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Title Before Grading
Date December 1938
Description Photograph shows a section of road and a short rocky hillside prior to grading near mile post 224.3 in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by M. A. B. in December 1938.
Location Location Name: Milepost 224
Parkway Milepost: 224.0
Latitude: 36.495382
Longitude: -80.967075
Creator Individual Malcolm A. Bird
Tags Grading (Earthwork)
Land construction
Photographs
Road conditions
Roads
Rock cuts
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway