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Title Relocation Rte 43 Cut station
Date September 1947
Description Image shows a dirt path or roadway cut into the surrounding land. There are rocks and other rubble at either side of the path, and a truck or trailer set near the terminus of the path. The image was taken in September 1947 in the Peaks of Otter area, near Station 50+00 in Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Section 1K
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 37.484214
Longitude: -79.670194
Creator Individual W.D.S.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Road construction
Road relocation
Rocks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway