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Title | Blue Ridge Parkway Construction Plans Include Asheville Section: Congress' Approval Is Anticipated |
Date | January 24, 1962 |
Description | Reports announcements of construction plans for the remaining section of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the 11-mile Asheville by-pass awaiting congressional approval. Weems discloses new budget, structural, and parkway route information; quotations from other park officials seeking legislative authorization are included. The article discusses new policies to be enacted for ceremonies upon government maintained park land. |
Location |
Location Name: Waynesville Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.4887145
Longitude: -82.9887477 |
Creator Individual | John Parris |
Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
Tags |
Asheville (N.C.)
Automobile parking Blue Ridge Parkway--Finance and funding Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning Cemeteries Construction Cutthroat Gap (N.C.) French Broad River (N.C.) Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) Hanlon, Peter J. Mingus Mill (N.C.) Nantahala National Forest (N.C.) National forests in North Carolina National Park Service Overly, Fred J. Pisgah National Forest (N.C.) Pisgah (N.C.) Scenery Swannanoa River (N.C.) Waynesville (N.C.) Weems, Sam P. Wirth, Conrad L. |
Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |