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Title Park Roadway Plan Will Go To Roosevelt (Page 1 of 2)
Date November 11, 1933
Description This article reports that the Park Roadway proposal will soon be laid before president Roosevelt. Discusses changes to the plan at Ickes' insistence, including the removal of a proposed highway from Washington (D.C.) to the North end of the Shenandoah park to reduce costs. The article indicates that no definite route had been selected.

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Creator Organization Asheville Citizen Times
Tags Blue Ridge Parkway--Finance and funding
Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Byrd, Harry F.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Ickes, Harold L.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill