Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Before overpass construction |
Date | October 1940 |
Description | This photograph shows construction at the junction of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the state highway running parallel to it at Rockfish Gap. A worker crouches on the unpaved highway road. This image shows the point at which the Blue Ridge Parkway to the south would become Skyline Drive to the north at the Rockfish Gap Overpass. This photograph was taken near milepost 0 in October of 1940. |
Location |
Location Name: Rockfish Gap Overpass Parkway Milepost: 0.0
Latitude: 38.015258
Longitude: -78.513062 |
Creator Individual | W.A.J. |
Tags |
Overpass construction
Photographs Road construction Rockfish Gap (Va.) Workers |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |