materials sent from the east. Hopefully you are asking about the American west because that is how I answered it.
Uinta Mountains.