Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | View of road |
Date | 1930s |
Description | Photograph shows stone-surfaced road and treated slopes in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Commentary | Construction of this road began 9/11/1935 and ended 9/21/1939. Noted: duff (forest debris) on slope at extreme right. |
Location |
Location Name: Section 2A Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.496308
Longitude: -80.955864 |
Creator Individual | Unknown |
Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Landscape Photographs Roads Slopes (dressed) View of road |
Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |