Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | South Twin Tunnel |
| Date | June 4, 1957 |
| Description | Project 2l7-2M9-2P6, section 2M. Completed north portal of South Twin tunnel, located in section 2M of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Commentary | The Blue Ridge Parkway contains twenty-six tunnels along its route. 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. Much of the portal work, as well as many of the stone-faced bridges, was constructed by the Asheville firm of Troitino and Brown. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 2M Parkway Milepost: None |
| Creator Individual | E.J.W. |
| Tags |
Architecture
Construction Photographs Roads Stonemasonry Structures Tunnels Twin Tunnels (N.C.) |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
