Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | Bridge 10, site of construction |
| Title Note | Back over line to site bridge #10 |
| Date | August 23, 1936 |
| Description | Photograph shows view through trees to automobile and proposed site of bridge #10 in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Commentary | View through trees of site of construction of bridge 10. Picture taken August 23, 1936. Picture taken from the North Carolina State Archives. Based on date, this bridge is part of the initial construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Construction on the Blue Ridge Parkway began in 1935 as a part of the Civilian Conservation Corp/Public Works Act, which was started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Civilian Conservation Corp was part of the New Deal and was implemented to give young men jobs, as well as to conserve and promote nature and land. Picture labeled "Back over line to site bridge #10 Station 661." |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 229 Parkway Milepost: 229.0 Latitude: 36.45404 Longitude: -81.020626 |
| Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
| Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Automobiles Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning Bridges Construction Landscape Photographs |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
