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Title | Little Switzerland Tunnel |
Date | June 4, 1957 |
Description | Project 2L7-2M9-2P6 - completed north portal Little Switzerland Tunnel, located in section 2L of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Commentary | The Blue Ridge Parkway contains twenty-six tunnels along its routes. The purpose of the tunnels was to reduce the need for the landscaping that open cuts would require. The stone masonry present on the outside of the bridges were often not a part of the original construction, but added later in the 1950s and 1960s. Newer tunnels were designed to include the rock veneer. Many of the stone-faced bridges, as well as much of the portal work, were constructed by the Asheville firm of Troitino and Brown. |
Location |
Location Name: Little Switzerland Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147 |
Creator Individual | E.J.W. |
Tags |
Architecture
Construction Little Switzerland Tunnel (N.C.) Photographs Stonemasonry Structures Tunnels |
Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |