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Title Fancy Gap Overpass
Date November 18, 1940
Description Photograph of overpass construction near Fancy Gap. Image shows construction workers on the overpass and below, wood falsework under the arch of the overpass, piles of cut stone, and part of a pulley system. Image was taken near milepost 199.4 in section 1V where the Blue Ridge Parkway passes over U.S. Route 52. Image taken by Edward H. Abbuehl on November 18, 1940.
Location Location Name: Fancy Gap Overpass
Parkway Milepost: 199.4
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Carroll County (Va.)
Fancy Gap (Va.)
Overpass construction
Photographs
Stonemasonry
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway