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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