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Title Grandfather Mountain Progress
Date August 1973
Description Construction site showing progress on the Grandfather Mountain Connector of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photograph shows the partially constructed bridge in the background with the stripped hillside in the foreground.
Location Location Name: Grandfather Mountain
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.111239
Longitude: -81.8114991
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Bridge construction
Construction
Construction equipment
Overpass construction
Photographs
Road construction
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway