Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Traffic signs as existing Dec 1949 |
| Date | December 8, 1949 |
| Description | Image shows a sign on the side of the road that reads "Blue Ridge Parkway," with an arrow pointing to the right labeled "Roanoke" and an arrow pointing left labeled "Asheville." The road intersects with a second road that is split by a traffic island, and runs to the right of the main road. A black car appears to be parked at the side of this second road. Several other signs are placed around the intersection, but their contents are not visible. A wooden fence appears to the left of the main road. Hills and mountains appear in the background to the left of the image. Image taken by Albert S. Burns on December 8, 1949. Image taken at milepost 165.1 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the intersection of the parkway and VA Route 8, near Tuggle Gap in Floyd County, Va. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 165 Parkway Milepost: 165.0
Latitude: 36.915351
Longitude: -80.208014 |
| Creator Individual | Albert S. Burns |
| Tags |
Automobiles
Fences Floyd County (Va.) Intersections (roads) Photographs Signs and signboards Tuggle Gap (Va.) View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
