Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Cur [cuts] during grading operations |
Date | 1939 |
Description | Image shows a man standing on the left side of a road, pointing to the left side of the photograph at a dirt road that is being cut before grading operations begin. To the right of the dirt road, a small slope of dirt leads down to a more finished, possibly paved or gravel, road. The image was taken in section 1R, between mileposts 155-164 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Floyd County, Va. The image was taken in 1939; the photographer is unknown. |
Location |
Location Name: Section 1R Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.890358
Longitude: -80.262762 |
Creator Individual | Unknown |
Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Graded road People Photographs Road construction Roads Slopes (road cuts) View of road |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |