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Title | Overpass at Meadow Fork |
Title Note | Two photos |
Date | March 4, 1936 |
Description | Top photograph of a man in the road at station 257, milepost 247.2, and section 2C on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photograph labeled "Party: McNary, Hogard, Abbuehl, Gutterson. Camera 100 feet right of parkway center line at figure. Right angle crossing angle permanent past and until crossing." Bottom photograph of car driving on a road near overpass at Meadow Fork at milepost 248, section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photograph labeled "Party: McNary, Abbuehl, Gutterson. Picture from 250 feet right of parkway center line at figures. State road relocation very near present center line at figures. Crossing approximately at right angles." Images taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters on March 4, 1936. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 247 Parkway Milepost: 247.0
Latitude: 36.395389
Longitude: -81.227466 |
Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Automobiles Construction Landscape Meadow Fork Valley (N.C.) Overpasses People Photographs Road construction Road relocation Roads |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |