Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | View of road |
Date | 1930s |
Description | Photograph shows curved road in section 2A near milepost 219 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Commentary | Construction of this road began 9/11/1935 and ended 9/21/1939. Noted: troublesome fill to left was finally controlled by seeding, brushing, and planting. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 219 Parkway Milepost: 219.0
Latitude: 36.538939
Longitude: -80.923959 |
Creator Individual | Unknown |
Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Landscape Landscape development Photographs Roads View of road |
Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |