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Title North from M.P. 99
Date August 10, 1962
Description Image shows the Blue Ridge Parkway as it winds through the Blue Ridge Mountains. A wooden guard rail runs along one side the road, and the land slopes steeply upward at the other side of the road. There is an automobile parked in the grass next to the road, and two automobiles traveling along the road. Image was taken near milepost 99 in Section 1L, and looks North along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by David Ochsner on August 10, 1962.
Location Location Name: Milepost 99
Parkway Milepost: 99.0
Latitude: 37.415221
Longitude: -79.777391
Creator Individual David Ochsner
Tags Automobiles
Bedford County (Va.)
Blue Ridge Mountains
Guard rails
Photographs
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway