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| Title | New Parkway Sections To Open Spectacular Views To Be Unveiled |
| Date | April 21, 1959 |
| Description | Reports on news that barriers surrounding the 11-mile stretch of parkway linking Soco Gap and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be removed within 90 days. Details surveys by Sam P. Weems concerning construction plans and funding for two other sections of parkway totaling 43 miles in length. Points to scenic geographic points along the new stretch of road soon to be completed. |
| Location |
Location Name: Soco Gap Parkway Milepost: 455.0
Latitude: 35.4953793
Longitude: -83.1562552 |
| Creator Individual | John Parris |
| Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
| Tags |
Access roads
Beech Gap (N.C.) Blue Ridge Parkway--Finance and funding Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning Cherokee (N.C.) Chestnut Cove (N.C.) Cutthroat Gap (N.C.) French Broad River (N.C.) Frying Pan Gap (N.C.) Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) Newfound Gap (N.C.) Plott Balsam Mountains (N.C.) Rocking Horse Gap (N.C.) Soco Gap (N.C.) Virginia Wagon Road Gap (N.C.) Waterrock Knob (N.C.) Weems, Sam P. Wolf Laurel Gap (N.C.) |
| Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
