Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | New Stretch Of Parkway To Be Opened |
| Date | January 15, 1950 |
| Description | This article reports that Blue Ridge Parkway officials hope to see the 20-mile stretch of Parkway North of Asheville to be opened within a year. The road will not be paved, but grading and the spreading of a gravel surface is hoped to be completed, removing the barrier to the Parkway's completed Northern sections. Mentions other projects like the lining of a tunnel between Bull Gap and Craggy Gardens. |
| Location |
Location Name: Asheville Parkway Milepost: None |
| Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
| Tags |
Asheville (N.C.)
Bull Gap (N.C.) Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Construction Craggy Gardens (N.C.) |
| Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
