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Title Entrance Sign, Rockfish Gap
Date August 1973
Description This photograph shows where Skyline Drive to the north becomes Blue Ridge Parkway to the south, just south of the Rockfish Gap overpass. A wooden guardrail runs along the side of the road, and behind it a sign directs drivers left for Skyline Drive and right for the Blue Ridge Parkway. The low rock wall on the side of the road marks the top of the overpass. This photograph was taken in August, 1973.
Location Location Name: Rockfish Gap Overpass
Parkway Milepost: 0.0
Latitude: 38.015258
Longitude: -78.513062
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Augusta County (Va.)
Nelson County (Va.)
Overpasses
Photographs
Roads
Rockfish Gap (Va.)
Signs and signboards
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway