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• 1.   Taken from center of overpass
  1930s
• 2.   Middle Fork Bridge Under Construction
  1930s
• 3.   Middle Fork Bridge Under Construction
  1930s
• 4.   Middle Fork Bridge Under Construction
  1930s
• 5.   Middle Fork Bridge Under Construction
  1930s
• 6.   Grade Separation Structure Rte NC 18 and Parkway
  1930s
• 7.   Access road on left of Parkway
  1930s
• 8.   Access Road on Left of Parkway
  1930s
• 9.   Gilam Gap
  December 20, 1934
• 10.   Gilam Gap
  December 20, 1934
• 11.   Gilam Gap Overlook
  December 20, 1934
• 12.   Gillam Gap
  May 28, 1935
• 13.   Dry Masonry Fireplace
  June 19, 1935
• 14.   Dry Masonry Fireplace
  June 19, 1935
• 15.   Mountain Laurel
  June 20, 1935
• 16.   Flame Azalea
  June 21, 1935
• 17.   Detail Map
  1936
• 18.   Early Construction
  August 2, 1936
• 19.   Early Construction
  August 2, 1936
• 20.   Rock cut near South Fork New River
  February 21, 1936
• 21.   Cut Slopes
  May 7, 1936
• 22.   Fill and Box Culvert
  May 7, 1936
• 23.   Fill and box culvert
  May 7, 1936
• 24.   Road relocation (pines to be welled)
  May 8, 1936
• 25.   Tree Wall
  June 3, 1936
• 26.   County road relocation and crossing
  June 3, 1936
• 27.   Early Construction
  June 27, 1936
• 28.   Proposed Site for Border of Section C and Section D
  June 28, 1936
• 29.   Proposed Parkway Crossing of NC Route 18 (1)
  June 28, 1936
• 30.   View of Proposed Crossing of NC 18 (2)
  June 28, 1936
• 31.   Proposed Crossing of NC 18 (3)
  June 28, 1936
• 32.   Early Construction
  July 31, 1936
• 33.   County Road, vicinity of sec. 2D, looking south over ridges which carry parkway
  August 1936
• 34.   Early Construction
  August 1936
• 35.   Early Construction
  August 20, 1936
• 36.   View of log cabin in vicinity of parkway
  September 10, 1936
• 37.   Cabin within 100 foot right-of-way of the Parkway.
  September 10, 1936
• 38.   Property of Robert L. Doughton Opposite 2D
  September 11, 1936
• 39.   View from right bank of road looking north showing a pine wooded area through which the parkway travels.
  September 11, 1936
• 40.   Right headwall culvert, Type 3
  September 21, 1936
• 41.   View through pine looking south. Rattlesnake Mountain on the right of picture.
  October 1936
• 42.   View of typical mountain cabin and surrounding area along road from Jefferson to Glendale Spring, NC (NC route 16)
  October 20, 1936
• 43.   Grading, old N.C. #16 crossing
  October 20, 1936
• 44.   View of Rattle Snake Mountain looking north. Parkway in lower right-hand portion of picture
  October 21, 1936
• 45.   Retaining Wall Construction
  November 6, 1936
• 46.   View looking south along Parkway
  November 11, 1936
• 47.   Early Construction
  February 5, 1937
• 48.   Thoroughfare (left) cut through during winter because of impassibility of proper access road (right)
  April 1, 1937
• 49.   Sheets Gap parking overlook
  April 1, 1937
• 50.   Inlet culvert headwalll
  April 1, 1937
• 51.   Culvert headwall
  April 1, 1937
• 52.   Overpass construction
  May 4, 1937
• 53.   Overpass Site
  May 5, 1937
• 54.   Sheets Gap Parking Overlook
  June 6, 1937
• 55.   Pier #4
  June 22, 1937
• 56.   Pier #1
  June 22, 1937
• 57.   Pier #1
  June 22, 1937
• 58.   Station 15# Pier #4
  June 22, 1937
• 59.   Useless backfill at base of cut slope
  July 6, 1937
• 60.   Tree wells - rhododendrons
  July 6, 1937
• 61.   Viaduct, form work pier #3
  July 7, 1937
• 62.   Viaduct west abutment
  June 7, 1937
• 63.   Viaduct, form work, pier #3
  July 7, 1937
• 64.   Detail, interior face vaneer wing wall Viaduct
  July 7, 1937
• 65.   Viaduct, Pier #4
  July 7, 1937
• 66.   Side view of access road to 2-C-1
  July 28, 1937
• 67.   Headwall to be changed to Drop Inlet
  August 1937
• 68.   Headwall placed too near center line.
  August 1937
• 69.   Special headwall
  August 1937
• 70.   Drop inlet
  August 20, 1937
• 71.   Viaduct pier #4
  September 12, 1937
• 72.   Viaduct Pier #4
  September 12, 1937
• 73.   Viaduct Pier #4
  September 12, 1937
• 74.   View of viaduct under construction
  October 4, 1937
• 75.   View of viaduct under construction
  October 4, 1937
• 76.   View of viaduct under construction
  October 4, 1937
• 77.   Viaduct under construction
  October 13, 1937
• 78.   South parapet, west abutment
  January 24, 1938
• 79.   Viaduct
  January 24, 1938
• 80.   Viaduct
  June 1938
• 81.   Viaduct
  June 1938
• 82.   Overpass Structure
  August 28, 1938
• 83.   Southwest wing and Spandrel Wall Masonry, under men to be removed because of stacking
  October 18, 1938

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