Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Work Site |
Title Note | Construction Site for Road and Tunnel Building |
Date | May 4, 1955 |
Description | Set-up for rock crushing. Taken in section 2U of the Blue Ridge Parkway, between Mt. Pisgah and Yellowstone Falls. |
Commentary | There is a work truck carrying gravel and road construction going on, in addition to a tunnel entrance into the rock. Construction began on March 01, 1939. The road was open to traffic on September 02, 1955. The road is 9.611 miles long. It runs between Mt. Pisgah and Yellowstone Falls. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 408 Parkway Milepost: 408.0
Latitude: 35.409432
Longitude: -82.750323 |
Creator Individual | E.G. Middleton |
Tags |
Automobiles
Construction Construction equipment Machinery Photographs Road construction Roads Rocks Trucks |
Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |