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Title NE wing wall construction to spring line.
Date May 19, 1948
Description Image shows one end of a culvert. A stone retaining wall has been constructed around the opening in the culvert, and there are wooden boards set in front of it. There is also a bridge of planks running through the culvert, and a stream is running under them. The image was taken near where Virginia State Route 43 crosses Little Stony Creek, in the Peaks of Otter area. Image was taken on May 19, 1948 near Station 54+40, and near milepost 86 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Virginia State Route 43 at Little Stony Creek
Parkway Milepost: 86.0
Latitude: 37.440603
Longitude: -79.593044
Creator Individual W.D.L.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Bodies of water
Concrete
Culverts
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Retaining walls
Road relocation
Stonemasonry
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway