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Title Proposed Line Change on Parkway
Date March 29, 1945
Description View of road "at proposed line change" at station 153-00, section 2M of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the North Carolina State Archives and taken by E.G. Middleton on March 29, 1945.
Commentary This section of the parkway was constructed between 1936 and 1940. Various federal and state agencies including the CCC and the Bureau of Public Roads helped with the construction of the parkway.
Location Location Name: Section 2M
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.788139
Longitude: -82.167372
Creator Individual E.G. Middleton
Tags Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Embankments
Fences
Photographs
Roads
View of road
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives